Sports: RBE No.177/2017 – Recruitment – Marks by Trial Committee
No.2017/E(Sports)/4(1)/14/Irregularities, dated 30.11.2017
Clarification/ Corrigendum No.87
Sub: Marks given by the Trial Committee in Sports recruitment.
Ref: Board’s letter No.2010/E(Sports)/4(1)/1/Policy, dated 31.12.2010 (RBE No.189(B)/2010).
Attention is invited to Para 8.1.11 of Board’s letter dated 31.12.2010 (RBE No.189(B)/2010) (amended from time to time) inter-alia specifying that in Talent Scouting mode Sports Recruitment ‘Trial Committee’ shall give its recommendations in terms of either FIT or NOT-FIT by giving the marks (maximum 40 marks) to the candidates, as per the criteria given below. Each member of Trial Committee will give marks to the candidates in separate sheets and sum of the marks given by all members shall be mentioned in the Trial Report. Marksheet of each member of with his/her signature, must be attached with the Trial Report.
| (i) | For game skill, physical fitness & coach’s observation during Trial | 40 marks |
| (ii) | FIT candidate | Candidate securing 35 marks or more |
| (iii) | NOT-FIT candidate | Candidate securing marks below 25 |
Similar provisions exist for Open Advertising mode of Sports recruitment in para 8.2.11.5 of letter ibid.
In a sports recruitment held by one of the Zonal Railways, it has been noticed that the trial committee had allotted marks to candidates at the end of the trial after discussing among themselves. The trial committee members in their assessment declared the to best candidates as FIT indicating thereby rest of the candidates who were not the ‘best’ (even though good enough to be declared FIT) were not allowed to meet the cut off threshold of 25 marks out of 40.
The action of the trial committee has been scrutinized by the vigilance and it is found that their action is not appropriate on two counts as under:-
(i) There is no provision for consultation amongst the members of the trial committee before giving the marks to each applicant in the trials. Accordingly, each member of the trial committee should give marks independently in separate sheets.
(ii) The members of the trial committee in the referred case apparently inferred the provisions of the instruction so as to allow only the two ‘best’ candidates (which matched the number of posts to be filled) go for the interview. Thus, the action taken by the Trial Committee, in effect, precluded the possibility of other candidates possessing equal, if not better, achievements to even be considered by the Recruitment Committee. This is not as per the provision of the laid down norms. Each member of the trial has to give the marks separately and the sum of the marks given by all the members will be mentioned in the trial report.
This may be ensured by all concerned during the sports recruitment.
Please acknowledge receipt.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.177/2017
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.