Course Completed Act Apprentices: RBE No.61/2000 – Recruitment

No.E(NG)II/96/RR-1/34, dated 06.04.2000

SC No.27 to MC No.32

Sub: Recruitment of Course Completed Act Apprentices on the Railways – Diploma Holders and Graduate Engineers.

1.     Attention is invited to Board’s letters of even number dated 26.08.1996 (RBE No.72/1996) and 13.07.1999  (RBE No.72/99) wherein it has been laid down that for recruitment to the post of Artisans and to Group ‘D’ posts, other things being equal, a candidate who is a Course Completed Act Apprentice trained in the relevant trade in the Railway establishment will be given preference over a candidate who is not such an apprentice.

2.     The matter regarding giving similar preference to Diploma Holders and Graduate Engineers has further been examined by the Board. It has been decided that, other things being equal, Diploma Holders and Graduate Engineers, who have been given training under the Apprentices Act 1961, may be given preference over those who are not apprentices, in recruitments to Group ‘C’ posts for which Engineering Diploma and Engineering degree have respectively been laid down as prescribed qualifications.

3.     In other words, while there will be no change in the procedure of recruitment and the selection for recruitment will be in accordance with the merits of the eligible candidates, where other things are equal between two or more candidates, the candidate who is trained under the Apprentices Act, 1961 in Railway Establishment will be given preference in the recruitment over the candidate who is not such an apprentice.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.61/2000

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.