IREM Rule No.110: IREM Vol-I, Chapter-I, Section-B, Sub-section-II: Procedure

110. Advertisements:-

(a) All vacancies in posts and services whose authorised scale of pay rises above Rs.375 (AS)/ 425 (RS)/ 1400 (RPS) per month, recruitment for which is made through the Railway Recruitment Board or by the Railway Administrations and are treated as “by open competition and on all India basis” will be advertised in the list of newspapers approved by the Department of Personnel for advertisements issued by the Union Public Service Commission. All the other posts in the Lower grades will be advertised at the discretion of the Railway Recruitment Boards or Railway Administrations in the English, Hindi and regional language newspapers, commonly read in the area where such vacancies exist. The employment notices will also be supplied to the nearby employment exchanges for exhibition. Such advertisements will indicate the category of the posts and the division/ Unit/ region of the railway where vacancies exist and also other general conditions for appointment to the posts. It should also be clearly indicated in the advertisement for categories like Stenographers, typists, draftsmen etc. which do not involve outdoor work or work at inconvenient hours in the night that women are equally eligible and are invited to apply.
With a view to give wider publicity to the recruitment of nurses, copies of the employment notices should also be sent to the relevant nursing training schools in the areas concerned.

(b) With regard to the recruitment in the artisan categories a copy of the Employment Notice will be supplied to the Resettlement Directorate of the Ministry of Defence and the Rajya and Zila Sainik Boards for the purpose of employment of ex-servicemen by the Railway Administrations. The ex-servicemen nominated by the Resettlement Directorate will be considered for employment on Railways along with other candidates. As regards recruitment by Railway Recruitment Boards they should comply with the instructions issued by the Railway Board from time to time regulating recruitment of ex-servicemen to Railway services in Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’.