IREM Rule No.112: IREM Vol-I, Chapter-I, Section-B, Sub-section-II: Procedure

112.Committee for conducting interviews

The Committee for conducting interviews, where prescribed, for direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ posts by the Railway Recruitment Boards, will have a minimum of three members and must include Officers representing SC/ST, Minority and OBC communities. The composition of the Interview Committee shall be:-

(i) Chairman, RRB or Member Secretary, RRB as the Chairman of the Interview Committee; and
(ii) Serving Railway officers of JA Grade, including an officer of the Department for which the recruitment is being made.

In case of difficulty in finding OBC officers of JA Grade for nomination in Interview Committees, there is no bar to nomination of Senior Scale OBC officers. The senior scale OBC officer so nominated will nevertheless be an equal member of the committee.
In case serving Railway officers of appropriate rank belonging to SC/ST, Minority and OBC communities are not available; officers of Central Government/ State Government/ PSUs/ Banks belonging to these communities may be co-opted. In case of further difficulty, retired Railway officers of proven integrity belonging to these communities may be co-opted in the Interview Committees.
While nominating/ co-opting members of the Interview Committee, it is to be ensured that no member should be directly subordinate to any other member of the Committee.
In order to ensure that enough OBC officers in the appropriate rank are available for nomination on the Interview Committees and nomination of Senior Scale OBC officers is not resorted to routinely, CPOs should draw up lists of OBC officers available on the Railway by making extensive enquiries. The Chairman, RRBs should also draw up list of willing OBC officers of Central/ State Governments/ PSUs/ Banks for being nominated in the Interview Committees.

[Authority: Railway Board’s letter No.E(NG)II/96/RR-1/40, dated 27.04.1998 (RBE No. 85/1998)
and 98/E(RRB)9/3, dated 25.08.1998 &
30.11.1998]