IREC Rule No.405: Criteria for grant of extension / re-employment to railway servants

405.  Criteria for grant of extension/re-employment to railway servants:

Extension of service / re-employment to railway servants after superannuation should be considered only in exceptional circumstances and in public interest keeping in view the following guidelines;

(1)   No proposal for extension of service / re-employment beyond the age of superannuation should ordinarily be considered. The over-riding consideration is that it must be clearly in the  public interest and in addition it must satisfy one of the following two conditions:–

(i)   That the in service officers are not ripe enough to take over the job; or

(ii) That the retiring officer is of such outstanding merit that it is considered necessary to retain him in service further.

(2)   No extension of service / re-employment should be considered on the ground that a suitable successor is not available unless it is established that action to select a successor had been taken well in advance, but the selection could not be finalized in time for justifiable reasons.

(3)   A proposal for the grant of extension of service / re-employment based merely on the consideration that the officer’s predecessors had been given extension / re-employment should obviously not be accepted.

(4)   Appointment of retired officers in the Board of Management of Company, Public Sector Undertakings or enterprise under the Ministry of Railways should not as a rule be proposed. In exceptional circumstances which would justify the appointment of a retired officer, a detailed justification should be given for the consideration of the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet.

(5)   To provide for any eventuality for curtailing the period of extension / re-employment, the order granting an extension of service / re-employment should include a clause providing for termination of service after three/one month’s notice at any time within the period of extension / re-employment.

(6)   No railway servant who is on extension of service after the prescribed date of retirement should be promoted to another post during the period of extension of service.