CENTRALISED EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 05/2012

1.01(A)CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE THAT:- (i)Their admission to the written examination will be purely provisional subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.

(ii) Mere issue of call letter to candidates will NOT imply that their candidature has been finally cleared by the RRB.

(iii) RRBs conduct verification of eligibility conditions, with reference to original documents, only after candidates have qualified in all the stages of examination.

(B) Before applying for any post, the candidates should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility norms. The candidate should have the requisite Educational / Technical qualifications from recognized University/Institute as on the closing date of submission of the application. Those awaiting results of the final examination need NOT apply. RRB may reject the applications of candidates at any stage of recruitment process in case the candidate is not fulfilling the requisite criteria, and if appointed, such candidates are liable to be removed from service summarily.

1.02 The candidates who have been debarred for life from all RRB examinations or the candidates who have been debarred for a specified period which is not yet completed, need not apply in response to this Centralized Employment Notice. Their candidature will be rejected during any stage of recruitment as and when detected.

1.03 Candidates should fill up the Application Form in their own handwriting and must sign as well as put their left hand thumb impressions at the prescribed places. Applications should be filled either in English or in Hindi. Applications should be on a good quality A4 size bond paper (80 GSM) using one side only. Employment News or any Newspaper cuttings should not be used as Application Form. Candidates purchasing printed application from the market should ensure that it conforms to the prescribed format published in the Centralized Employment Notice. The Candidates can also make photocopy of the application format as given in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and then fill up the details. They can also download the application format from the website of the RRBs. The detailed Centralized employment notice has also been displayed on the notice board in the office of RRBs. The Candidates should send their application sufficiently in advance before the closing date. RRBs will not be responsible for any postal delay/wrong delivery at any stage of the selection process.

1.04 The Candidates are required to sign in English or in Hindi in the prescribed places provided in Application Form and Information Sheet. The signatures on Application Form, Information sheet, Answer Sheet, Question Booklet and other places should be identical. The signatures must be in running hand and not in block capital or disjointed letters. Signatures at the time of application, written examination and document verification in different style or language may result in cancellation of candidature.

1.05 Candidates submitting more than one application for the same category to the same RRB will be summarily rejected and also debarred from RRB examinations as per para 14.03 given below.

1.06 Candidates should note that the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ High School Examination Certificate or an equivalent Certificate as on the date of submission of applications will only be accepted by the RRB.

1.07 Serving Defense Personnel likely to be released within one year of the closing date (i.e. 11.11.2013 only) can also apply against Ex-Servicemen vacancies.

1.08 Vacancies of Ex-Servicemen & persons with disability (PWD) wherever given in the above table are not separate but included in the total number of vacancies. In case of person with disability (PWD), if any vacancies which reserved for them cannot be filled due to non -availability of suitable candidates under that category of disability or for any other sufficient reason such vacancy/vacancies shall not be filled and shall be carried forward as back log reserved vacancy.

1.09 The number of vacancies indicated in this Centralized Employment Notice is provisional and may increase or decrease or even become nil depending upon the actual needs of the Railway Administration. The Administration also reserves the right to cancel the notified vacancies at its discretion and such decision will be final and binding on all. In the event of cancellation of notified vacancies, the examination fees paid by the candidates will not be refunded.

1.10 Dates of all examinations and results are published in Employment News / Rozgar Samachar and also indicated in local dailies. These are also given in the website of the Railway Recruitment Board concerned. Call letters for written examinations are sent to candidates by business post. The candidates whose applications are rejected are also intimated through post along with the cause of rejection. The details of provisionally eligible as well as ineligible candidates for a particular post are also put on the website of the Railway Recruitment Board concerned at least one week prior to the written examination for that post. RRBs will not be responsible for any postal delay/wrong delivery of call letters Rejection letters. RRBs does not intimate candidates who are not selected in written examination or any other test.

1.11 Selection by RRB does not confer upon candidates any right of appointment in Railway. The function of the RRB is to recommend names of suitable candidates to the Chief Personnel Officer of the concerned Zonal Railway / Production Unit who in turn issues the offer of appointment letter subject to the availability of vacancies and candidates being found medically fit and satisfying all eligibility criteria.

1.12 Selected candidates will have to undergo training wherever training is prescribed for the post.

1.13 Emoluments on initial appointment will be minimum pay of the pay band plus Grade pay plus other allowances admissible at that time. During training period only stipend will be paid as applicable. Candidate may have to give security deposit and execute indemnity bond wherever necessary.

1.14 While all candidates irrespective of community may be considered against UR vacancies, however against the vacancies earmarked for specific community (SC/ST/OBC), only candidates belonging to that community / group will be considered. For this purpose, SC/ST/OBC candidates should furnish Caste Certificate from competent authorities as per the formats given at Annexure 3 (for SC/ST candidates) and Annexure 4 (for OBC candidates). Further, in case of OBC candidates, the certificates should specially indicate that the candidate does not belong to the Persons/Sections (Creamy Layer) mentioned in Col.3 of the Schedule of the Government of India, Department of Personnel and Training O.M. No.3601 2/22/9-Estt. (SCT) dated 08.09.93 & its subsequent revision through O.M.No.36033/3/2004-Estt. (Res.) dated 09.03.2004. The OBC candidate should enclose self declaration of non-creamy layer status in the proforma as given in Annexure-5. Candidate who wish to be considered against vacancies reserved and / or seek age relaxation must submit requisite certificate from the competent authority and self declaration of non-creamylayer status in case of OBCs, in the prescribed format along with the application form itself. Other wise, their claim for reserved status will not be entertained and the candidature / applications of such candidates fulfilling all eligibility conditions for General (UR) category will be considered under General (UR) category only.

1.15 Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC who fulfill required educational qualification/technical qualifications can also apply against UR vacancies. They will, however, have to compete with the UR candidates. No age relaxation will be allowed to such SC/ST/OBC candidates applying against UR vacancies.

1.16 Free Second Class Railway Pass as and when admissible will be issued to the candidates belonging to SC/ST communities when they are called for written examination/document verification provided they submit valid caste certificate.

1.17 Selected male candidates who are finally appointed are liable for active service in Railway Engineer's Unit of Territorial Army.

1.18 Female candidates are also eligible. However, it may be noted that some of the categories involve duties which are arduous in nature and calls for working in shifts at odd hours, at locations away from headquarters.

1.19 Any subsequent changes in the terms and conditions of this Centralized Employment Notice as per extant rules will stand good. RRBs reserves the right to consider/ incorporate any subsequent changes/modifications/additions in the terms & conditions to recruitment under this Employment Notice necessitated and applicable.

1.20 A Candidate shall be free to apply to more than one RRB but he/she will be doing so at his/her own risk as the examination will be held by all RRBs on the same date. Examination for more than one category may also be held simultaneously based on administrative convenience.

1.21 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Candidates: Candidates belonging to Andaman & Nicobar Islands applying for the posts notified by RRB / Kolkata or Chennai may be allotted examination centre at Port Blair provided sufficent number of eligible candidates apply. Such candidates should enclose a certificate of domicile in Andaman & Nicobar Islands from a competent officer of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands administration or a certificate from the school / college last attended in Andaman & Nicobar Islands certifying that the candidate had passed his / her examination from the school / college situated in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. If number of candidates is not sufficient, exam centres in other places will be allotted as per the administrative convenience of RRBs.

2.AGE LIMIT

The lower and upper age limit indicated will be reckoned as on 01.01.2013. The upper age limit is relaxable as under subject to submission of requisite certificate.

2.01	By 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
2.02	By 3 years for OBC candidates.
2.03	For Ex-Servicemen, up to the extent of service rendered in defence plus 3 years
	provided they have put in more than 6 months service after attestation.
2.04	By 5 years to the candidates who have ordinarily been domiciled in the state of
	Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01/01/1980 to 31/12/1989.
2.05	By 10 years for Person with Disabilities (PWD) (15 years for SCs/STs and 13
	years for OBCs).
2.06	For the serving Group 'C' and Group 'D' Railway Staff and casual labours/
	substitutes, the relaxation in upper age limits will be up to 40 years for
	Unreserved candidates, 45 years for SC/ST candidates and 43 years for OBC
	candidates, provided they have put in a minimum of 3 years service (continuous
	or in broken spells). For those working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the
	Railway organization such as Railway Canteens, Co-operative Societies and
	Institutes, the relaxation in upper age limits will be up to the length of service
	rendered subject to maximum 5 years.
2.07	Upper age limit in case of widows, divorced women and women judicially
	separated from the husband but not remarried shall be relaxed up to 35 years for
	Unreserved, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates.

3. EXAMINATION FEES

3.01 No examination fees for SC/ST /Ex-Servicemen/ Persons With Disability / Women/ Minorities/ Economically Backward Classes candidates having annual family income less than ` 50,000/-.

3.02 For unreserved Male / OBC Male candidates ( who is not coming within the purview of minority/ Economially Backward Communities) Examination fee as indicated against the post/ category for each application. Candidates should send separate application for each RRBs.

3.03 The examination fees are non-refundable. It should be paid in the form of a crossed Demand Draft to be drawn at the main branch of any of the Nationalized Banks, or in the form of Crossed Indian Postal Order drawn in favour of

'CHAIRMAN/ MEMBER SECRETARY/SECRETARY/ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF CONCERNED RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD'. Valid for a period of Three months. The Bank Drafts/Indian Postal Orders should be payable at the location where the concerned RRB (as per para-15) is situated. The Indian Postal Order/Bank Drafts should not been obtained earlier than the date of issue of this Centralized Employment Notice or after the closing date for receipt of application.

3.04 Candidates should write the Centralized Employment Notice No., Name of the post/s applied for, Category Number of the post/s and his/her name and postal address on the reverse side of the Bank Draft/Front side at the space provided in the Indian Postal Order.

4. HOW TO APPLY

4.01 The application format as per Annexure 1 & 2 should be filled up by the candidate in his/her own handwriting, with blue or black ball point pen (not in pencil, fountain pen or gel pen) dated and signed. Only international numerical

i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc. should be used. The application form should be filled up in English or in Hindi only, strictly observing all the instructions given in this Employment Notice. The candidates should affix his/her normal signature in English or in Hindi in the application form. Applications signed in capital letters/spaced out letters will be treated as invalid.

4.02 The candidate's Name, Address with Pin Code, Date of Birth, Father's Name, Mothers Name and nearest Railway Station should be written legibly in English in bold capital letters, even if the candidate fills up the application form in Hindi.

4.03 Photographs: One recent (not earlier than three months from the date of application) colour photograph of size 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm with clear front view of the candidate without cap and sunglasses should be pasted on the application form in the space provided. Xerox copy of photographs is not permitted. The candidates should sign in the space provided in the box below the photograph. One identical extra colour photograph should be enclosed with the application, indicating candidate's name and category number on the reverse of the photograph. Candidates may note that the RRB may reject at any stage for pasting old/unclear photograph on the application or for any significant variations between photograph pasted in the application and the actual physical appearance of the candidate.

5. ENCLOSURES

The following enclosures as applicable to each individual candidate should be firmly stitched along with the application in the given order:

5.01 Application form in the prescribed format (as given in Annexure-1).

5.02 Information sheet in the prescribed format (as given in Annexure-2).

5.03 A valid Indian Postal Order or the Bank Draft for the amount as prescribed in the Centralized Employment Notice wherever required.

5.04 One copy of identical colour photograph of size 3.5 cm x3.5 cm firmly stitched to the application (apart from one copy pasted on the form).

5.05 Self Attested copy of Matriculation/High School Examination Certificate or an equivalent Certificate indicating date of birth.

2.08	No age relaxation is allowed to SC/ST/OBC candidates applying against
	unreserved vacancies.
2.09	The date of birth for the candidates for the different age group should be between
	the dates given below: (Both dates inclusive)

Sl.No	Age Group*	Upper Date of Birth			Lower Date of Birth for all	Remarks
		UR	OBC	SC/ST
1. 2. 3. 4. 7. 8. 5. 6.	18 to 30 18 to 33 19 to 33 20 to 33 21 to 40 22 to 35 20 to 35 20 to 40	02-01-1983 02-01-1980 02-01-1980 02-01-1980 02-01-1973 02-01-1978 02-01-1978 02-01-1973	02-01-1980 02-01-1977 02-01-1977 02-01-1977 02-01-1970 02-01-1975 02-01-1975 02-01-197O	02-01-1978 02-01-1975 02-01-1975 02-01-1975 02-01-1968 02-01-1973 02-01-1973 02-01-1968	01-01-1995 01-01-1995 01-01-1994 01-01-1993 01-01-1992 01-01-1991 01-01-1993 01-01-1993	For categories listed in para 2.03 to 2.08. Age relaxation as indicated will be applicable

^* Age group is indicated against the post notified in this notification.

3.05 Remittance of examination fees in any other form except Bank Drafts/Indian Postal Order will not be accepted, (except in case of On-Line applications where ever this facilities provided, examination fee can be remitted through Bank Challan / Credit Card/ Debit Card as provided for).

3.06 The particulars of Bank Draft/Indian Postal Order submitted as examination fees should also be indicated at the prescribed place in the application form. (Item No. 6(a) of information sheet)

3.07 An application not accompanied with Bank Draft/Indian Postal Order of requisite amount wherever required towards examination fees will be summarily rejected.

3.08 Minorities mean Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis). For claiming waiver of examination fee, minorities candidates should furnish self- declaration as mentioned in Annexure -8, along with the application form. At the time of document verification such candidates claiming waiver of examination fee will be required to furnish Minority Community declaration affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper that he/she belongs to any of the above minority community. If the affidavit is not produced during the document verification the candidature will be rejected.

1. Economically Backward Classes mean the candidates whose annual family income is less than ` 50,000/-. They have to submit income certificate at the time of applying in the prescribed format on the letter head of the issuing authority as mentioned in Annexure -7.
   
   
2. Candidates should indicate, in item No.11 of the Application Form, any clear visible marks of identification on their body. For example, a mole on the nose, cut-mark on the forehead or a scar mark below the chin, etc. Incase there are no visible marks, NIL should be written. The applications are liable to be rejected for not filling up marks of identification/writing NIL.
   
   

4.05 The candidate should copy the paragraph at item No. 12 of the information sheet in English/Hindi in their own running handwriting (not in capital/spaced out letters), otherwise their applications will be rejected.

4.06 The candidate should put their Left Hand Thumb impression at the designated places in the Application Form and in the Information Sheet. The Thumb impressions must be clear and complete. Ridges of the Thumb impressions must be clearly visible.

4.07 Applications which are illegible, incomplete, unsigned, signed in capital letters, not in prescribed format, without photo of candidate, not having IPO/DD or having IPO/DD purchased before date of issue of and after closing date of Employment Notice are liable to be rejected.

1. The envelope containing the application should be clearly superscribed Application for the Post of .................................. Category No...... Centralized Employment Notice No.......... & Community (SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Ex-SM). If the post and category number is not indicated on the top of the envelope containing application, the same will not be entertained.
   
   
2. Self Attested copy of educational and/or professional qualification prescribed for the post being applied.
   
   

5.07 Self Attested Photostat copy of caste certificate from competent authority in the case of SC/ST candidates( as given in Annexure-3 ) & OBC candidates (as given in Annexure-4). Self declaration from OBC candidates regarding non-creamy layer status in the proforma as given in Annexure -5.

5.08 Disability Certificate in prescribed format by persons with disabilities (as given in Annexure-9).

5.09 Declaration form by the visually handicapped /those whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy and require scribe to be engaged for writing the examination (as given in Annexure-10).

employed in Railways or any Government department / Public Sector

minority community candidate for waiver the examination fees as given in Annexure-8.

6. INVALID APPLICATIONS

rejection shall also be displayed on the website.

6.01 Applications received before the date of publication of the notification & received after the closing date of the notification.

6.02 Passage not copied in the information sheet (or) copied in capital letters.

6.03 Application without signatures (or) signatures done in capital letters.

6.04 Left hand thumb impression not affixed/blurred/smudged on the application form & information sheet.

6.05 Copies of requisite certificates not enclosed. (i) Certificate for Date of birth, i.e. Metriculation / High school exam or equivalent certificate (ii) Educational and / or professional certificate (iii) Community certificate for SC/ST/OBC including self - declaration for OBC (non-enlosure will mean that the candidate will be taken as UR), (iv) Discharge certificate for Ex-service men candidates (v) Disability certificate for person with disabilities (vi) Income certificate by Economically backward candidates for waiver of examination fee (vii) Minority self declaration by minority candidates for waiver of examination fee (viii) No objection certificate for Railway / Government / Public Sector Undertaking employees.

6.06 Fee -Postal Order / D D not enclosed or less fee enclosed or invalid I P O / D D

i.e. IPO/DD purchased before date of the issue and after closing date of Centralized Employment Notice.

7. RECRUITMENT PROCESS

7.01 The selection is made strictly as per merit, on the basis of written examination. Short listed candidates will be called for verification of the original documents according to merit, availability of vacancies and reservation rules.

7.02 There shall be negative marking in written examinations and marks shall be deducted for each wrong answer @ 1/3 of the allotted marks for each question.

7.03 The syllabus for the written examination will be generally in conformity with the educational standards and/or technical qualifications prescribed for the posts. The Questions will be of objective type with multiple answers and likely to include questions pertaining to General awareness, Arithmetic, General Intelligence and Reasoning and Technical Ability for the post. The question paper will be in English, Hindi , Urdu and local language as indicated in para -15 given below. Duration of the examination will be 90 minutes with approximately100 questions.

7.04 Any Railway Recruitment Board concerned, at its discretion may hold additional written test(s) and/or skill test if considered necessary for all or for a limited number of candidates as may be deemed fit by Railway Recruitment Board.

8. MEDICAL FITNESS TEST

The candidates recommended for appointment will have to pass requisite medical fitness test(s) conducted by the Railway Administration to ensure that the candidates are medically fit to carry out the duties connected with the post. Visual Acuity Standard is one of the important criteria of medical fitness of railway staff. The medical requirements against different medical standards for different categories are outlined below:

8.01 B-1: Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards -Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D). Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass test forColourVision, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision & Night Vision.

8.02 B-2: Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards -Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not exceed 4D). Near Vision : Sn : 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass test for FieldofVision.

9. EX-SERVICEMEN CANDIDATES

This employment notice contains some vacancies reserved for ex-servicemen irrespective of their community. However, ex-servicemen may also apply against other vacancies not earmarked for them for which they will be granted age relaxation and fee exemption as indicated in paras 2.03 & 3.01 respectively.

9.01 The term Ex-Servicemen means a person who has served in any rank (whether as a Combatant or non-Combatant) in the regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union but does not include a person who has served in the Defence Security Corps., the General Reserve Engineering Force, the Lok Sahayak Sena and the Para Military Forces; and

9.02 Who has retired from such service after earning his/her pension or

9.03 Who has been released from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension or

6.07	Identification marks column not filled up.
6.08	Do not possess the prescribed qualification for the post as on date of application.
6.09	Over-aged or under-aged or Date of Birth not filled or wrongly filled.
6.10	Double or multiple applications submitted for the same post in the same RRB.
6.11	Application without colour photo (or) photo with cap, wearing goggles,
	disfigured, unrecognizable, or scanned or Xerox copy.
6.12	More than one application in single envelope.
6.13	Candidate's name is figuring in the debarred list.
6.14	Incomplete/illegible application.
6.15	Application not in the prescribed format.
6.16	Category/post not filled up or incorrectly filled.
6.17	Application addressed to other RRBs.
6.18	Application filled in a language other than English/Hindi.
6.19	Any other irregularities, which are considered invalid by the RRB.

7.05 The date, time and venue of the written examination will be fixed by the RRB concerned and will be intimated to the eligible candidates in due course. Request for postponement of the examination, change of center/venue will not be entertained under any circumstance.

7.06 The stages of examination are given against each post. Based on the performance of candidates in the examination, the candidates equal to the number of vacancies will be called for document verification in the main list. In addition, 30% extra candidates will also be called as standby and they are considered for empanelment only if there is shortfall in empanelment from the main list. During document verification, the candidates will have to produce their original certificates. No additional time will be given and the candidature of the candidates not producing their original certificates on the date of verification is liable to be forfited.

1. The appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her passing requisite Medical Fitness Test to be conducted by the Railway Administration, final verification of educational and community certificate and verification of antecedent/character of the candidate.
   
   
2. C-1: Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards - Distance Vision: 6/12, 6/18 with or without glasses. Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required.
   
   

1. C-2: Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards - Distance Vision: 6/12, Nil with or without glasses. Near Vision, Sn: 0.6 combined with or without glasses when reading or close work is required.
   
   
2. Note: (i) Candidates qualifying in examination/(s) for these posts but failing in prescribed medical examination/ (s) will not in any case be considered for any alternative appointment. (ii) Candidates who do not fulfill the prescribed medical standards need not apply. (iii) The above medical standards (criteria) are indicative and not exhausive and apply to candidates in general. For Ex-Servicemen and PWD candidates different standards will apply.
1. Who has been released otherwise than on his own request as a result of reduction in such establishment or
   
   

9.05 Who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement otherwise than on his own request or by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity and includes persons of the Territorial Army of the following categories:

(a)

Pension holders for continuous embodied service

(b)

Pensioners with disabilities attributable to military service

(c)

Gallantry award winner.

9.06 For vacancies reserved for Ex-servicemen, an Ex-serviceman with 15 years active service in the armed forces with matriculation will be considered eligible to apply for the posts for which the minimum qualification is an University Degree provided the relevant certificate issued by the military authority is attached with the application.

EXPLANATION: The Persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from service would come under the category of Ex-Servicemen may be permitted to apply for re-employment one year before the completion of the specific terms of engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to Ex-Servicemen but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete the specific terms of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union. Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under Central Government in Group 'C'/'D' will be permitted the benefit of age

10. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWD)

10.01 The suitability of a post for persons with disability has been indicated against each post. They may apply for those posts which have been identified as being suitable for persons with disabilities even if no separate vacancies are earmarked for them.

10.02 Concessions: i) Persons with disabilities are exempted from payment of examination fee irrespective of the fact whether the post is reserved or identified as suitable for PWDs. ii) Relaxation of 10 years in upper age limit applicable irrespective of the fact whether the post is reserved or not, provided the post is identified as suitable for PWDs. In addition, the candidates belonging to OBC and SC/ST are eligible for normal relaxation of 3 and 5 years respectively.

10.03 Definitions of Disabilities: Definitions of categories of disabilities for the purpose of recruitment are given below: (a) Blindness: 'Blindness' refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely:

(i) total absence of sight; or (ii) visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lense; (iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse; (b) Low vision: Person with low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device. (c) Hearing impairment: Hearing Impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies. (d) Locomotor disability: Locomotor disability means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy. (e) Cerebral Palsy: Cerebral Palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the prenatal, peri-natal or infant period of development (f) All the case of orthopaedically handicapped persons would be covered under the category of Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy.

10.04 DEGREE OF DISABILITY FOR RESERVATION: Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in services/posts who suffer from not less than 40 per cent of relevant disability. A person who wants to avail the benefit of reservation will have to submit a Disability Certificate issued by a competent authority as given in Annexure-9.

10.05 COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE DISABILITY CERTIFICATE: The competent authority to issue Disability Certificate shall be a Medical Board duly

11. SERVING EMPLOYEES

Candidates serving in any Central/State Government Department including Railways or Public Sector Undertaking should apply through proper channel or should apply directly to the RRBs, with NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from the employer, to avoid delay. The last date of receipt of applications in the office of relaxation as prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or cadre in Group 'C'/'D' under Central Government. However, such candidates will not be considered against the vacancies reserved for Ex- Servicemen in the Central Govt. jobs.

9.07 Ex-Servicemen are required to clearly indicate all required particulars including community in the application form and enclose all documentary proof including Community Certificates in the prescribed format, as required.

constituted by the Central or a State Government. The Central/State Government may constitute Medical Board(s) consisting of at least three members out of which at least one shall be a specialist in the particular field for assessing locomotor/cerebral/visual/hearing disability, as the case may be.

10.06 Visually Handicapped candidates/those candidates whose writing speed is affected by Cerebral Palsy can avail the assistance of SCRIBE for writing answers on their behalf. For engaging the SCRIBE, the candidate will have to suitably inform the RRB in advance as per Annexure-10. The engagement of SCRIBE will be subject to the following conditions: (a) The candidates will have to arrange their own SCRIBES at their own cost during the examination. Separate Admit Cards will be issued to the SCRIBES accompanying the Visually Handicapped candidates. Admit cards should contain the particulars and photograph of the SCRIBE duly signed by him/her. (b) The academic qualification of the SCRIBE should be one grade below the qualification prescribed for the post for which recruitment is being made. (c) The SCRIBE can be from any academic discipline different from that of the candidate. He/She should not have secured more than 60% marks in the qualification mentioned at (b) above. (d) The candidates as well as the SCRIBE will have to give a suitable undertaking (Annexure-10) along with the application conforming that the SCRIBE fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a SCRIBE as mentioned above. In case it transpires later that he/she did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or there has been suppression of material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled irrespective of the result of the examination. The Visually Handicapped candidate shall be responsible for any misconduct on the part of the scribe brought by him/her. The undertaking, as given in the Annexure-10, should be submitted by the Visually Handicapped candidates/candidates whose writing speed is affected by Cerebral Palsy, along with his/her application.

10.07 All one eyed candidates and VH candidates whose visual degree of disability is less than 40% shall not be considered as Visually Handicapped persons and the provision for engaging SCRIBE shall not be applicable to them.

10.08 All selected candidates will be subjected to medical examination by Railway Medical Authority at the time of appointment and only those conforming to the medical standards as laid down in the Indian Railway Medical Manual and other extant provisions, as the case may be, will be eligible for appointment. Selection does not imply appointment in Railways.

Railway Recruitment Boards will not be extended on account of any delay in transmitting the application by the concerned office. Advance copy of the application without no objection certificate will not be entertained. Applications received after closing date and time will also not be accepted.

Candidates can avail the facility of submitting their application online, if the same is available in the RRB to which they are applying. For this, they should visit the website of the concerned RRB and fill up their application form & information

13. MISCELLANEOUS

13.01 The entire Centralized Employment Notice along with all Annexures will also be available on the website of RRBs. Candidates can print the application forms and information sheets along with annexure and use for sending applications to RRBs.

13.02 All Enclosures should be either in English or in Hindi only. Where certificates are not in English/Hindi, self attested translated version (In Hindi/English) should be enclosed. The applications without the requisite enclosures will be rejected. Any of the above enclosures sent separately will not be entertained.

13.03 RRBs reserves the right to reject the candidature of any applicant at any stage in the process of recruitment if any irregularity / deficiency is noticed in the application.

13.04 RRB may hold written examination anywhere in the Country. The Centers allotted by RRBs will be final and binding.

13.05 RRBs reserves the right to conduct additional written examination/document verification at any stage. RRBs also reserves the right to cancel part or whole of any recruitment process at any stage for any of the category notified in this Centralized Employment Notice without assigning any reason thereof.

sheet as per instructions given on the website. It may be noted that these RRBs may have the facility of uploading the application and enclosures as well as making payment online.

13.06 The decision of RRBs in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications, issue of free Rail Passes, penalty for false information, mode of selection, conduct of written examination allotment of examination center, selection, allotment of posts to selected candidates etc. will be final and binding on the candidates and no enquiry or correspondence will be entertained by the Railway Recruitment Boards in this regard.

13.07 Candidates finally selected are liable to be posted anywhere on Indian Railways, if required.

13.08 The Railway Recruitment Boards are not responsible for any inadvertent error.

13.09 Any legal issues arising out of this Centralized Employment Notice shall fall within the legal jurisdiction of respective Central Administrative Tribunals, under which the concerned RRB is located.

13.10 In the event of any dispute about interpretation, the English version will be treated as final.

14. IMPERSONATION / SUPPRESSION OF FACTS/ WARNING

14.01 No Candidate should attempt impersonation or take the help of any impersonator at any stage of the selection process. Otherwise the candidates will be debarred for life from appearing in all RRB examinations as well as debarred from any appointment in Railways, In addition, legal action will be taken against the candidate.

14.02 Any material suppression of facts or submitting forged certificate/caste certificate by a candidate for securing eligibility and/or obtaining privileges including free travel for appearing in the examination shall lead to rejection of his/her candidature for the particular recruitment for which he/she has applied. Further, he/she will also be debarred from all examinations conducted by all RRBs all over the country for a period of 2 years and legal action can be initiated, if warranted.

14.03 A candidate will be debarred from examinations of all RRBs for a specified period/lifetime if (i) the candidate submits multiple applications for the same post and category; (ii) the candidate submits multiple applications with different community for the same post & category; (iii) the candidate submits multiple applications with different photo (face) for same post & category and

(iv) the candidate submits multiple applications with different documents for the same post & category.

14.04 Any candidate found using unfair means in the examination or sending someone else in his/her place to appear at the examination will be debarred from appearing in all the examinations of all the RRBs for lifetime. He/she will also be debarred from getting any appointment in the Railways. Such candidates are liable to be prosecuted by lodging FIR.

14.05 Furnishing of any false information to the RRB or deliberate suppression of any information at any stage will render the candidate disqualified and debarred from appearing at any selection or examination for appointment on the Railways or to any other Govt. service and if appointed the service of such candidate is liable to be terminated.

14.06 WARNING: (i)Beware of touts and job racketeers trying to deceive the candidates by false promises of securing job in Railways either through influence or by use of unfair and unethical means. RRB has not appointed any agent(s) or coaching center(s) for action on its behalf. Candidates are warned against any such claims being made by persons/agencies. Candidates are selected purely as per merit. Please be wary of unscrupulous elements and do not fall in their trap. Candidates attempting to influence RRB directly or indirectly, shall be disqualified and legal action can be initiated against them.

(ii) Candidates are advised to consult only the official websites of RRBs as mention in para. 15. They should beware of FAKE websites put up by unscrupulous elements/ touts.

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