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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-09102024-257775
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 572]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024/ ASHVINA 17, 1946
6507 GI/2024
(1)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
New Delhi, the 9th October, 2024
G.S.R. 627(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the
Constitution, the President hereby makes the following further amendments to the Indian Railway
Management Service (Group 'A') Rules, 2022, namely:-
1.
(i) These rules may be called the Indian Railway Management Service (Amendment)
Rules, 2024.
(ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Indian Railway Management Service (Group 'A') Rules, 2022, (hereinafter referred to as the
said rules), in rule 2,-
1. for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“‘Examination’ means the Civil Services Examination and Engineering Services
Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.”
2. clause (n) shall be renumbered as clause (o)
3. after clause (m), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(n) ‘sub-cadre’ means any of the eight streams of the Service, namely, Traffic,
Accounts, Personnel, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Signal and Telecommunication and
Stores.”
3. In the said rules, in rule 6, in sub-rule (i), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted,
namely:-
“(a) Fifty per cent of the vacancies in the grade of Junior Time Scale shall be filled by
direct recruitment through Civil Services Examination for the sub-cadres of Traffic,
Personnel and Accounts and through Engineering Services Examination for the sub-cadres
of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Signal and Telecommunication and Stores, conducted by
the Commission on the basis of the educational qualifications and age-limit specified by
the Government in consultation with the Commission”;
4. In the said rules, for Schedule- I, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:-
“SCHEDULE-I
(See Rules 2(e), 2(h), 2(j,k,l,m), 4(1), 4(2) and 6(1))
The grades, designations, number of sanctioned posts and level in the pay matrix of duty posts
included in the Indian Railway Management Service:-
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| S.N. | Grades of duty post | Railways | Railway Board | Level in pay matrix | Number of posts* |
+=====+===================================+==========+=======================================+=======================================+===================+
| 1. | Apex | -- | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, | Level 17 (Rs. 225000) | 7 |
| | | | Member, Director General | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 2. | HAG+ | General | Additional Member | Level 16 (Rs. 205400-224400) | 59 |
| | | Manager | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 3. | HAG | Principal| Principal Executive Director | Level 15 (Rs. 182200-224100) | 345 |
| | | Chief | | | |
| | | Manager | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 4. | Senior Administrative Grade | Chief | Executive Director | Level 14 (Rs. 144200-218200) | 1333 |
| | | Manager | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 5. | Non-Functional Selection Grade | Deputy | Director | Level 13 (Rs. 123100-215900) | 3270 |
| | (NFSG) | Chief | | | Up to 30% of total|
| | | Manager | | | Posts of Senior |
| | | | | | Time Scale and |
| | | | | | above will be in |
| | | | | | Non Functional |
| | | | | | Selection Grade # |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 6. | Junior Administrative Grade | Deputy | Not Applicable | Level 12 (Rs. 78800-209200) | |
| | | Chief | | | |
| | | Manager | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 7. | Senior Time Scale | Senior | Not Applicable | Level 11 (Rs. 67700-208700) | 1797 |
| | | Manager | | | |
| | | or | | | |
| | | Divisional| | | |
| | | Manager | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| 8. | Junior Time Scale | Assistant| Not Applicable | Level 10 (Rs. 56100-177500) | 1647 |
| | | Manager | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
| | TOTAL | | | | 8458 |
+-----+-----------------------------------+----------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------+
* * subject to variation dependent on workload
* @ Subject to new designations being introduced based on nature of work.
* # (a) There is no increase in overall strength of the cadre.
(b) The number of posts to be operated in Non-Functional Selection Grade shall not exceed the total
number of sanctioned posts in Junior Administrative Grade.
Sub- cadre wise strength is as under:-
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| Grade | Traffic | Personnel | Accounts | Civil | Electrical| Mechanical | Signal | Stores | Total |
+===========+=========+===========+===========+==========+===========+============+==========+==========+=================+
| Apex | | | | | | | | | 7$ |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| HAG+ | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 30+29*=59 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| HAG | 42 | 18 | 40 | 85 | 42 | 50 | 39 | 29 | 345 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| SAG | 163 | 65 | 129 | 333 | 171 | 203 | 155 | 114 | 1333 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| JAG/NFSG | 392 | 171 | 286 | 858 | 450 | 486 | 348 | 279 | 3270 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| STS | 234 | 113 | 250 | 384 | 190 | 274 | 231 | 121 | 1797 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| JTS | 264 | 111 | 118 | 295 | 220 | 337 | 194 | 108 | 1647 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
| Total | 1101 | 481 | 828 | 1961 | 1078 | 1356 | 971 | 653 | 8458 $*# |
+-----------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+----------+-----------------+
* $ Apex Ex-cadre
* * HAG+ Ex-cadre.
* # inclusive of 29 revenue posts created after 01.01.2015";
5. In the said rules, in Schedule-II,-
(a) for the heading, the following heading shall be substituted namely:-
"Method of appointment, field of selection and the minimum qualifying service for
promotion to the higher duty posts(s) or Grade(s) in the 08 Sub cadres of Indian
Railway Management Service”.
(b) against S.N. 8, in column (3), for the entries “50 per cent by direct recruitment through
the Civil Services Examination as per age, educational qualifications and other
conditions as notified by the Central Government or Union Public Service Commission
from time to time", the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-
"50 per cent by direct recruitment through the Civil Services Examination and
Engineering Services Examination as per age, educational qualifications and other
conditions as notified by the Central Government or Union Public Service Commission
from time to time";
(c) against S.N. 8, in column (4), for the entries “Group 'B' officers of Indian Railway
Management Service, in level 8 or level 9 in the pay matrix with minimum three
years regular service in the grade”, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-
"Group 'B' officers of all Departments viz. Personnel, Accounts, Traffic,
Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Signal and Telecommunication
Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Stores Departments of Indian
Railways, in level 8 or level 9 in the pay matrix with minimum four years regular
service in the grade.
Note 1: Eligible service for promotion for existing incumbents in the feeder
grades in level-8 or level-9, holding the post on regular basis on the date of
notification of these rules, shall continue to be three years.
Note 2: Vacancies available for promotion quota in Junior Time Scale of Indian
Railway Management Service shall be distributed or assigned amongst the eight
Sub cadres in proportion to their percentage share of Group 'B' strength in the
combined Group 'B' strength of these Departments."
6. In the said rules, in Schedule-III, for the heading, the following heading shall be substituted
namely:-
"Departmental Promotion Committee for considering the cases of promotion or
confirmation in Group 'A' duty posts of the 8 Sub cadres of Indian Railway
Management Service and Screening Committee for considering the cases carrying pay
in a specific level in the pay matrix for which Non-Functional Up gradation is
applicable."
(F.No. 2022/E(G)RR/23/1-Part(2))
ANVITA SINHA, Executive Director, Estt.(Gaz. Cadre)
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section-3, Sub-Section (i),
Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. No. 119(E), dated the 15th February, 2022.
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