IREC Rule No.302: Resignation

302.  Resignation:-

(1)   In no circumstances shall the resignation of a railway servant whose conduct is under investigation be accepted without the sanction of the authority competent to dismiss him. In cases in which a railway servant has committed an offence for which the penalty is dismissal or removal from service, no suggestion should be made to him to tender his resignation.

(2)   Subject to the provision of Sub-rule (I) the resignations of Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ railway servants, other than those holding administrative posts, serving on railways may be accepted by the General Manager. The resignation submitted by Group ‘A’ probationers of different services undergoing probationary training in various Centralized Training Institutes to join IAS, IFS etc. may be accepted by the Heads of Centralized Training Institutes where their probationary training has been centralized. The acceptance of resignation of all other Group ‘A’ railway servants shall require the sanction of the President. All such resignations of Group ‘A’ & Group ‘B’ railway servants on Indian Railways / Production Units shall be reported to the Railway Ministry. 

[Authority: RBE No.249/2004, No.E(Trg)2004(13)/2, 08.12.2004, ACS No.93 and RBE No.138/2010, No.E(Trg)2004(13)/2, 20.09.2010, ACS No.113]

Railway Ministry’s Decision:           

When a Railway servant working on an important post resigns and it would take time to make alternative arrangements for filling the post, the resignation should not be accepted immediately, but only when alternative arrangements for filling the post have been made.

[Authority: No.E(NG)64RE1/36, 26.10.1966 and, No.E(NG)65AG1/2, 30.06.1966]

(3)      Subject to the provisions of Sub-rule (1), the resignation of a Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ Railway servant may be accepted by the authority competent to fill the post held by him at the time of resignation.