RBE No. 10/2007: Promotion – To Group ‘B’ – Transportation (Commercial) Department

No.2004-E(SCT)I/25/20, dated 11.01.2007

Sub: Filling up of Gazetted posts on the Railways – Classification of Group ‘B’ posts in Transportation (Commercial) Department as safety category post.
Ref: (i) Board’s letter No.81-E(SCT)15/26, dated 23.03.1981 and 15.04.1982.
(ii) Board’s letter No.E(GP)2002/2/88, dated 31.01.2006 (RBE No. 09/2006).

The issue as to whether the Group ‘B’ post of the Transportation (Commercial) Department, shall be treated as a safety category post or otherwise had been under consideration of the Board for quite some time. Consequent to Board’s decision to hold combined selections for filling up the Group ‘B’ posts of Transportation (Traffic and Commercial) Department as communicated vide Board’s above quoted letter dated 31.01.2006. Board has further decided that the Group ‘B’ posts in the Transportation (Commercial) Department shall be treated as “Safety Category” post.
Accordingly, the instructions contained in Board’s letter dated 23.03.1981 and 15.04.1982 referred to above are modified to that extent mentioned therein and the scheme of “promotion of best among the failures” will not be applicable in the Transportation (Commercial) Department. These instructions will have the prospective effect and selections which have already been finalized in terms of extant instructions need not be reopened.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 10/2007

Forward reference⇒RBE No.