IREC Rule No.118: Tenure Posts
118. Tenure posts:
(1) The President may declare any posts outside the cadre of a regular service as tenure.
(2) No officer in Group ‘A’ shall in the normal course hold any of the posts noted below for more than the periods shown against each:-
| Posts in Railway Board | 5 years |
| Directors, Additional Directors, Joint Directors, Railway Board | 4 years |
| Directors, Additional Directors, Joint Directors, Research Design and Standard Organization | 4 years |
| Railway Liaison Officer | 4 years |
| Divisional Railway Manager, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Deputy General Manager | 3 years |
(3) Confirmation in tenure post is dispensed with.