South Central Railway
Office of the DivLRailway Manager,
Personnel Branch, 4 Floor,
Sanchalan Bhavan, Secunderabad.
No.SCR/P-SC/210(a)/N.10/S&T cadre (JE/Signal (20%) LDCE _Date: 05-05-2017
Sr DSTE/Co-Ord/SC, Dy.CSTE/P/SC , Dy.CSTE/Con/$C, CPM/RE/SC,
All ASTES's &
AILSSE/SE’s of S&T Department of SC Division
NOTIFICATION
Sub: Selection for filling up the post of Junior Engineer/Signal in Level 6 of 7!
CPC Pay Matrix ( PB-2 Rs.9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs.4200/-) in S&T
against 20% LDCE quota on Secunderabad Division - Reg
1. Itis proposed to fill up four vacancies of Junior Engineer/Signal in Level 6 of
7 CPC Pay Matrix (Pay Band-2 Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs. 4200)
against 20% Limited Departmental Competitive Exam (LDCE) quota in S&T
department of SC division,
2, The communal break-up of vacancies is as detailed below.
Category | UR [ SC’ [ST | Total |
JE [= or) 04
Applications are invited from existing regular Technicians/Signal of S&T’
Department of Secunderabad Division who fulfill the following terms & conditions
3. Eligibility and Service conditions of staff:
All serving employees having the qualification of ITI/Act Apprenticeship
pass in the relevant trade or 10+2 in Science (Maths &Physics) stream with minimum
three years of service in skilled grades ie, Technician/Signal Grill of S&T
department of SC division and above.
In terms of Railway Board’s Lr.No.E(NG)I/99/PM7/17, dated 25.08.2003,
CPO/SC's $.C.No.172/2003, the qualification of ITI/ Act Apprenticeship should be
in trades relevant for eventual absorption in the category for which the selection is
conducted ie. trades relevant to the post of Junior Engineer/Signal in S&T
department, of Secunderabad Division.
In terms of Railway Board's Lr.No.E(NG)I/99/PM7/17, dated 28.07.2003,
CPO/SC's $.C.No.157/2003, if the employee otherwise eligible and possessing the
qualifications of Degree or Diploma in the relevant branch of Engineering are also be
eligible to volunteer to appear in the selection for induction as Intermediate
Apprentices along with those with the qualification of ITI/Act Apprenticeship or
10+2(Science stream),
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The volunteering staff should be below the age of 47 years in the case of
General candidates and the upper age limit for SC/ST employees would be 52 years
(S.C.No.90/2010 & 92/2011) i.e. employees should have born not earlier than 04-05-
1970 in the case of General category and not earlier than 04-05-1965 in the case of
SC/ST employees respectively.
In terms of Railway Board’s Lr.No.E(NG)I/2005/PM1/52, dated 22.08.2006,
CPO/SC’s S.C.No.131/2006, the cut-off date for determining the eligibility of the
staff should be the date of issue of notification. As such the volunteering employees
should stand fulfill the service conditions of age and educational qualifications and
other service conditions as on the date of notification. ie. as on 05-05-2017
Note: In respect of employees who have reported/joined on this division on Inter
Railway Request Transfer/ Inter Divisional Request Transfer on bottom seniority the
service rendered in the old unit will count for the purpose of qualifying service for
promotion in the new seniority unit provided
i) He/She is otherwise eligible to be considered for the selection to Group ‘C
post as per extant rules; and
ii) The category in which he/she was working in the old unit is an eligible
category for the selection/post in the new unit also. [Authority
CPO/SC's S.C.No41/2006 & 117/206]
4, (i) They should be prepared to work anywhere on Secunderabad
Division of S.C.Railway.
(ii) Further their promotion is subject to their being fit in AYE THREE
(A.3) Medical Classification.
5. Mode of Selection:
In terms of Railway Board's Lr.No.E (NG) 1/2000/PM1/41, dated 20-08-2003,
S.C.No.144/2003, the positive act of selection to assess the professional ability of the
candidate shall consist of written test only. The candidate has to obtain a minimum
of 60% marks in professional ability, i.e in written examination, for being considered
for further selection process of perusal of service record. The post of Junior Engineer
being classified as “Safety Category post” there is no relaxation in qualifying marks
to employees belonging to the category of SC/ST and hence they are also required to
secure 60% marks in the written examination
Syllabus:
The Syllabus prescribed for selection to the post of Junior Engineer/Signal against
20% LDCE quota is enclosed as Annexure-'III’
Procedure for written examination:
In terms of Railway Board's Lr.No.E(NG)I-2006/PMI/18,dated 30.08.2006, CPO/SC
S.C.No.142/2006, the written examination consists of objective as well as
narrative/subjective questions. ‘There will be no negative marks for objective questions. In
cases where written test is held as part of the selection for promotion the objective type of
questions will be for about 50% ( in the range of 45%-to 55%) of the total marks for the
aIn terms of instructions contained in CPO/SC’s S.C.No.47/96, questions on
official language will form part of the professional ability for 10% of total marks.
The questions on official language policy are compulsory but there shall not be any
compulsion on the part of the candidates to answer such questions
In terms of Railway Board’s Lr.No. E(NG)I-2004/PM1/25, dated 21.09.2004,
CPO/SC’s S.C.No.180/2004, the question paper for written test held as part of
selection/LDCE should be to test the ability of the candidates to tackle the practical
problems and will be on practical problems and will be on practical basis. However,
the candidates will also be tested on theoretical knowledge where ever required.
7. Pre-Selection Coaching:
In terms of instructions contained in Railway Board's Lr.No88-E(SCT)1/42/2,
dated 8/11.01.1991,CPO/SC's S.C.No73/91, pre-selection/pre-promotion training
to SC/ST employees is to be conducted covering the syllabus of the examination for
selection to Safety category post and will be imparted for a period of 3 to 4 weeks.
After completion of the pre-selection coaching, a certificate has to be issued by the
controlling officer to the effect that all the eligible SC/ST employees have been
imparted pre-selection coaching for a period of 3 to 4 weeks covering the syllabus
prescribed for the examination. In case if any employee expressed his unwillingness
for pre-selection coaching a written declaration to that effect may be obtained and
forwarded to this office for record
8. Question Bank:
In terms of Railway Board's Lr.No.E (NG) 1-2006/PM1/34, dated
06.11.2006,CPO/SC’s_S.C.No.196/2006, updated Question banks covering the
complete syllabus will be provided to the staff concerned or the same can be
downloaded from the official website of www.scr.inidanrailways.gov.in. It is further
advised that there will not be any mandatory limit of questions from the question
banks. The controlling officer/supervisor has to ensure that the question bank is
circulated to all the eligible staff and postponement of selection due to non
circulation of question banks will be viewed seriously
The answers to the objective questions should be updated with latest
instructions/amendments/ modifications issued by the Railway Board / Hqss.
9. Date of Examination:
The date, venue and time of examination will be intimated separately.
However, it is to be advised to the volunteering staff that there will be no
supplementary examination to the absentees,
‘The candidates may keep an update from time to time from SC Railway's official
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