Master Circular No.51 : Part-VIII : Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST In Reversions / Retrenchment And In Other Matters
Part-VIII : Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST In Reversions/Retrenchment And In Other Matters
(1) Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST in Reversions/Retrenchment
The adjustments necessary in respect of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes at the time of retrenchment / reversion follow from the concept of reservation itself. Since appointments are made in the order of Roster, the retrenchment / reversion which becomes necessary in shrinkage of the cadre has also to be made in the inverse order of the Roster i.e., an employee of SC/ST community who is lower down in the panel and is consequently junior in the cadre, is to be retained in preference to his seniors provided he has been appointed/promoted against an earlier point in the Roster. In Group ‘B’ selection, promotions of SC/ST candidates are made as per panel position. Similarly, in posts filled up on seniority-cum-suitability basis in Group ‘A’ and ‘B’, promotion of SC/ST is made as per select list.
[Authority: No.E(SCT)65 CM 15/10, 21.10.1965]
(2) Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST in Security Deposits
Security Deposits from Scheduled Tribe candidates for employment on Indian Railways is 50% of the normal security for training. It can be deposited in a lump sum or in installments after the training actually started.
[Authority: No.F(X)I-57-SC4/1, 15.11.1957]
(3) Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST in Appointments/Transfers
(i) At the time of initial appointment, the SC/ST candidates should, as far as practicable, be posted near to their home-town or at a place where the administration can provide them with quarters, subject to their eligibility, These instructions would equally apply to cases of transfer on promotion provided the post is available.
[Authority: No.78-E(SCT)15/25, 06.07.1978]
(ii) Senior officers including Liaison Officers of the Railways should keep a close watch to ensure that SC/ST officers, after appointment, are not harassed through transfers to far-off places and by non-acceptances at the place of their postings. Prompt action should be taken against the erring officials responsible for such lapses.
[Authority: RBE No.277/1989, No.89-E(SCT)I/29-5, 08.11.1989]
(iii) Subject to the exigencies of service, transfer of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees should be confined to their native districts or adjoining districts or the places where the Administration can provide quarters. They should be transferred very rarely and for very strong reasons only.
[Authority: No.E(SCT)70 CM 15/15/3, 19.11.1970 & No.E(SCT)74 CM 15/58, 14.01.1975]
(4) Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST in Pre-Examination Training Courses at the University of Allahabad – Grant of leave to SC/ST employees
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees desirous of joining classes at the above mentioned Training Centre may take leave (earned leave etc.) as due to them under normal rules, including extraordinary leave.
In cases where the leave due and extraordinary leave is not sufficient to cover the period of training, the General Managers may at their discretion grant extraordinary leave in excess of 90 days in relaxation of Rule 732-R-I. (530 R-I, 1985 -Edition)
[Authority: No.E(SCT)62 CM 15/14, 15.02.1962 & No.E(SCT)62 CM 9/5, 20.02.1963]
(5) Complaint Register
So far as complaints and grievances of SC/ST employees are concerned, a separate complaint register should be maintained at various levels. All representations received from reserved community employees, containing their grievances and complaints should be entered in this register and necessary action taken judiciously and expeditiously and the disposal of each complaint is clearly indicated against each complaint. These registers should also be checked by the Chief Liaison Officers during the course of their periodical inspections.
[Authority: No.E(SCT)70 CM 15/12, 15.09.1970, No.E(SCT)70 CM 15/12, 25.01.1972 & No.82-E(SCT)80/1/S.Rly, 03.11.1 982]
(6) Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST in Allotment of Quarters
In order to give relief to SC/STs in non-essential categories, 10% Type I and Type II quarters are reserved in their favour in all the areas where the number of quarters is 50 or more.
[Authority: No.E(G)70 QR 1/16, 08.01.1975 & No. 82-E(SCT)26/2 dated 27.09.1 983]
(7) SC/ST employees can send their representations directly to the National Commission for SC/STs without obtaining prior permission of the Department concerned.
[Authority: No.82-E(SCT)40/3, 04.08.1982]
(8) Forwarding of applications
The applications of SC/ST employees should be forwarded to UPSC and other recruiting authorities at the discretion of Railways. The discretion should be used in favour of employees and withholding the applications should be an exception rather than a rule.
[Authority: No.E(NG)57 RC 1/56, 21.09.1957]
(9) Grant of Scholarship to the children of SC/ST employees
Scale of reservation in Scholarship Grant from the Staff Benefit Fund shall be 15 % for SCs and 7.5% for STs. This will be in addition to the scholarship which a SC/ST student may he drawing from a State Government.
[Authority: No.E(W)90 FU 1-7, 09.11.1990]
(10) Relaxations and Concessions Admissible to SC/ST for admissions in Railway Schools
(i) No child/ward of SC/ST employees should be refused admission in primary classes. In other classes, admission to such candidates should not normally be refused up to the extent of 15% for SCs and 5% for STs. The reservation for SCs and STs is interchangeable.
[Authority: No.E(W)62 ED 1-47, 06.12.1962]
(ii) The above instructions should strictly be followed in all schools run by the Railways including Oak Grove School, Jharipani.
[Authority: RBE No.195/1990, No.90-E(SCT)I/22/14, 01/12.11.1990]
(11) (a) Relaxation is allowed in qualifying marks in recruitment and in promotions in case of SC/ST candidates.
(b) In-service training (best amongst failure scheme has also been prescribed for failed SC/ST candidates in promotion, getting not less than 20% marks in written test, viva-voce test, record of service and in aggregate. Such candidates are promoted on ad hoc basis for six months, after which their six-monthly working report is to be put up for review. Their continuation depends on satisfactory report.
(c) The General Managers are allowed to enhance the marks of SC/ST candidates who may not find a place on panel and reserved quota remains as unfilled.
[Authority: D.O. No.E(SCT)74 CM 15/35, 05.11.1974]
(12) In-service Training to Gazetted Officers
In order to improve the chances of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe officers for selection to the higher categories of posts in Group A service including higher grades, the SC/ST officers should be provided with more opportunities for institutional training and for attending Seminars/Symposia/Conferences. Advantage could in this connection be taken of the training facilities available on the Indian Railways as well as the National Academy of Administration, Mussoori, National Police Academy of Administration, Mount Abu, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, the Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad etc.
[Page-3, Ministry of Home Affairs OM No.1.9.1969 Estt.(SCT), 26.03.1978
circulated vide letter No.E(GR)II-70 TR 1-47, 23.03.1971]
Responsibility of the immediate superior officer of the SC/ST officers in Group ‘A’ should be to give advice and guidance to the latter to improve the quality of their work.
(13) Pre-selection/pre-promotion training
In order to enable the SC/ST employees to qualify for promotion to posts in safety categories, arrangements should be made to give them suitable pre-selection/ pre-promotion coaching without fail.
[Authority: No.E(SCT)74 CM 15/34, 19.06.1978, No.80-E(SCT)15/58 Part F, 28.09.1981 & No.83-E(SCT)42/1, 03.08.1984 in item 4]