Filling up of vacancies of ALP through 50% departmental quota – one-time exemptions for promotions: Railway Board RBE No. 32/2024

Filling up of vacancies of ALP through 50% departmental quota – one-time exemptions for promotions: Railway Board RBE No. 32/2024 dated 08.04.2024. Railway Board directs expedited filling of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) vacancies, granting one-time exemptions for promotions.

RBE No. 32/2024

भारत सरकार/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय/MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रेलवे बोर्ड /RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(NG)I/2024/PM7/1(E-3454474)

New Delhi, dated 08.04.2024

The General Manager (P),
All Zonal Railways and PUs etc,
(As per standard list).

Sub: Filling up of vacancies of ALP through 50% departmental quota.

Ref: CR’s letter No. CR-HQOPERS(POPT)/52/2022/170072 dated 16.01.2024.

One of the Zonal Railway had sought dispensation for filling up the posts of ALP, by allowing the diversion of Promotional Quota of ALP vacancies to be filled from staff of other technical department who has the requisite qualification.

2. The matter has been examined in Board and the following directions are being issued:

1. Zonal Railways are advised to direct the divisions to expedite filling up of promotion quota vacancies.
2. In the event of shortfall in filling the PQ vacancies of ALP, one-time exemption is granted to divisions for filling up the shortfall in PQ vacancies by calling for applications from employees who fulfill the requisite criteria laid down under GDCE including educational qualification and subsequent medical fitness.
3. One-time dispensation is given to divisions which do not have feeding cadre for the post of ALP to get their promotion quota vacancies filled up in the manner given in ‘ii’ above, with the same conditions applicable for GDCE.

This disposes off CR’s letter No. CR-HQOPERS (POPT)/52/2022/170072 dated 16.01.2024.

(Sanjay Kumar)
Director/Estt.(N)
Railway Board
Ph. No.43658/011-23303658
E-mail Id- sanjay.kumar6[at]gov.in