Pregnant Female Candidates on Reporting for Physical Efficiency Test: Modification No. 2 in Railway Board Directive No. 65 dated 23.08.2024
भारत सरकार
रेल मंत्रालय (रेलवे बोर्ड)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. 2023/Sec(E)/RC-3/26
New Delhi, dated 23.08.2024
MODIFICATION No. 2 in Directive No. 65
A Para 15.2 (iv) (a) in Directive No. 65 dated 01.01.2024 is hereby inserted as under:
“Pregnant Female Candidates: On reporting of female candidates for PET (Physical Efficiency Test), a self-declaration indicating about her pregnancy status shall be submitted by her. In case She declares that she is not pregnant then she may be allowed to participate in the PET. In case of false declaration, all the risk of undergoing PET will be of her own. If the female candidate declares before PET that she is pregnant, then a confirmatory pregnancy test shall be done and in case she is found to be pregnant, irrespective of duration of pregnancy, she shall be declared temporarily unfit and her appointment shall be held in abeyance until the confinement is over. The vacancy against Which the woman candidate was selected would be kept reserved for her. She would be re-examined for PET six weeks after the date of confinement, subject to production of medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner. [If she is found fit in PET & ME, she may be appointed to the post kept reserved for her and allowed the benefit of seniority in accordance with the extant rules/instructions as amended from time to time. In case a female candidate after confirmatory pregnancy test ts not found pregnant, she will be allowed to participate in PET.”
This issue with the approval of DG/RPF.
(Sarika Mohan)
DIG/Establishment
Railway Board.
Copy to:
i) PCSC/RPF, All Zonal Railways (including Kolkata Metro), RPSF, CORE & PUs. |
ii) IG (Con)-ECoR, NR & WR.
iii) Director, JR RPF Academy, Lucknow and ZTI/RPF/KGP.
iv) CSCs-KRCL & RDSO.
v) DIG/Project/RB for uploading on the official website.
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