Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service Rules 2021 – Notification Dtd 10th March

Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service Rules 2021 – Notification Dtd 10th March

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 10th March, 2021

G.S.R. 164(E).-ln exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service Rules, 1971; the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (Private Secretary Grade) Rules, 1989 and the Ministry of Railways, Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service, Senior Principal Private Secretary grade, Group ‘A’ Post Recruitment Rules, 2002, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the posts borne on the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service, namely:-

1. Short title and Commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) “appointed day” means the date on which these rules shall come into force;

(b) “appointing authority”, in relation to a grade means the authority empowered under the provisions of the Indian Railway Establishment Code Volume I, to make appointments to that grade;

(c) “approved service”, in relation to any grade, means –

(i) in respect of an officer recruited directly to that grade, the period or periods of regular service rendered in that grade, including period or periods of absence during which he would have held a post on a regular basis in that grade but for his being on leave or otherwise not being available to hold such post, from the 1st day of July of the year, following the year in which the examination for direct recruitment was held ;

(ii) in respect of an officer recruited to that grade through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination , period or periods of regular service rendered in that grade including period or periods of absence during which he would have held a post on regular basis in that grade but for his being on leave or otherwise not being available to hold such post, from the 1st day of July of the year for vacancies of which such examination was held ;

(iii) in respect of an officer appointed to that grade on the basis of length of service in the lower grade, period or periods of regular service rendered in that grade, including period or periods of absence during which he would have held a post on regular basis in that grade but for his being on leave or otherwise not being available to hold such post, from the 1st day of July of the year for which the recruitment was made:
Provided that where there is a delay of more than ninety days in joining on appointment, in any of the cases mentioned in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), such delay should not be due to any fault on the part of the officer;

(d) “authorised strength”, in relation to any grade of the Service means the strength of duty posts in that grade, as specified in rule 5;

(e) “cadre” means the group of posts in the grades of Principal Staff Officer, Senior Principal Private Secretary, Principal Private Secretary, Private Secretary, Personal Assistant and Stenographer Grade ‘D’ in Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) ;

(f) “cadre controlling authority”, in relation to officers appointed to any grade of Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service means the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board);

(g) “cadre officer” in relation to any grade means a member of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service;

(h) “Commission ” means the Union Public Service Commission or the Staff Selection Commission , as the case may be ;

(i) “direct recruit” means a person recruited on the basis of competitive examination, other than a departmental competitive examination, conducted by the Staff Selection Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in rule 12;

(j) “duty post” in relation to any grade of the Service means a cadre post held by officers of the Service on a regular basis in Ministry of Railways(Railway Board);

(k) “Field of Selection” means the list of eligible officers from which a selection will be made for inclusion in the Select List;

(1) “grade” means any of the grades specified in rule 3;

(m) “Limited Departmental Competitive Examination “, in respect of any grade of the Service, means a competitive examination held by the Union Public Service Commission or the Staff Selection Commission , as the case may be, to select candidates for that grade from amongst the respective feeder grades;

(n) “officer on probation ” means a direct recruit Stenographer Grade ‘D’, or a Personal Assistant or a Principal Private Secretary appointed on probation against a regular vacancy;

(o) “Other Backward Classes” means the castes and communities notified as Other Backward Classes by the Government of India from time to time;

(p) “panel and panel (part)” in relation to various grades of the Service, as specified in rule 3, means a list of officers, selected as per prescribed rules, for vacancies of a select list year for a mode of recruitment and such list of officers will be called a panel and if such selection is made more than once for a select list year then each such list shall be called panel (part);

(q) “permanent officer” means a person who has been confirmed in the entry grade;

(r) “recruitment year” is the same as select list year;

(s) “regular officer” in relation to any grade, means a person who has been appointed against a regular vacancy either through direct recruitment or through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination or through promotion on the basis of seniority;

(t) “regular vacancy” in relation to a grade for a select list year means actual vacancies in that grade as on the 1st July, excluding the vacancies of previous select list years for any mode of recruitment for which selection process is not complete , plus anticipated vacancies in that grade due to promotions , retirements , deputations and long leave during the select list year;

(u) “Schedule” means a Schedule annexed to these rules ;

(v) “Select List” in relation to various grades of the Service, as specified in rule 3, means a list of officers prepared by merging the relevant panels or panels (part) for all modes of recruitment for that grade in accordance with rules 9, 10, 11 and 12, provided that, if panels are not available for all modes of recruitment for that grade, in a select list year, a select list (provisional) may be prepared by merging the available panels or panels (part), as per the procedure laid down in the Regulations issued by the Ministry of Railways and amended from time to time ;

(w) “select list year” means period from the 1st July of the year to the 30th June of the following year;

(x) “seniority list” in relation to any grade means the seniority list of officers working in that grade as on the 1st day of July of any year and revised , shall be as determined by Regulations issued by the Ministry of Railways and amended from time to time ;

(y) “Service” means the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service;

(z) “Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them by clauses (24) and (25), respectively of Article 366 of the Constitution;

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