Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Recruitment in Intermediate Grades

No.E(NG)II/82/RC1/108, dated 18.09.1982

Sub: Direct recruitment in Intermediate Grades – Appointment on compassionate grounds.

The Ministry of Railways in their letter No.E(NG)III/70/RR1/12, dated 18.11.1974 had decided that their prior approval is not required where appointments to dependents of deceased gazetted officers are made in initial recruitment grades on compassionate grounds. Recruitment in intermediate grades like recruitment of Engineering Graduates and Traffic and Commercial Apprentices will not be permissible. In Ministry of Railways letter No.E(NG)II/78/RR1/39, dated 25.04.1979 it had been stipulated that no appointments should be made either on compassionate grounds or against sports quota in intermediate grade i.e. grades exclusively filled by promotion. It was also laid down that all such appointments should be in recruitment grades only.
A question has been raised as to whether in the category of Traffic/ Commercial Apprentices where 25% direct recruitment is stipulated, appointments on compassionate grounds are permissible. The matter has been considered by the Ministry and it is clarified that Traffic Apprentices/ Commercial Apprentices [Grade Rs.455-700 (RS)] and Graduate Apprentices [Grade Rs.550-750 (RS)] are intermediate grades although there is a small element of direct recruitment. Appointments in these grades either on compassionate grounds or against sports quota are not permissible as there are other direct recruitment grades where such appointments are allowed.

Download Railway Board Circular dated 18.09.1982

Forward reference⇒RBE No.