RBE No.09/2002: GDCE – Enhancement of quota

No.E(NG)I/2001/PM 2/12, dated 21.01.2002

Sub: Scheme of General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE) for filling up 25% of direct recruitment quota posts in Group ‘C’ categories – Delegation of powers to the General Managers to fill up DR quota vacancies by GDCE in excess of 25% of net DR quota vacancies.

1. In terms of extent instructions (RBE No.129/1993), 25% off net direct recruitment quota vacancies are required to be filled by General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE) in respect of all those categories (except the categories of Law Assistants and Catering Supervisors grade Rs.3200-4900 and those in the Accounts Department) which are having a direct recruitment quota of 25% or more.

2. Pursuant to a demand raised by the All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) in PNM meeting with Board held on 23/24.08.2001 that, instead of filling up only 25% of direct recruitment quota vacancies, all the direct recruitment quota vacancies should be filled by GDCE with a view to facilitate speedy redeployment of surplus staff, the matter has been considered carefully by the board.

2.1 It has consequently been decided that while it will not be desirable to fill all the direct recruitment quota vacancies by GDCE, General Managers may be delegated powers to allow filling up direct recruitment quota vacancies by GDCE in excess of 25% of the direct recruitment quota vacancies already marked to be filled by GDCE under the existing scheme up to the limit of 50% of the direct recruitment quota vacancies in individual cases, under their personal approval, so as to expedite the filling up of vacancies in essential categories as well as to expedite the redeployment of surplus staff.

3. It has also been decided that regular Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ staff of the Production Units who fulfill the stipulated eligibility conditions, should also be permitted to appear in GDCE whenever conducted by the Zonal Railways for filling up the vacancies in different Group ‘C’ categories. The Zonal Railways should, therefore, ensure that copies of notifications of selections under GDCE, whenever issued by them, are invariably endorsed to all the Production Units, so as to enable the employees of the Production Units also to apply for such selections, through proper channel, along with eligible employees of the Zonal Railway concerned.

4. Board have further decided that, as a onetime measure, in order to tackle the problem of surpluses in the Production Units and Workshops, only the staff of Workshops and Production Units fulfilling the eligibility conditions be permitted to appear in the GDCE for filling up the vacancies in the categories of Diesel Assistant/ Electric Assistants which are decided to be filled up by the General Managers in excess of the 25% of direct recruitment quota vacancies in terms of para 2 above.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.09/2002