IREC Rule No.208: Officiating Promotions

208.  Officiating Promotions:-

(1)   An officiating arrangement made in the place of a permanent open line Group ‘A’ or ‘B’ officer deputed to fill a post temporarily sanctioned for a survey or construction shall continue to be permissible during leave taken from the survey or construction by the Railway officer so deputed, provided that such leave does not exceed four months and the head of the construction department certifies that the officer is expected to return to that survey or construction on expiry of the leave.

(2)   Officiating arrangement in the leave vacancies of Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ officers is allowed if the vacancy is for 30 days and above on the Zonal Railways, Production  Units and other railway units and for 46 days and above in the Railway Board and Research, Design and Standardization Organization.