Age limit: 18-33 years

 

Age Relaxation: For persons with Disabilities – Upper Age relaxation upto a maximum of 10 years for UR, 13 years for OBC and 15 years for SC/ST candidates.

 

Pay Band: Rs. 5200-20200 + grade Pay Rs. 1800/-

 

Application fee: No fee for PwD candidates.

 

Person with Disabilities (PWD) 

 Definitions of Disabilities:

 

The suitability of a post for person with disabilities has been indicated against each post. 

 

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 devices. 

 

Provision of Scribe: 

 

 Visually Impaired Candidates / those candidates whose writing speed is affected by Cerebral Palsy can opt for availing the assistance of SCRIBE for writing answers on their behalf. In all such cases engagement of Scribes 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 Card shall be issued to the Scribes accompanying the visually handicapped candidates. 

 

(b) The academic qualification of the Scribe should be one grade below the qualification prescribed for the post for which recruitment is being made, i.e. not more than Class IX (Nine) pass. 

 

(c) The candidates as well as the Scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking (enclosed Proforma at Annexure-V) confirming that the Scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a Scribe as 

mentioned above. In case it transpires later that he/she did not fulfil any of the laid down eligibility criteria or there has been suppression of any material fact regarding the scribe to the extent of visual disability necessitating use of a scribe, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled irrespective of 

the result of the examination. The candidate shall be responsible for any misconduct on the part of scribe brought by him/her. 

 

The said undertaking should be submitted by the Visually Handicapped candidate along with his/her application form. 

 

(d) Candidates availing the assistance of Scribe shall be eligible for 20 MINUTES extra time for every hour of the examination. 

 

(e) The Scribe will read out the questions to the candidates and on the candidate stating clearly answer against each question, the Scribe will write/indicate the same. Only the answers spelt out by the candidate are to be written/ indicated by the Scribe in the answer sheet. 

 

 (f) The Scribe shall not be permitted to make gesture, sounds or any other forms of communication designed to indicate to the candidate the correctness or otherwise of an answer being recorded by him. 

 

Any such attempt would entail disqualification of candidate and stringent action will be taken against both the candidate and the scribe. 

 (g) The VH candidates are allowed to use TAILOR FRAME AND BRAIL SLATE WITH PAPER for solving arithmetic problems and they will have to bring their own TAILOR FRAME AND BRAIL SLATE WITH PAPER in the examination hall. Partially blind candidates who are able to read normal question paper set for all the candidates and to write/indicate the answer with the help of Magnifying Glass may be allowed to use Magnifying Glass in the examination hall but they shall not be allowed the help of a Scribe. Such candidates may bring their own Magnifying Glass in the examination hall. 

 

The Application, complete in all respect along with required enclosures in prescribed format, may be sent by “ORDINARY POST” only to the “Assistant Personnel Officer (Recruitment), Railway Recruitment Cell, South Eastern Railway, 11, Garden Reach Road, 1st Floor, Bungalow No 12 A, Kolkata-700043 or, dropped in the Application Box kept in the ground floor of above mentioned address on or before the closing date. 

 

Applications sent through Speed post/Courier/Registered AD will not be acknowledged /accepted.

 

The envelope containing application should be clearly super scribed “Application for Recruitment in Pay Band-I `. 5200-20200/- with GP `.1800/- South Eastern Railway” along with the community/ category as 

applicable i.e. SC/ ST/ OBC/ UR/ PWD (PH)/ Ex-SM. 

 

The Application Form should be made on good quality, white, A-4 size paper on a single sheet using ONE SIDE ONLY. Newspaper cuttings should not be used as applications. 

 

Candidates (including PH candidates) must fill up the required information in Black/Blue Ball Point pen in his/her own handwriting.

 

Applications should be written either in English or Hindi or not in any other Language. Only one language (either English or Hindi) should be used for filling all the columns. 

 

Application must be duly dated and signed by the candidate. 

 

Overwriting, cutting, erasing in the AF will lead to rejection of application. 

 

The photograph should be of size 4.5 x 3.5 cm. and should be in colour and unattested. The photograph should be taken without wearing coloured glasses, scarf, or Cap and face of the candidate should be clearly visible. 

 

The photograph should not be of more than one month old and should not bear any marks or signature. Applications containing scanned/edited photographs shall be summarily rejected. 

 

ENCLOSURES: 

 

The following enclosures only should be firmly stitched along with the application Form (Annexure-I) 

 

Self Attested photocopy of certificates in support of Date of Birth. Only class 10th  pass certificate /certificate issued by Registrar of Births will be accepted for this purpose.

 

Certificates/documents, which are in a language other than Hindi or English, should be translated into Hindi or English and enclosed along with the attested Xerox copies of originals. 

 

Certificates/documents, which are in a language other than Hindi or English, should be translated into Hindi or English and enclosed along with the attested Xerox copies of originals. 

 

In case of OBC candidates, a certificate of their belonging to OBC community, broadly as per the format as given in Annexure-VII issued by a Competent authority as mentioned in the Annexure alongwith a declaration in format given at Annexure-VIII.