IREM Rule No.102: IREM Vol-I, Chapter-I, Section-B, Sub-section-I: General

102. Recruitment:-

(i) Subject to what has been specifically provided in the relevant rules, recruitment on Railways will be to the lowest grade of the category concerned. Direct recruitment to intermediate grades will be made where specifically provided for and in other cases as and when considered necessary by the Railway administrations with the approval of the Railway Board. The qualifications for recruitment to grades higher than the lowest will be those as approved by the Railway Board.
(ii) The quota for direct recruitment, wherever prescribed, will be relevant only at the recruitment stage and will have no relevance for fixation of seniority which will be assigned by application of normal rules. Where quota fixed for direct recruitment in a particular year is not fulfilled due to un-avoidable reasons, the shortfall may be made good in the following year without giving retrospective benefit for purpose of seniority.

[Authority: ACS No.121 forwarded under Railway Board’s letter No.E(NG)I-80/SR-6-9, dated 04.02.1981]