Transfer: RBE No.42/2002 – Gangmen to Other Departments
E(NG)-I-99CFP23, dated 8.4.2002
Sub: Modification of the existing provision regarding transfer of Gangmen to other Departments.
1. As the Railways are aware, Gangmen in regular employment are eligible for transfer to Works Branch/ Workshops/ Traffic & Commercial Departments against 10% of the vacancies with 50% seniority. Similarly, Stores Khalasis and Safaiwalas of all Departments are also eligible for transfer to Workshops against 10% quota with 50% seniority. Such employees should possess physical standards prescribed for recruitment to these Departments, be less than 35 years of age and have aptitude for work to which they are to be transferred.
1.1 Further, 40% of Group ‘D’ vacancies in the Workshops are required to be filled from amongst Group ‘D’ staff of other Departments on bottom seniority upto the upper age limit of 33 years.
2. For some time the Railways have been experiencing difficulty in sparing Gangmen for lateral transfer to other Departments. Railway Safety Review Committee-1998 (Khanna Committee) in Part II of its Report has also observed that the policy of lateral induction of Gangmen to other Departments has denuded the Gangs of able bodied younger lot of Gangmen. The committee has, therefore, recommended that the orders regarding lateral induction of Gangmen upto 35 years of age into other Departments should be withdrawn.
3. The matter has been considered carefully by the Board. The views of the two Federations. viz., AIRF and NFIR were also obtained. After considering all aspects of the matter it has been decided that the existing provision regarding transfer of Gangmen to other Departments against 10% quota may be modified to the extent that the lower age limit for such transfer should be fixed at 45 years instead of existing upper age limit of 35 years.
3.1 For Gangmen volunteering to go to Mechanical Workshops on bottom seniority against 40% quota also, the existing upper age limit of 33 years should be modified to provide for lower age limit of 45 years.
4. It has also been decided that in view of surpluses being generated in Workshops, the existing provision for lateral transfer of other staff to Workshops may also be temporarily withdrawn for two years from the date of issue of this letter.
5. The Indian Railway Establishment Manual may also be amended accordingly as in Advance Correction Slip No.132 enclosed.
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Indian Railway Establishment Manual,
Volume-I (1989 Edition)
Advance Correction Slip No.132
Chapter-I, Section ‘B’, sub-section III – Recruitment and Training.
Substitute the following for the existing Para 179(xv):-
“(xv) Recruitment by Transfer:-
(A) Gangmen in regular employment may be transferred to the Mechanical Engineering and Transportation (Power) Deptt., Traffic & Commercial Deptt. and to the Work side of Engineering Deptt. Such transfers should not, however, exceed 10% of the annual intake of Gangmen nor 10% of annual intake in the relevant recruitment categories of each of these Departments to which Gangmen are transferred. Khalasis of the Stores Department and Safaiwalas of all Departments may likewise be transferred to the Mechanical Workshops, but will be reckoned against the same 10% annual quota of vacancies in the Workshops as is open for absorption of Gangmen. The Railway servants concerned should be suitable in all respects, i.e.:-
(a) be literate where necessary;
(b) possess physical standards prescribed for recruitment to that Department/ Workshop;
(c) have the aptitude for work to which they are to be transferred;
(d) be at least 45 years of age in the case of Gangmen and 35 years of age in the case of Stores Khalasis and Safaiwalas of all Deptts.
(B) Regular Gangmen who are transferred to Works Branch/ Workshops/ Traffic and Commercial Deptt. will count half the length of continuous service for seniority in the new cadre in which they are absorbed. Similarly Stores Khalasis and Safaiwalas of all Departments who are absorbed in the Workshops against the 10% quota will count seniority to the extent of half the length of continuous service. However, Gangmen above the age of 45 years and Store Khalasis and Safaiwalas upto the age of 33 years who are transferred over and above the quota of 10% will not be eligible to count any portion of their earlier service for the purpose of seniority.”
(Authority: Ministry of Railway’s letter No.E(NG)56/PM1/27, dated 27.09.1956, No.E.58-CFP/13, dated 19.02.1959, E(NG)I/74/CFP/51Pt., dated 10.02.1975. ACS No.48 issued vide Board’s letter No.E(NG)I-97/CFP/10, dated 18.06.1998 and E(NG)I-99/CFP/23, dated 08.04.2002)
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.42/2002
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.