Railway Recruitment Cell, Patna invites applications from citizens of India and such other candidates declared eligible by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to fill up the following posts.

Name of the post and No. of posts:

Porter: 918, Trackman: 1614, Helper-II (Mech): 976, Helper-II (S&T): 366, 

 

Helper-II (Elect): 291, Gr.'D' (Engg.): 469, Gr. 'D' (Store): 21

Total No. of posts 4655, out of which 47 for VH

Pay Band Rs. 5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs. 1800/-

Educational qualification: Candidates should possess the qualification of 10th Pass or ITI / Centre of Excellence (COE) or equivalent. Candidates appearing at and/or awaiting results of the final examinations of 10th/ITI/COE or equivalent on the date of application are not eligible to apply.

Age: 18-33 years

Age relaxation: For Persons with Disabilities (PWD) – 10 years for UR, 13 years for OBC and 15 years for SC/ST candidates.

 

PROOF OF AGE: Matric Certificate issued by Board, or, (b) School Leaving Certificate counter signed by Inspector of Schools/Headmaster/District Education Officer.

 

Application fee: No fee for SC/ST/PwD/Women candidates.

 

Definitions of Disabilities:

 

(a) Blindness: „Blindness‟ refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely: (i) total absence of sight; or (ii) visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses; or (iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.

 

(b) 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 device.

 

DEGREE OF DISABILITY FOR RESERVATION: Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in posts who suffer from not less than 40 per cent of relevant disability.

 

COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A DISABILITY CERTIFICATE: The competent authority to issue a Disability Certificate shall be a medical Board duly constituted by Central or State Government consisting of at least three members out of which at least one shall be a specialist in the particular field for assessing locomotor/cerebral/visual/hearing disability, as the case may be.

 

Visually Handicapped candidates / those candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can avail the assistance of scribe for writing answers on their behalf. For engaging the scribe the candidate will have to suitably inform the Railway Recruitment Cell in advance as per Annexure- 6. 

 

The engagement of scribe will be subject to the following conditions:- (i) The candidates will have to arrange their own scribes at their own cost during examination. Separate admit cards will be issued to the scribes accompanying such candidates. Admit card should contain the particulars and photograph of the scribe duly signed by him/her. (ii) The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade below the qualification prescribed for the post for which recruitment is made (iii) The candidates as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking (Annexure-6) along with the application confirming that scribe fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. In case it transpires later, that he/she did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or there has been suppression of material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled irrespective of the result of the examination. The candidate shall be responsible for any mis-conduct on the part of the scribe brought by 

 

him/her. The under taking should be submitted by the visually handicapped 

 

and the candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy along 

 

with his/her application.

 

Candidates should submit the applications either in Hindi or in English in the format annexed as Annexure- 1 in Employment News.

 

The application should be on good quality A-4 size bond white paper using one side only. News paper cuttings should not be used as applications.

 

Candidates should fill up the application form in his/her own handwriting either in Hindi or in English with blue or black ball point pen only.

 

Candidate should put Signature, Place and date of filling of application at the bottom of the Application form at the assigned place. Signature of the applicant must be specific so that the same may not be copied easily. Signature in Capital letters or open letters will not be accepted and the applications having such type of signatures will be rejected summarily (VH candidates exempted from signature).

 

Candidate should put clear and readable Left Thumb Impression (LTI) in the specified box of the application form. If the candidate does not put his LTI at all or puts partial LTI or blurred/smudged LTI or such LTI which is not readable, his application shall be rejected summarily solely on this ground. Clear and readable LTI can be given by taking sufficient ink on the whole left thumb and then putting the impression with soft hand without pressing hard on the paper.

 

The duly filled up application along with the required documents should be addressed to the Assistant Personnel Officer (RRC), Railway Recruitment Cell, East Central Railway, Polson Complex, Digha Ghat, Patna – 800011, Bihar.

 

Or dropped in the Application Box/Room at Railway Recruitment Cell office, East Central Railway, Polson Complex, Digha Ghat, Patna – 800011 Bihar upto 18.00 hours of the closing date i.e 14.10.2013 on all working days i.e except Saturday, Sunday and Gazetted Holidays.

 

On the envelope containing the application, “APPLICATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS IN PAY BAND-1 + GRADE PAY RS.1800/-, EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. RRC/ECR/GP 1800/1/2013”, should clearly be written.

 

Physically Handicapped candidate should mention „PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CANDIDATE‟ at the top right side of the envelope.

 

The candidate should send application duly filled in along with required documents by ORDINARY POST.

 

ENCLOSURES TO THE APPLICATION:

 

Candidates should enclose self-attested photocopies of the relevant certificates as mentioned below. Original certificates must not be enclosed. All enclosed certificates which are in language other than Hindi or English should be translated to Hindi or English and enclosed alongwith self-attested Xerox copies of originals.

 

A passport size photograph (not older than 01 months) without wearing cap & goggles/coloured glasses is to be pasted (not stapled) at the appropriate place in the application form.

 

Certificates in proof of the Date of Birth. Only 10th class pass/Matric certificate or school leaving certificate will be accepted.

 

Certificates in proof of educational/technical qualifications.

 

Community certificates for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC communities.

 

Non-creamy layer certificate from OBC candidates.

 

Physical Disability Certificate for candidates applying for quota reserved for them.