RBE No. 14/2007: Promotion – Loco Pilots – Counting of Officiating Period
No.E(NG)I-2001/PM 7/17, dated 23.01.2007
Sub: Counting of officiating period towards two years residency period for promotion of Loco Pilots (Goods/Passenger).
1. In terms of instructions contained in this Ministry’s letter of even number, dated 29.11.2004 (RBE No.243/2004) GMs are empowered to relax the two years residency period in case of promotion of Loco Pilots (Goods) to Loco Pilots (Passenger) and Loco Pilots (Passenger) to Loco Pilot (Mail/ Express), wherever such relaxation is found to be inescapable in the interest of administration, subject to condition of fulfillment of one year’s service in the immediate lower grade or a footplate experience of 40000 Kms., whichever is later.
2. The staff side in the forum of DC-JCM have requested that day-to-day officiating service of Loco Pilots may also be counted towards two year’s Residency period prescribed for promotion to higher grades. The matter has been carefully considered by this Ministry after taking into consideration the views expressed by the staff side. It has been decided that the officiating time period may be allowed to be counted towards minimum residency period for promotion of Loco Pilots from one grade to another subject to the following conditions:
(i) Officiating period of not less than 30 days’ duration of working at a stretch as (a) Loco Pilot (Goods) for promotion as Loco Pilot (Passenger), and (b) as Loco Pilot (Passenger) for promotion as Loco Pilot (Mail/ Express) will only be allowed to be taken into account.
(ii) Officiating period as per (i) above will be totalled for preceding 4 years at the time of promotion.
(iii) The person must be working in the relevant feeder grade on regular basis.
(iv) Promotion will be in order of seniority and after selection or non-selection, as the case may be, even if a junior, by virtue of his having worked on officiating basis as above, complete the prescribed residency period earlier than his senior(s).
(v) The existing classification as selection or non-selection and the prescribed selection procedure in vogue will remain unchanged.
(vi) Since the position regarding officiating arrangement varies from one Division to another, the General Manager will continue to have the discretionary powers to relax the condition of two years, service condition in terms of this Ministry’s letter of even number, dated 29.11.2004 referred to in the opening paragraph. In such case the minimum residency period of one year’s regular service without including officiating period, or a footplate experience of 40000 kms, whichever is later, will continue to be insisted upon.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 14/2007
Forward reference⇒RBE No.