RBE No. 94/2015: Request Transfer – Against DR Quota Post – Educational Qualifications

No.E(NG)I-2015/TR/9, dated 26.08.2015

Sub: Insistence upon position of Educational Qualification for one way request transfer in case of merger of categories and Revision of Educational Qualification – Regarding.

1. As the Railways are aware, in terms of instructions contained in Board’s letter No.E(NG)I-99/TR/15, dated 08.2.2000 (RBE No. 24/2000) transfer on request of Railway employees from one Railway/ Division/ Unit to another Railway/ Division/ Unit in grades having an element of direct recruitment against DR quota post is accepted on bottom seniority if the employee possesses the educational qualification prescribed for direct recruitment to the post to which transfer is sought for.
2. A question has arisen as to whether in case of merger of categories in Group-C non-gazetted post, an employee who has been recruited pre-merger from open market in one of the merged grade would be required to posses the educational qualification prescribed for the new merged category for seeking request transfer or not.
3. The matter has been considered by Board. It has been decided that when one category having an element of director recruitment in merged with another category also having an element of direct recruitment, in such cases possession of educational qualification prescribed for direct recruitment for the new merged category shall not be insisted upon.
4. Similarly, whenever educational qualification for direct recruitment for any category in Group-C non-gazetted post is revised upwardly, existing employees recruited with pre-revised qualification shall also be allowed to seek request transfer on bottom seniority against DR quota vacancies. Possession of the revised educational qualification shall not be insisted upon in such cases also. Other terms and conditions of for seeking one way request transfer shall remain unchanged.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 94/2015

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