RBE No. 91/2007: Zone of Consideration – Promotion – 70% Selection – Group ‘B’ Posts

No.E(GP)2002/2/49-Pt., dated 21.06.2007

Sub: Zone of consideration for SC/ST candidates to be called for appearing in the 70% selection for filling up Group ‘B’ posts.

1. With reference to a clarification issued to Southern Railway on the above subject under Board’s letter No.99-E(SCT)I/25/13, dated 07.08.2002 (RBE No. 128/2002), doubts have been expressed by other Railways too as to what constitutes the normal zone of consideration and availability of adequate number of SC/ST candidates in the zone of consideration to determine whether the zone needs to be extended.

2. In this connection, it is clarified that the normal zone of consideration should be first determined with reference to the total number of vacancies. Therefore, it is to be seen whether, within the normal zone of consideration, SC and ST candidates are available to the extent of 3 times the SC and ST vacancies respectively. This would determine the adequacy or otherwise of the availability of SC/ST candidates, as clarified under point (2) of Board’s letter No.E(GP)81/1/18, dated 04.09.1982, in partial modification of para 2 of Board’s letter of same number dated 29.09.1981. If SC/ST candidates are not available in the normal zone to the extent of 3 times the vacancies reserved for SC/ST, then the zone should be extended for SC or ST or both, as the case may be, to 5 times the total number of vacancies.

3. In this connection, it is also clarified that all the general community candidates covered within the normal zone of consideration have to be considered for the selection as brought out in para 3 of Board’s letter dated 29.09.1981.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 91/2007

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.