IREC Rule No.213: Officiating Promotions In Group ‘B’ Posts

213.  Officiating Promotions In Group ‘B’ Posts:-

Subject to the provision of Rule-212 the General Manager may order officiating promotions in Group ‘B’ in the following circumstances:-

(1)   When a Group ‘B’ officer is absent on leave, deputation or Foreign Service or filling a post in Group ‘A’ (Senior Scale).

(2)   When a number of Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ railway servants available for duty falls below the number of duty posts sanctioned for each department, provided that in cadres for which a leave reserve is sanctioned such deficiency is not caused by Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ officers in excess of the leave reserve being on leave.

(3)  When an officer belonging to a cadre mentioned in sub-rule (2) above is absent on leave preparatory to retirement, or is under orders of transfer and takes leave before joining the railway to which he is transferred.

(4)   In departments in which the actual number of officers other than specialists and officers in Group ‘B’ is in excess of the total permanent cadre sanctioned for them, officiating promotion may be made to Group ‘B’ Service in place of those officers absent on leave from such departments to the extent of the difference between 14 percent of the actual number of such officers and the sanctioned leave reserve.

(5)      When there is a permanent vacancy in the Group ‘B’ cadre or a permanent post is vacant in higher grade.