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Notification amending the Vice Chairman (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007 to reconstitute the Search-cum-Selection Committee for selecting the Vice Chairman under the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways, exercising powers under section 4B read with section 198 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), issued G.S.R. 757(E) dated 6th December 2024, notifying the Vice Chairman (Selection and Appointment) Amendment Rules, 2024, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. The amendment substitutes sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of the Vice Chairman (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007, providing that the Vice Chairman shall be selected by a Search-cum-Selection Committee comprising the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Board as Chairperson, the Member (Infrastructure), Railway Board and ex-officio Chairman of the Rail Land Development Authority as Member, the Director General (Human Resources), Railway Board as Member, and a person of eminence and expert in the relevant field who is not in the service of Indian Railways or its Public Sector Undertaking, nominated by the Central Government, as Member. The notification was issued under F. No. 2024/LML-II/2/4 and signed by Pankaj Tyagi, Executive Director (Land and Amenities). The principal rules were originally published vide G.S.R. number 5(E) dated 4th January 2007 and were last amended vide G.S.R. number 636(E) dated 4th September 2009.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-10122024-259288 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 695] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 18, 1946 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th December, 2024 G.S.R. 757(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4B, read with section 198 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Vice Chairman (Selection and Appointment) rules, 2007, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Vice Chairman (Selection and Appointment) Amendment Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Vice chairmen (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007, in rule 4, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) The Vice Chairman shall be selected by a Search-cum-Selection Committee comprising of the following members, namely: - (a) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board as Chairperson; (b) Member (Infrastructure), Railway Board and ex-officio Chairman, Rail Land Development Authority, as Member; (c) Director General (Human Resources), Railway Board, as Member; and (d) A person of eminence and expert in the relevant field, who is not in the service of Indian Railways or its Public Sector Undertaking, to be nominated by the Central Government, as Member." [F. No. 2024/LML-II/2/4] PANKAJ TYAGI, Executive Director (Land and Amenities) Note : The Vice Chairman (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R. number 5(E) dated the 4th January, 2007 and was last amended vide G.S.R. number 636(E), dated the 4th September, 2009.

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