Transcript Promotion from Group ‘B’ to Group ‘A’ on Indian Railways

MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
DIRECTORATE
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Appointments to Group ‘A’ on
Indian Railways
8 organized Group ‘A’ services
 IRSE, IRSEE, IRSME, IRSSE, IRSS
IRTS, IRAS and IRPS
 Appointment
through
direct
recruitment and promotion
 appointment to the lowest rung of the
Group ‘A’ cadre, viz Junior Scale (Rs
8000 - 13500).
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Appointments to Group ‘A’ on
Indian Railways
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Miscellaneous Group ‘A’ cadres
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Law, Hindi, PR, CMT, EDP etc.
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Appointment through DR/promotion
/deputation as per Rectt Rules.
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Appointment made directly to Senior
Scale (Rs 10000 - 15200).
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Recruitment Rules (Org services)
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Rectt Rules ---- 50% vacancies in Junior
scale of Group ‘A’ through DR and 50%
vacancies through promotion.
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Promotion from amongst Gr ‘B’ officers
with 3 years in Gr ‘B’.
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Hence, total no. of vacancies calculated
and divided for DR and promotion in the
ratio of 50:50.
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Post-based reservation system
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Reservation for SC/ST to be provided as a
percentage of total no. of posts, not of
vacancies.
 Separate rosters for DR and promotion,
each having no. of posts as per %ages
fixed in Rectt Rules.
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All RRs to be amended, replacing
“percentage of vacancies to be filled by the
different modes” by “percentage of posts
to be filled by different modes”
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Recruitment Rules for misc cadres
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In misc cadres, %age of vacancies by
different modes simply replaced by
%age of posts, with no change in the
number.
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For example, in OL cadre, 50% of
vacancies by promotion changed to
50% of posts by promotion.
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Junior scale cadre – fixation of
cadre strength
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In the major 8 depts , Group ‘B’ and Junior
scale( Group ‘A’) form a combined cadre.
Posts sanctioned as Assistant officers and
are also inter-changeable.
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With post based reservation system: first task - separate and determine the
junior scale (Gr A ) cadre strength.
 Second task - determine the ratio of JS
posts to be filled through DR and
promotion.
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Junior scale cadre – fixation of
cadre strength (contd)
In 2001, Junior scale Group ‘A’ cadre was
fixed from out of the total combined JS/Gr
B cadre consisting of 5600 (approx) posts.
 Required annual intake from either stream 170 each per year, further adjusted to 180
each per year.
 Basis
Av intake per yr =
total posts(SS & above)
av length of service in Gr A
(SS & above)
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Jr. Scale Cadre fixation(contd.)
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Average intake per year =
6000
av of 31yrs (DR)
and 10yrs(P)
=
6000
= 285
21yrs
= 360(after adjustments)
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promotion quota every year = 180
 DR quota every year
= 180
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Jr. Scale Cadre fixation (contd.)
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DR batches, after joining Railways, undergo 1-1/2
years of training and work for 2-1/2 years in JS
Group ‘A’ posts before promotion to Senior Scale.
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Promotees vacate Jr Scale posts immediately due
to their further promotion to Sr Scale on account
of ante dating of seniority in Group A.
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Jr Scale Posts are occupied, at any given time, by
3 batches of DRs and one batch of promotees
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Jr scale cadre fixation (contd)
Promotees get 5 years weightage in
seniority in Group ‘A’
 Service reqd for promotion from Jr
Scale to Sr Scale 4 years
 Hence due to ante-dating of seniority
by 5 years,they stand further
promoted to Sr Scale immediately.
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Jr scale cadre fixation (contd)
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Hence, Jr scale(Group A) posts divided in the ratio
of 3:1 for DR and promotion and provision being
made accordingly in the Recruitment Rules.
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DR 180 +
(1998)
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180 +
(1999)
180 =
(2000)
540
PQ 180 (2000)
=
180
Total JS Group ‘A’ Cadre
=
720
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Revision of Jr scale cadre
strength
In 2005, Jr Scale cadre strength was
revised and fixed at 1273.
 BASIS: Actual indents for DR and
promotion quota were added and
divided in the ratio of 3:1 between DR
and promotees..
 Thus, promotion quota for 2005-06
onwards fixed at 318
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Further revision in jr scale cadre
strength
In 2007, Jr scale cadre strength
further revised to 1647, with 411(25%)
posts for promotion quota.
 BASIS Jr Scale cadre strength
(including reserves) of the different
Rly services as finally approved by
the cabinet in the cadre review
exercise, were added to get the total
Jr Scale cadre strength.
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Jr Scale Cadre
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1236 (DR) + 411 (Promotees) = 1647
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Promotion Quota
2002-03 to 2004-05 = 180 per year
2005-06 to 2006-07 = 318 per year
2007-08 onwards = 411 per year
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Cadre strength of Junior Scale of
Organized Services
Promotion to Group ‘A’ is made every year
to the full extent of 411 posts due to full
vacation of the promotion quota junior
scale posts
 Direct recruitment is also to be made every
year roughly to the same extent viz 411
posts
 Ratio of intake to Group “A” by the two
modes remains same. In fact, actual intake
has been less for DR in the last few years
due to reduction of indents to 1/3rd
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ACTUAL INTAKE THROUGH DR
AND PROMOTION
YEAR
DR
PROMOTION
2002
56
180
2003
53
201
2004
53
318
2005
215
318
2006
154
411
TOTAL
531
1428
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Implications of demand
With increase of promotion quota to 50%
of Jr Scale posts, annual intake through
promotion will be 822 in place of 411.
 Number of posts for DR will be 822 as
against 1236.
 Annual intake through DR every year will
be 822 /3=274.
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THANK
YOU
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