RBE No. 22/1992: Promotion – In-situ – Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’ Employees
No.E(NG)I/91/PM1/24, dated 05.02.1992
SC No.3 to MC No.31
Sub: Career advancement of Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ employees.
1. As a result of the recommendations of the Fourth Central Pay Commission contained in Para 23.10 of Part-I of its Report, Selection Grades in Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ cadres were abolished. The staff side of the National Council (JCM) raised a demand for revival of selection grades in these cadres on the ground that simultaneous Cadre Reviews to provide for promotional grades/ posts were also required to be conducted. The demand of the staff side for revival of Selection Grade could not be agreed to. However, the Government agreed to evolve a scheme whereby Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees may get at least one promotion in their service career.
2. This matter has accordingly been under consideration of the Government for some time past and the President is now pleased to introduce a scheme to ensure at least one promotion in service career to each Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employee. This scheme shall be applicable to employees:-
(i) Who are directly recruited to a Group ‘C’ or a Group ‘D’ post;
(ii) Whose pay on appointment to such a post, is fixed at the minimum of the scale; and
(iii) Who have not been promoted on regular basis even after one year on reaching the maximum of the scale of such post.
The scheme will have the following basic features:-
(a) Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees who fulfill conditions mentioned at (i), (ii) and (iii) above will be considered for promotion in-situ, to the next higher scale.
(b) Promotion in-situ will be allowed after following due process of promotion with reference to seniority-cum-suitability.
(c) The employees will get promotion in-situ to the next higher scale available to them in the national line/ hierarchy of promotion. Promotions made on the basis of a qualifying or competitive departmental examination or subject to possessing or acquiring higher qualification will not be treated as promotions in the normal line/ hierarchy for the purpose of these instructions. In all cases promotional scales will be decided by the Railway Board for which a reference to be made by the Railway Administration at the time of considering the employees for in-situ promotion, indicating the category and grade of the employee and the next higher scale available to them in the normal line/ hierarchy of promotion.
(d) In case recruitment to any category of posts (Group ‘C’ or ‘D’) is made both by direct recruitment and by promotion, a promotee will be considered for promotion in-situ from the date a direct recruit junior to him in that cadre becomes eligible for in-situ promotion even though in his case (in case of promotee) it will be the second promotion. Similarly, a direct recruit who was not fixed at the minimum of the scale at the time of appointment will also be considered for promotion in-situ from the date a direct recruit junior to him and fixed at the minimum of the scale becomes eligible for promotion.
(e) Employees given promotion in-situ will continue to be born on the seniority list of the lower cadre/ post and will be considered for functional promotion against available vacancies as per provisions of the Recruitment and Promotion Rules.
(f) Even though promotion under this scheme which is in-situ, may not involve assumption of higher duties and responsibilities, the benefit of FR 22(I)(a)(1) (Old FR 22-C) will be allowed while fixing pay on promotion as a special dispensation. However, such benefit will not be allowed again at the time of functional promotion in the same scale.
(g) In case of Group ‘D’ employees, the stagnation increment(s) being drawn will be taken into account in fixation of pay in the event of promotion in-situ under the scheme as a one time dispensation.
3. Railway Administrations will identify the posts which have no promotional grades and furnish the information relating to designation, scale of pay, recruitment qualifications, duties and responsibilities attached to each post along with suggestions for suitable promotional scale has on comparable promotional grade generally available for the posts of that level to the Board in consultation with their Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer.
4. These orders will take effect from 01.04.1991.
5. Necessary action may be taken immediately to consider eligible Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees for promotion in-situ in accordance with the scheme contained in Para 2 above and to furnish details of such cases having no promotional grade in accordance with the provisions of para 3 above.
6. This issues in consultation with the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 22/1992
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No. 213/1992, RBE No. 114/1993,