RBE No. 05/2016: Transfer – Options – Yadgir Fiat Bogie Manufacturing Plant

No.E(NG)I-2015/TR/26, dated 11.01.2016

Sub: Calling of options from staff to serve in newly setup Yadgir Fiat Bogie Manufacturing Plant.

The work at site for of the new Fiat bogie manufacturing plant at Yadgir has started from June, 2015. The plant is likely to be handed over to Railway by June, 2016. For the purpose of manning of posts in the plant, options may be called from the Technicians & Supervisory staff of all other Zonal Railways subject to the following conditions:-

(i) Options may be accepted from staff for posting only in a grade in which he/ she is already working on regular basis.
(ii) The cadre of FIAT Bogie Manufacturing Plant will remain open till the plant becomes fully operational and till then the staff transferred thereto will continue to progress in their original cadres. According, in the plant at Yadgir normally no promotion should be resorted to till the cadre is closed. The plant will also not resort to any direct recruitment.
(iii) The options received may be forwarded to SC Railway Head Quarters for further necessary action. List of optees should be forwarded category wise, grade wise and strictly in order of seniority and as per the own requirement. Only the names of such staff as may be immediately spared may be forwarded by the concerned Railways. However, the mere fact of their exercising an option does not necessarily imply their transfers would be automatically effected.
(iv) The seniority of staff coming on flash transfer to FIAT Bogie Manufacturing Plant should be determined in each grade on the basis of non-fortuitous length of service in the grade, as on the date the plant becoming operational in such a way that inter-se seniority of staff absorbed in the same unit is not disturbed.
(v) Staff should exercise their Option within a period of four months from the date of issue of this letter.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 05/2016

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.