Age limit (Age as no. 01.01.2017).

Extent of Age Relaxation:

Serving Railway employees, including casual labours and substitutes, who have put in a minimum of THREE YEARS service will be given age relaxation subject to the age limit not exceeding 40, 43 and 45 years in case of General, OBC and SC/ST candidates respectively.

Widows / Divorced women and women judicially separated but not married. Maximum age UR - 35yrs., OBC-38 yrs., SC/ST-40 yrs.

Persons with disabilities (PWD): Age relaxation of 10yrs. in addition to para 2.0 (Subject to production of Disability Certificate to be issued at least three (03) members committee of a Govt. Hospital)

The Upper age limit is relaxable for ex.- servicemen upto the extent of service rendered in Defence forces plus 3 years provided they have put in a minimum of 6 months attested service. Ex.- servicemen who have already joined the Govt. Service on civil side after availing of other benefits given to them as ex.-servicemen for further employment cannot claim ex-servicemen status for the purpose of this recruitment, such a person will be deemed to be civil employee and will accordingly be entitled to only such of the benefits like relaxation of age, etc. as admissible to Civil Employees, in the normal course in accordance with the existing instructions in this regard subject to his fulfilment of the conditions governing the grant of such benefits.

Conditions :

Selection of Candidates will be subject to Medical Examination in the prescribed medical standard by Railway Medical Authority prior to their appointment after due selection.

Candidates will have to undergo prescribed training course as applicable for the post as per existing instructions.

The age will be reckoned as on 01.01.2017.

All the photocopies of Certificates in regards to proof of age, educational qualifications, scouting qualifications, other qualifications, caste certificate and other certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer are to be enclosed along with the application form.

Two self-addressed envelopes (size 23 c.m. x 10 c.m.) to be sent along with the application.

Two recent passport size photographs (without cap & coloured glass) with their names written at the backside should be clipped along with the application form.

Another passport size photograph (without cap & coloured glass) duly signed by the candidate with date to be pasted on the application form at the space provided.

Application not properly filled in, incomplete or with overwriting, erasing or not supported by the attested copies of relevant certificates will be liable to be rejected.

Application received by post beyond the last date will not be entertained. Railway Administration, Eastern Railway will not be responsible for any postal delay/wrong delivery whatever at any stage of the selection process.

Category and Place of posting will be decided by the Appropriate Rly. Authority.

Candidates entitlement at all stages of the recruitment will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.

Separate application should be made for Category 1 & Category 2. Category should be mentioned on the envelope containing application form.

Serving Govt. Employee should send their application through Proper Chanel duly forwarded by their controlling officials. The last date will not be extended on account of delay in transmission of the application by the concerned office.

A written declaration should be furnished by the candidate, who would be finally qualified for appointment, as per Annexure-IV. If the candidate violates any of the said declarations furnished by him/her, he/she should be taken up under D&A Rule by the Competent Authority.

Scouting/Guiding Qualification (for both categories) :

The following qualification would apply for recruitment of Scouts & Guides to post in Grade Pay Rs. 1900/- and Grade Pay Rs. 1800/-.

President's Scout/Guide/Rover/Ranger OR Himalayan Wood Badge (HWB) holder in any section.

Should have been an active member of a Scout Organisation for the least 5 years. The Certificate of Activeness should be as per Annexure III; and

Should have attended two events at National level or All Indian Railways level and two events at State level.

Procedure for Recruitment for Scouts & Guides quota:

Candidates who applied in response to notification issued and found eligible after scrutiny will be called for written examination. The candidates qualified in written test will have to undergo the Scouting Skill Assessment and Certificates verification. Panel will be formed as per merit position of successful candidates.

Modalities :

Examination Fees :

(i) For all candidates except those mentioned in sub-para (ii) below Rs. 500/- (Rupees five Hundred) only. This Examination Fee is not refundable/transferable/adjustable under any circumstances.

(ii) For candidates belonging to SC, ST, Ex-servicemen, PWD, Women, Minorities and Economically Backward Classes Rs. 250/- (Rupees two hundred Fifty) only with a provision for refunding the same to those who actually appear in the written examination.

The Examination Fee is payable in Indian Postal Order (IPO Payable at GPO, Kolkata) drawn in favour of F&CAO, Eastern Railway Kolkata.

IPOs issued before the date of publication of this Employment Notice or after the closing date will not be accepted and the Application Form will be rejected.

Application received with Cash/Cheque/Money Order/Central Recruitment Fee Stamps/ Demand Draft will not be accepted and will be rejected.

Candidates must write their name, full address at the space provided in the IPO.

Note : * Minority will mean Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Janis and Zoroastrians (Parses).

** Economically Backward Classes will mean the candidates whose family income is less than Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) per annum.

Authorities Competent to issue income certificates for the purpose of identifying economically backward classes. (As per proforma at ANNEXURE-A)

1. District Magistrate or any other Revenue Officer up to the level of the Tahsildar.

2. Sitting Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha for persons of their own constituency.

3. Below Poverty Line (BPL) Card or any other certificate issued by Central Government under a recognized poverty alleviation programme or Izzat MST issued by Railways.

4. Union Minister may also recommend for any person from anywhere in the Country.

5. Sitting Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for persons of the District in which these MPs normally reside.

   Community Certificate :

No post is exclusively reserved for OBC and SC/ST candidates.

Candidates claiming to belong to OBC and SC/ST communities are required to produce community certificates from the Competent Authority in the prescribed format (enclosed in Annexure B&C) and enclose the copy of the same with the application.

The Community Certificates produced by the OBC candidates should specially indicate that the candidate does not belong to persons / sections (Creamy layer).

Eastern Rly. Administration's decision will be final. The decision of the Administration in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of applications etc. will be final and no enquiry or correspondence will be entertained in this connection. The Administration does not undertake any responsibility for sending any reply to the candidates for not being selected or not called for in Written Examination/Scouting Skill Assessment.

The application is liable to be rejected if any of the compulsory enclosure is not attached as indicated in the proforma of the application or the application is found defective in any respect.

Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidature.

As per the extant rules a IInd Class journey Pass from Home Station to the place of Examination and back will be issued to SC/ST candidates for appearing in written test.

No column should be left blank, which also may be the cause of rejection of the application.

Verification of all testimonials and certificates will also be mandatory condition for appointment.

No application form will be supplied by the Railway.

The envelope containing the application must be super scribed "Application for Recruitment against Scouts & Guides Quota for 2016-2017 for the category of the Group.

Place of Posting will be decided by the Appropriate Authority.

Candidates in response to this notification shall ensure that he/she fulfils all eligibility conditions at the time of submission of Application.

Recent Passport size photographs (Taken within one month) should not be accompanied with colored glass and cap on the head and it may be the cause of rejection of the application.

Photographs pasted on the Application Form, not signed and without date by the candidate may be the cause of rejection of the application.

Application without date & Thumb impression, Unsigned and Signed in Block or Capital letters may be the cause of rejection of the application.

Certificates in languages other than English or Hindi should be accompanied by an attested translation in English / Hindi.

Candidates seeking age relaxation and/or refund of Examination Fee must produce the Cast Certificate, PWD Certificate, Death Certificate of husband, Affidavit that she has not remarried since, Copy of Decree from the Competent Court of Law, Discharge Certificate, No Objection Certificate and Bonafide Certificate from the employer, along with the application form where applicable.

Category of post should be mentioned in the application. Not mentioning the same may be the criteria of rejection of application.

Railway Authority is not responsible for wrong delivery/dropping of application and also mentioning the address and category wrongly on the application. The same may be the criteria of rejection of application.

Mere calling/appearing in the written test and/or Scouting skill assessment/marks on certificates does not confer any right or claim for appointment.

At least one Certificate for each year for attending events/service organised by Unit/District (countersigned by the concerned DC) / State / National Association / International Organization/All India Railways level should be attached for the criteria of an active member of a Scout-Guide Organisation for at least 5 (five) years in the recent past, otherwise the application will be rejected.