Empanelment of serving/retired officers as Arbitrators – Amendment No. 11-Para 706 of IRVM-2018: Railway Board

Empanelment of serving/retired officers as Arbitrators – Amendment No. 11-Para 706 of IRVM-2018: Railway Board Order dated 11.12.2024

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2019/V1/IRVM/1/2 Pt.

New Delhi, Date: 11.12.2024

The General Managers/ The SDGMs/CVOs
All Zonal Railways/PUs. All Zonal Railways/PUs
The Director General
All Railway Institutes, RDSO.

Sub: Amendment No. 11-Para 706 of IRVM-2018.

It has been decided by the competent authority to amend Para 706 of IRVM-2018 as per the enclosed Amendment No. 11:

DA: As above

(Vivek Varshney)
Executive Director Vigilance (Mech.)
Railway Board

Amendment no. 11

Indian Railways Vigilance Manual-2018

The Amended Para 706 regarding Empanelment of Arbitrators is as under:

706. Empanelment of serving/retired officers as Arbitrators.

I) Empanelment of serving/retired officers as Arbitrators cannot be done for: –

1. Persons born on current ‘Agreed/Secret list.
2. Persons involved in any current vigilance/CBI cases or against whom disciplinary or prosecution proceedings are in process.
3. Persons against whom Major penalty has been imposed during last 20 years of service as a result of vigilance/CBI action.
4. Persons against whom Minor penalty has been imposed during last 10 years of service as a result of vigilance/CBI action.

NOTE:

i) If any officer appointed as Arbitrator is subsequently detected to be involved in a Vigilance/CBI case, action will be taken as per extant guidelines

ii) The officers working in the Vigilance Organisation should not be considered for appointment as Arbitrators, even if empanelled, as per extant guidelines.

II) For considering empanelment of retired officers, AGM/DGM entrusted with the work of empanelment will prepare a list of officials, who are willing to be empanelled as Arbitrators and forward it to SDGM/CVOs. Based on various parameters i.e., integrity, ethics, experience of dealing in contracts/tenders, temperament of taking fair decisions – etc., short listing to be done by SDGM/CVO.

II) After due approval of General Manager, list of Shortlisted officials to be sent to PED/Vigilance/Railway Board for assessment and approval. Based on feedback, general image, career profile etc. PED/Vigilance will give approval to the proposal of zonal railways.

IV) Based on the proposal of Zonal Railway, the empanelment of arbitrator shall be reviewed every year for continuation or otherwise and shall be approved by the PED/Vigilance. The existing panel shall continue till revision of the panel. The total number of cases on hand should not be more than 10 at the time of appointment. (Ref.: RB letter No. 2009/CE-I/CT/14/Main dated: 11.07.2024).

V) Deleted

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