General Departmental Competitive Examination – Reservation for Person with Benchmark Disability and EWS: Clarification by Railway Board

General Departmental Competitive Examination – Reservation for Person with Benchmark Disability and EWS: Clarification by Railway Board

No. E(NG)I-2018/PM1/23

The General Managers,
All Zonal Railways &
Production Units.
(As per standard mailing list)

Sub: General Departmental Competitive Examination — Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) who are serving employees’ reg.

Attentions is invited to clarification issued vide Board’s letter of even number dated 23.04.2019 regarding applicability of reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWBD) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) employees under the General Departmental Competitive Examination(GDCE) Scheme.
The second para of the said letter may please be read as under:

“The matter has been examined in detail in Board’s office. It is clarified that the reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWBD) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) that is applicable for open market recruitment will not apply for the GDCE scheme”.

Board’s letter dated 23.04.2019

RBE No. 65

भारत सरकार/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

रेल मंत्रालय/MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(रेलवे बोर्ड/RAILWAY BOARD)

Ne. E(NG)I-2018/PM1/23 

New Delhi, dated 23.04.2019

The General Managers,

All Zonal Railways &

Production Units.

(As per standard mailing list)

Ref: (i) SECR’s letter No. P-HQ/RUL/105/5/7073 dated 25.09.2018 & 04.02.2019.

(ii) ECoR’s letter No. ECoR/Pers/GDCE/2019 dated 01.04.2019

Clarification has been sought by certain Railways regarding applicability of reservation for  PwBD and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) employees’ under the scheme of General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE).

The matter has been examined in detail in Board’s office. It is clarified that horizontal reservation quota (including that for PwBD and EWS) that is applicable for Open Market recruitment will not apply for GDCE scheme.

This disposes of the above referred letters.

Sd/-

(S. Balachandra Iyer)

Executive Director Estt..(N)

All Railway Board

Source: Click here to view/download the PDF RBE No. 72
[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/establishment/ENG-I/E(NG)I_RB_72.pdf]
Source: Click here to view/download the PDF RBE No. 65

[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/establishment/ENG-I/E(NG)I-RBE_65_23042019.pdf]