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Rules under Section 4B of the Railways Act, 1989 amending the Independent Member (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007 to revise the composition of the Search-cum-Selection Committee for selecting the Independent Member.

Detailed Summary

Vide G.S.R. 756(E) dated 6th December 2024, issued under Section 4B read with Section 198 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government (Ministry of Railways, Railway Board) notifies the Independent Member (Selection and Appointment) Amendment Rules, 2024, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, which substitute sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 of the Independent Member (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007 to provide that the Independent Member shall be selected by a Search-cum-Selection Committee comprising the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board (Chairperson); the Member (Infrastructure), Railway Board, who is also ex-officio Chairman of the Rail Land Development Authority (Member); the Director General (Human Resources), Railway Board (Member); the Vice Chairman of the Authority (in attendance); and a person of eminence and expert in the relevant field, not in the service of Indian Railways or its Public Sector Undertaking, nominated by the Central Government (Member); the principal rules were published vide G.S.R. 7(E) dated 4th January 2007 and last amended vide G.S.R. 637(E) dated 4th September 2009; the notification bears F.No.2024/LML-II/2/4 and is signed by Pankaj Tyagi, Executive Director (Land and Amenities).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11122024-259292 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 694] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th December, 2024 G.S.R. 756(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 Independent Member(Selection and Appointment) rules, 2007, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Independent Member (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 Independent Member (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2007, in rule 4, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) The Independent Member 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; (d) Vice Chairman of the Authority in attendance; and (e) 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 Independent Member (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 7(E) dated the 4th January, 2007 and was last amended vide G.S.R. number 637(E) dated the 4th September, 2009.

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