Reservations in Recruitment and promotions

 

                    Reservations in Recruitment and promotions

By Shri JC Nagaraja Rao, Dy.CPO (Retd)

1. Articles 16 (4), 335, 341 and 342 of the Constitution of India provide for reservations in services in favor of SC, ST and other Socially and Economically backward classes.

2. Article 16 (6) was inserted in the constitution through 103 amendment for providing reservation in favor of economically weaker sections w.e.f 14.01.2019.

3.  Article 16 (4A) provides for reservation in the matter of promotions in favor of SC & STs.

4.  In recruitment reservation is provided for SC, ST, OBC, EWS, PwBD, Ex-servicemen. 

5. In promotions reservation is provided for SC, ST & PwBD only.

6. SC is from either Hindu or Sikh or Buddhist religion. 

7. ST can be of any religion.

8. OBCs will be from the list of castes prepared by the Central Govt.

9. EWS are those who are not eligible for SC,ST & OBC reservation. 

10. The total reservation for all categories should not exceed 50% in each cadre. Cadre means grade/Level. For example Jr Clerks, Sr Clerks, OS & Ch OS are four separate cadres for the purpose of reservations in clerical cadres. 

11. Necessary certificate from competent authority in prescribed form should be submitted to avail reservation. (District Magistrate/District Collector/Revenue Officers not below the rank of Tahsildar & Medical Board)

12. The verification of SC/ST certificates should be done within three months from the date of appointment.

13. Suitable departmental and criminal action will be taken for submission of fake certificates.

14. In recruitment reservation for SC, ST and OBC is 15%, 7.5% and 27% respectively.

15.  In promotions reservation for SC and ST is 15% and 7.5% respectively. No reservation for OBC in promotions.

16. Reservation is post based. Not on vacancy bases.

Example for Post Based Reservation:

Sanctioned posts = 100

Reservation for SC = 100 x 15% =             15

Reservation for ST = 100 x 7.5% = 7.5 ( ie 8 )

Reservation for OBC = 100 x 27% =          27

Total reservation = 50 (15+8+27)

Un-reserved posts = 50

Available SC employees on roll = 10 

Available ST employees on roll = 5

Available OBC employees on roll = 20

Available UR = 40

Total available on roll = 75 (10+5+20+40)

Vacancies = 25 (100-75)

SC   requirement = 15 -10 =  5

ST   requirement =    8- 5   = 3

OBC requirement = 27-20 = 7

UR requirement =    50 -40 = 10

Category wise requirement = 5+3+7+10 = 25

           

Note: Un-reserved vacancies means ‘No reservation’ for these posts. They are filled on merit or on seniority. Anybody ie SC / ST /OBC / UR who is in merit or is senior can be appointed against unreserved vacancies.

17. In direct recruitment, the reserved category candidates who are selected on the same standard as applied to General Candidates will not be adjusted against reserved vacancies.

18.  Only when he/she avails the relaxations in age limit, experience, qualification, permitted number of chances etc will be adjusted against reserved vacancies.

19. In Railway Group-A vacancies are filled by Direct Recruitment through UPSC and by promoting Group-B Officers.

20. Group-B vacancies are filled by promoting Group-C employees through departmental selection. ( 70% promotional Quota & 30% LDCE Quota)

21. Group-C vacancies are filled through Direct Recruitment (through RRB and RRC) and by giving promotion within Group-C ( Selection, General selection, LDCE, GDCE, Trade Test etc)       

22. Separate rosters registers should be maintained for DR, Promotion, LDCE and GDCE.  

23. Reservation rules are not applicable to postings on deputation. 

24. No reservation for single post cadre. The vacancy should be filled by seniority or merit as the case may be.

25. The unfilled posts of SC/ST/OBC should not be de-reserved i.e should not be converted to UR.

26. Such posts should be carried forward to next recruitment year. The same rule applies to promotions also.

27. However, posts can be exchanged between SC and ST if the vacancy could not be filled due to non-availability of candidates of that particular community ( ie SC or ST) in the third recruitment year. 

28. At any given point of time , the rule of maximum 50% quota should be followed on the cadre as a whole and not on the basis of individual recruitment where it may happen that all posts may fall to the share of either SC or ST or OBC due to carry forward rule for unfilled vacancies.

29. Candidates appointed on compassionate grounds should be shown against the appropriate roster point as per his community i.e SC against SC, ST against ST, OBC against OBC and UR against UR.

30. Candidates who are appointed against Sports/Cultural/Scouts & Guides quota should not be shown against SC/ST/OBC reservation points because their selection for appointment is purely on merit in their respective fields.

31. Employees who are rendered surplus and absorbed in alternative posts should be shown against the appropriate roster points as per his community i.e. SC against SC, ST against ST, and UR against UR. If there is no SC/ST point vacant, such surplus staff should be booked against UR point because we should not keep the surplus staff waiting for an alternative appointment for want of SC/ST vacancy.

32. Reservation in recruitment and promotion shall be as per roster. This roster is post based. Not vacancy based. 

33. In the Post Based Roster (BPR)  system, if a vacancy arises in the cadre due to Transfer/Promotion/Retirement/Death etc of SC/ST/OBC employee, that vacancy should be filled only by SC/ST/OBC candidate/employee respectively.

34. The PBR system is applicable in promotions from Group-C to Group-B, within Group-B and Group-B to Group-A. 

35. Reservation for OBC in recruitment:

All OBCs are not eligible for reservation.

Only those coming under Creamy Layer Category in OBC are eligible. 

Candidates whose family annual income is not more than Rs 8 Lakhs come under Creamy Layer category.

The certificate shall be from the local revenue authority not less than Tahasildar.

Age relaxation 3 years.

36. Reservation for Ex-servicemen in recruitment:

10% in Group-C posts & 20% in erstwhile Group-D (Level-1) posts are reserved for them.

Should have put in 15 years service in Army/Air force/ Navy and has passed Army Class-I certificate or equivalent. 

Age relaxation: 15 years.

37. Reservation for PH candidates in recruitment and promotions:

According to Right of persons with disabilities Act 2016, 4% reservation in recruitments and promotions should be provided to physically handicapped persons who are suffering from the following:

1. Blindness and low vision

2. Deaf and hard hearing

3. Locomotors disability (including cerebral palsy, Leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy).

4. Autism intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness.

5. Multiple disabilities from among (a) to (d) above including deaf and blindness

Note: The minimum disability should be 40%.

Distribution of 4% reservation is as under:

For category (a) above – 1%

For Category (b) above – 1%

For Category (c ) above- 1%

For categories (d) & (e) above – 1%

Railways can exempt any post/cadre from the above reservations for PwD candidates.

Necessary Certificate from competent Medical Board constituted by Central/State Govt should be obtained and produced.

Age relaxation is 10 years . 

38. Reservation for Economically Weaker Section candidates:

EWS reservation is only for General category candidates (i.e Those not eligible for reservation under SC/ST/OBC communities.)

10% reservation in Un-reserved vacancies.

No age relaxation.

EWS certificate from State Revenue Authorities not lesser than Tahasildar.

Gross annual income of a family is not more than 8 Lakh rupees in a financial year.

Family shall not own 5 acres of agricultural land and above, Residential flat of 1000 Sq ft and above, Residential plot of 100 Sq Yards and above in areas notified municipalities and Residential plot of 200 Sq Yards and above in areas other than notified municipalities. 

39. Reservation for Course Completed Act Apprentice:

20% of vacancies in Level-1 posts (Erstwhile Group-D posts in GP 1800/-)

Should have undergone training in Railway Establishments and 

Should have a National Apprentice Certificate issued by National Council of Vocational Training (NCVT). 

40. Reservation for Minorities:

4.5% of OBC vacancies are to be filled by Minorities. 

To avail the benefit of reservation, the person should be belonging to Minority Community as defined in Section 2 ( C ) of the National Commission for Minorities Act 1992 and his caste/community should have been included in the notified list of OBCs. 

 

41. Vertical and Horizontal Reservation:

Vertical Reservation means reservation for  SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/UR.

Horizontal Reservation means reservation for  PH/EWS/Ex-servicemen/CCAA.

42. UR = UR(merit) +PH(merit) +EWS((merit) + Ex-servicemen(merit)

SC = SC + PH(SC) + Ex-Servicemen (SC)

ST = ST + PH (ST) + Ex-Servicemen (ST)

OBC = OBC + Minority (OBC) + PH (OBC)  + Ex-servicemen(OBC)

 

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Counter Offer

Counter Offer

(Most important short notes question for General expenditure paper)

In simple  terms

·         'A' makes an offer to sell his car to 'B' at a price of Rs.3 lakhs.  B gives acceptance conditionally saying that he wants to purchase that car at Rs.2.5 lakhs.  This conditional acceptance is not valid, hence there is no contract.  This is nothing but, B's counter offer to A.

·         That means conditional  acceptance or partial acceptance is none other than called as Counter Offer.

In Railways

·          In cases where the overall value of L-1 is reasonably good, but the rates(s) for certain item(s) in a schedule happen to be higher than those quoted by other tenderers in the same tender or higher than the last accepted rates,

·          the method of counter offering the lower rates(s) obtained in the same tender considered reasonable by Tender Committee may be adopted while finalizing the tender.

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Abbreviations on Traffic / Commercial / Operating

 

Abbreviations on Traffic / Commercial / Operating 

SN	Abbreviation	Expansion
1	LTTC	Long-Term Tariff Contract
2	TEFD	Traditional Empty Flow Direction
3	GFR	Gross Freight Revenue
4	RTT	Round Trip Tariff
5	TAC	Terminal Access Charge
6	CRT	Container Rail Terminal
7	TEU	Twenty-foot Equivalent Unt
8	PCC	Permissible Carrying Capacity
9	NMG rake	New Modified Goods rake
10	EOL	Engine On Load
11	RMC	Railway Material Consignment
12	e-RD	electronic Registration (of Wagons)  of Demand
13	e-RR	electronic (Transmission of) - Railway Receipt
14	TMS	Terminal Management System
15	AFTO	Automobile Freight Train Operator
16	CRT	Container Rail Terminal

Buildings and Rents

 

Buildings & Rents  

Source: Chapter 19 of Engineering Code 

• No employee has any right to be provided with Quarters 

• Quarters provided by Railways - The following circumstances 

1. Where conditions are such that Private enterprise does not adequately meet the demand for housing the staff. 

2. It is necessary for special reasons to provide Quarters for certain staff near to their work (for example: staff working in remote location Railway Stations)  

• GM - Can divide the Quarters into separate classes as per the standard of accommodation approved for various classes of staff. 

• Railway Board - Have the power to prescribe the scale of accommodation and the unit cost of each class of quarters.  

• Motor garages - Should not as a rule be provided in staff quarters. Allowed only in exceptional cases i.e., essential in the interest of the official's work. In such cases, the cost of garages should be added to the capital cost of the quarters to assess the Rent.  

• Temporary Garages - The cost should not exceed Rs.10,000 /-

• Assessed Rent of class of Quarters - 6% of the Capital cost of all the Quarters of the particular class. 

• Rent - Officers Quarters - Floor Area basis 

• Rent - Staff Quarters - Floor Area basis (wherever possible) 

• Rent - Assessed once in 5 years 

• Rent - To work out the details, 2 years is allowed.

• Example: The Rent worked out based on the cost as on 31.03.2021 will be effected from 01.04.2023.  

•  GM/DRM - Have full powers to incur the expenditure on Repairs to the Quarters. (Previously Rs.1 Lakh on Quarter subject to Rs.30 Lakhs per Annum.  Now it is deleted) 

• Leased and Requisitioned Buildings - The rent paid to the Landlord should be treated as Assessed Rent 

• The Total Cost of the Quarters: 

  Inclusions: 

1. The entire cost of construction irrespective of the source of finance 

2. Sanitary fittings

3. Water Supply fittings

4. Electric Installation & Fittings 

Exclusions: 

1. Cost of Land 

2. Development of Land (Raising, Levelling, Dressing, Construction of Revetments, retaining walls, compound walls, fences and gates, Approach Roads, Sewerage, Street lighting, Water supply arrangements, Over Head Tank, Transformer, etc) 

• Electric Bulbs:  First cost from Railway Funds.  Subsequent replacements are chargeable to the Occupants. 

• Provision of other special installations and fittings such as Heating installations, Electric Lifts, Refrigerators, and Furniture  - Railway Board prior permission is required. 

• Hire Charges for Furniture  

• 14% per annum for Durable articles - Beds, Almirahs, Chairs, Tables etc 

 

• 24.75% per annum for Non Durable articles - Door mats, curtains, mattresses, durries (carpets), chicks (stools), etc  

Obligation of Tenants:  

1. Any additions or alterations to quarters with permission of the Executive Engineer in charge only.

2. Keep their Quarters in a clean and wholesome state. 

Service Buildings: 

• Examples: Railway Stations, Offices, Depots, Workshops, Running Rooms, Guest Houses for Officers and subordinate staff 

• No Rent is chargeable 

• Temporary use of Rest houses etc as Residence -  DRM has powers 

• No Rent  - Accommodation provided for the Officers of Government Inspectors of Railways or for Statutory Audit Officers  

List of Buildings: 

 

• Maintaining a complete and up-to-date list of all Buildings 

• Both Residential and Service 

• Form: E 1977 

• Division wise 

• Reviewed by the Divisional Engineer once in every 3 Months  

Rent Rolls:   

• Prepared in Triplicate (Personnel Dept, Accounts Dept and Office Copy)

• Prepared on the beginning of the Financial Year i.e., 1st April 

• Information of Quarters, Occupants, etc 

• Form: Chapter 16-A of the Engineering Code 

Key Points for MCQ: 

1. Buildings & Rents - Chapter 19 of the Engineering Code 

2. No employee has any right to be provided with Quarters 

3.  Assessed Rent of class of Quarters - 6% of the Capital cost of all the Quarters of the particular class. (whether the Total cost is charged to Capital or any other Source of Finance)  

4. Rent - Assessed once in 5 years 

5. Rent - To work out the details, 2 years is allowed.

6. Example: The Rent worked out based on the cost as on 31.03.2021 will be effected from 01.04.2023.  

7. Rent - Officers Quarters - Floor Area basis 

8. Rent - Staff Quarters - Floor Area basis (wherever possible) 

9. GM/DRM - Have full powers to incur the expenditure on Repairs to the Quarters. 

10.  Temporary Garages - The cost should not exceed Rs.10,000 /- 

11.  Electric Bulbs:  First cost from Railway Funds.  Subsequent replacements are chargeable to the Occupants.  

12. Hire Charges: 14% per annum for Durable articles - Beds, Almirahs, Chairs, Tables etc  

13. Hire Charges: 24.75% per annum for Non Durable articles - Door mats, curtains, mattresses, durries (carpets), chicks (stools), etc  

14. Rent is not chargeable to Service Buildings like Stations, Offices, Workshops etc 

15. Temporary use of Rest houses etc as Residence -  DRM has powers 

16. No Rent  - Accommodation provided for the Officers of Government Inspectors of Railways or for Statutory Audit Officers  

17. Form: E 1977 - List of Buildings 

18. List of Buildings - Reviewed every 3 months. 

19.  Rent Rolls - Prepared in Triplicate (Personnel Dept, Accounts Dept and Office Copy) 

20. Rent Rolls - Prepared at the beginning of the Financial Year i.e., 1st April 

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