Drawing Staff: RBE No.79/2000 – Pay Scales
No.PC-V/97/I/11/3, dated 26.04.2000
Sub: Pay scales of Drawing, Design and Estimating Staff in Production Units.
1. Pursuant to the V CPC recommendations orders regarding allotment of appropriate pay Structure etc. relating to the staff working in Drawing, Design and Estimating cadre in the open line Establishment including workshops in the zonal Railways were issued vide Board’s letter of even number dated 28.09.1998 (RBE No.223/1998). The main features of the said orders are (i) introduction of apex Group ‘C’ scale of Rs.7450-11500 (RPS) in the cadre and (ii) abolition of the lowest grade of Rs.4000-6000 (RPS) i.e. the post of Assistant Draftsman in a phased manner.
2. Board’s letter dated 28.09.1998 envisages the following percentage structure for his category of staff in the zonal railways.
| Pre-revised Scale (Rs.) | Revised Scale (Rs.) | Existing %age | Revised %age |
| 1200-2040 | 4000-6000 | 20 | 10 (To be surrendered) |
| 1400-2300 | 5000-8000 | 20 | 30 |
| 1600-2660 | 5500-9000 | 25 | 20 |
| 2000-3200 | 6500-10500 | 35 | 35.5 |
| – | 7450-11500 | – | 4.5 |
The question of bringing the recruitment pattern etc. for the category of Design/ Drawing/ Estimating staff of Production Units on the lines of orders issued vide Board’s letter of even number dated 28.09.1998 (RBE No.223/1998) for analogous categories of staff working in Zonal Railways has been under consideration of Ministry of Railways for some time. The matter has been examined and it has been decided that the pay structure and recruitment/ career advancement pattern of the Drawing/ Design Cadre of the Production Units be brought at par with the pay structure and recruitment/ career advancement pattern now available in the Zonal Railways as per the guidelines given below:
(a) The category of Assistant Draftsman in the grade of Rs.4000-6000 in the Production Units be abolished, with 50% of the posts being surrendered on vacation by present incumbents and the remaining 50%, also on vacation by present incumbents being upgraded to the grade Rs.5000-8000;
(b) In future, direct recruitment should take place in the grade Rs.5000-8000 from amongst engineering diploma holders and in the grade Rs.6500-10500 from amongst engineering degree holders. The direct recruitment in Rs.5000-8000 will be to the extent of 100% after all posts in the lower grade of Rs.4000-6000 are phased out in the manner indicated above. Direct recruitment in the grade Rs.6500-10500 will be to the extent of 20% as in the case of Zonal Railways;
(c) With surrender of 50% of posts presently being operated in the grade Rs.4000-6000 (10% of the cadre), the remaining 90% posts of the cadre should be distributed in the ratio of 4.5 in Rs.7450-11500, 35.5 in the grade of Rs.6500-10500, 20 in the grade Rs.5500-9000 and 30 in the grade Rs.5000-8000. This will bring the cadre structure of the drawing/ design cadre in PUs at par with the Zonal Railways; and
(d) As in the case of Zonal Railways the posts in the grade Rs.6500-10500 will be filled up following a process of selection from amongst Departmental candidates possessing degree in engineering by throwing open to them the direct recruitment quota for a period of four years, or till such time that no such staff remain, whichever is earlier.
3. In this connection, GMs/ ICF & RCF may also please refer to Board’s letter of even number dated 24.02.2000.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.79/2000
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.