REGISTERED No. D.(D.)-72 The Gazectte of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3 -Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 123] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1979/CHAITRA 30,1901
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626 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3M)]MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th April, 1979
G.S.R. 256(E).—Tn exercise of the powers conferred by the Proviso to article 309 of tho Constitution, (he President hereby makes the following ru'cs further to amend the Rail- way Board Secretariat Service Rules, 1969, namely :—
1. (I) These rules may be cnllcd the Railway Board Secre-
tariat Service (Amendment) Rules 1979.
(2) They shall come into force on ihe date of their publicn-
tion in the Official Gazette.
2. Tn the Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), throughout the ruVs for the expressions "Selection Grade of Railway Board Secre- tariat S'enographers" and "Grade If Stenographers of Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service", wherever they occur, the expressions "Grade 'A' of Railway Boaid Secretariat Steno- graphers Service" and "Grade 'C of Railway Board Secre- tariat Stenographers Service" shall respectively be substituted.
3. In ru'e 8 of the said rules,—
(i) for ihe note below the first proviso to sub-rule (3), the following note shall be substituted, namely :—
"Note.—For the purpose of this rule, in the case of Section Officers appointed to that grade under sub-rule (3) of rule 9 and in the case of officers of Grade 'A' of the Railway Board Secretariat S'enographcrs Service "approved service" sh:ill In- clude the entire period of approved service in Grade f of the Railway Board Sec'retnriat Steno- graphers' service rendered prior to the 1st August, 1969 and half of the approved service rendered in Grade 'B' after the 1st Aujjust, 1969, as the case may be."
(ii) after sub-rule (3) the following sub-rule shall be in-
serted, namely :—
"(3A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3), vacancies in Grade I decided to be filled by members of the Scheduled Castes and the Sche- duled Tribes and for which eligible officers are not available, shall be filled on the results of a limited departmental competitive examination he1d by 'he Commission from time to time, Jn the order of their merit. The regulations for the limited de- partmental competitive examination shall be deter- mined by tho Ministry of Railways (Rly. Board)."
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NOTIFICATION
G.S.R. 257(E).—In pursuance of smb-rule (3A) of rule 8 and rn c 17 of the Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 1969, the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), hereby makes the following regulations, namely :—
1. Short title.—(11 These regulations may be called the Railway Board Secretariat Service Grade I (Limited Depart- mental Competitive Examination for fi ling vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulations. 1979.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publi-
cation in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.-—(1) In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires—
(a) "crucial date" means the thirty-first day of December of the year preceding the year in which the exami- nation is held.
(b) "examination" means the limited depar mental com- petitive examination held by the Commission and confined to the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Cartes and Scheduled Tribes for making additions to the Select List for Grade I against reserved vacan- cies.
(2) All other words and expressions used in these regula- tions and not defined but defined in the Railway Board Secre- tariat Service Rules 1969, shall have Ihe meanings respectively assigned to thorn in those Rules.
3. Holding of the examination—(1) The examination shall be conducted by the Commission in the manner notified by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board! from time to time.
(2) The dates on which and the places at which the exami-
nation shall be he'd shall be fixed by the Commission.
4. Conditions of eligibility.—Any permanent officer of the Section Officers' Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Ser- vice or the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service or any officer whose name has been included in the Select List for the Section Officers' Grade or the Select List for Grade 'A' of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service and who belongs to any Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe and who, on the crucial date, satisfies the following condition1) shall be eligible to appear at the examination, namely :—
(1) Length of Service.—He should have rendered not less than 4- years' approved and continuous service in the Section Officers' Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service or in Grade 'A' of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service or in both as the case may be.
Note : 1 In the case of Grade 'A' Officers of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service, the approved service shall include half of the ap- proved service rendered in Grade 'B' of that service.
Note : 2 Any period of absence on military duties may be allowed to be counted towards the prescribed length of service in any of the above posts.
628 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] (il) impersonating; or (iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or (iv) submitting fabricated document or documonto which(2) Section Oillcors of the Railway Board Secretariat Service and Officers of Grade 'A' of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service who arc on deputation to ex-cadre posts shall be eligible to appear ai the examination if otherwise eligible.
(3) A Section Officer of Ihc Railway Board Secretariat Ser- vice or an officer of Grade 'A" of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service who has been appointed to an ex-cadre post or to another service on transfer and does not have a lien in the Section Officers' Grade or Grade 'A' of the Rail- way Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service as the case may be, shall noL be eligible to appear at the examination.
5, Decision as to eligibility,—The decision of the Commis- sion as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for ad- mission to the examination shall be final and no candidate to whom a certificate of admission has not been issued by the Commission shall be admitted to the examination.
6. Results.—(1) The name of the candidates who are con- sidered by the Commission to be suitable for selection on the results of any examination shall be arranged in the order of merit in two separate lists, one being for candidates be- longing to the Scheduled Castes and the other being for candi- dates Be'onghig to the Scheduled Tribes, and in that order as many candidates HM are found by the Commission to be quali- fied, shall be recommended for inclusion in the Select List for each of the aforesaid two categories of candidates upto the required number,
(2) The results of the examination shall be communicated to individual candidates by the Commission in such manner as may be determined by the Commission.
7. Selection.—Success in the examination confers no right to be included in the Select List for Grade I unless the Central Government is satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that the candidate, having regard to his conduct in service is suitable in all respects for Selection-
Provided that the decision as to whe'her a particular candi
date recommended for selection by the Commission is not suitable shall be taken in consu'tation with the Commission.
8. Penalty for misconduct—A candidate who is 'or"lias
been declared by the Commission to be guilty of —
(i) obtaining support for his candidature by any means;
or
have been tampered with; or
(v) making statements which are Incorrect or false; or
suppressing material information; or
(vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the exami- nation; or
(vii) using unfair means during the esxamination; or
(viii) writing irrelevant matter including obsence language
or pornographic matter in the script(s); or
(ix) misbehaving in any other manner in the examina-
tion hall; or
(x) hnrsfiing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their exami- nation; or
(xi) attempting to commit or, as the case may b", abett- ing to commission or all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses,
may, in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal pro- secution be liable —
(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the exa-
mination for which he is a candidate; or
fb) to be debarred either permanency or for a specified
period —
(i) by the Commission, from any examination or
selection held by them;
(ii) by the Central Government from any employment
under them; and
(e) to disciplinary action under the appropriate lilies.
No. ERBT/791/37/1
P. N. MOHILE, Socy. Railway Board
and ex-offlcio Joint Secy.