Master Circular No.51 : Part-IX : Reservation Of SC/ST in Casual Labour/Substitutes and their Retrenchment
Part-IX : Reservation Of SC/ST in Casual Labour/Substitutes and their Retrenchment
(1) Percentages of 15 for SCs and 7.5 for STs for recruitment to Group D categories on each Zonal Railway, Production Unit etc. should be applied strictly in their intake of Casual Labour, both in open-line and projects. Similarly, while reengaging Casual Labour based on their seniority according to the number of days of service in earlier spells, SCs/STs should be engaged by going down the list, even if they had rendered lesser number of days of service so as to achieve the prescribed percentage of reservation.
[Authority: No.79-E(SCT)/15/1, 10.3.1979, No.80-E(SCT)15/15, 26.10.1981,
RBE No.228/1988, No.88-E(SCT)I/28/1, 04.10.1988 & RBE No.304/1989, No.89-E(SCT)2/80/23, 11.12.1989]
(2) CPOs at Headquarters, DRMs in Divisions and CWMs in Workshops etc. should take steps to ensure that the Live Registers of Casual Labour contain adequate number of SC/ST candidates to fill up reserved quotas in the vacancies of Group D posts specifically sanctioned for de-casualization.
(3) The shortfall due to non-filling up of reserved quotas for the posts specifically sanctioned for de-casualisation should be filled up by direct recruitment of SC/STs from the open market against normal attrition vacancies which will arise due to promotion of Group D employees to Group C, retirement/ resignation/ deaths etc. in the normal course and should not he filled up by the unreserved candidates till shortfalls in the reserved quotas resulting from non-filling up of the quotas in the sanctioned posts for decasualisation are made good. Orders conveyed vide Board’s letter No.E(NG)II/91/RR-1/21 dated 16.9.1991 banning direct recruitment in Group D posts shall not apply to the filling up of shortfall vacancies in Group D posts.
(4) In case of re-engagement of old Casual Labourers based on their seniority on the basis of number of days, reserved community candidates should be engaged by going down the list even with lesser number of days of service to their credit so as to achieve the prescribed percentage. These instructions also apply to the work-charged establishments except in the case of engagement of Casual Labour/Substitutes in case of emergencies like flood relief, accident restoration etc.
[Authority: RBE No.304/1989, No.89-E(SCT)2/80/23, 11.12.1989, RBE No.100/1990, No.88-E(SCT)I/28/1, 07.06.1990 & XXR No.91-E(SCT)/30/19, 21.07.1992]
(5) Screening of regular absorption
(i) At the time of screening of Casual Labour/ Substitutes for appointments against regular posts, the Screening Committee should make good the shortfall, if any, by resorting to direct recruitment from open market in each class of category before the panel is published.
If there is any shortage, the matter should be reported to the Railway Board.
[Authority: No.E(SCT)74 CM 15/7, 27.04.1974 & RBE No.87/1988, No.E(NG)II/88/CL/34,22.04.19 88]
(ii) Screening for engagement of fresh faces
The SC/ST candidates should be taken as per their prescribed percentage while engaging Casual Labour as fresh faces from die open market on receipt of the General Manager’s sanction for the engagement of fresh Casual Labour.
(6) Engagement of Substitutes
Though no Roster is required to be maintained, still the intake of SC/STs while engaging Substitutes against each individual category in the various departments should not be below the prescribed percentage of reservation in favour of the two communities.
(7) Retrenchment/Reservation
In the matter of retrenchment of Casual Labour, the concept of reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is to be followed. After fixing the quota, only the excess SC/ST Casual Labourers should be subjected to retrenchment on the basis of “last come” “first go”. To ensure availability of SC/ST candidates as per prescribed percentage, SC/ST candidates junior to other general candidates who have been retrenched should also be retained.
[Authority: No.E(LL)76/AT/ID/1-16, 23.11.1978]