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GUIDELIIYES FOR SHORTLISTING AND POSTING OF DTYISIONAL RAILWAY

· 2024-09-03
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Date2024-09-03
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicgeneral

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of the year in which the Short List is prepared shall be considered for posting as DRM.

Text of the circular

No.E(O)IlI-2024 I PLI 0 4
New Delhi. dated 03.09.2024
GUIDELIIYES FOR SHORTLISTING AND POSTING OF DTYISIONAL RAILWAY
MANAGERS @R]VIs) IN THE INDIAN RAILWAYS
In supersession of the existing policy guidelines on the above subject" the following guidelines
for short listing and posting of Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs). total 68 in number. in the Indian
Railways have been approved by the competent authorit_v.
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Officers belonging to the following 8 Group 'A' Railway Services will be considered for short
listing for the posts of DRMs:-
Indian Railwal,Service of Engineers (IRSE)I
Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS):
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME);
Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE),
Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE):
Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS):
Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) &
Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS).
2. 
The posts of Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) are in ex-cadre Senior Administrative
Grade (.L14) & will be operated in SAG. Posting as DRM is not a promotion but a posting in the same
grade. i.e.. SA Grade. without conferring any additional pecuniary benefit. Officers are shortlisted for
posting as DRMs, on recognition of the fact that the task is arduous in nature and that DRM is the
overall in-charge of the Division dealing with all aspects of Railway operations. Upon completion of
their term as DRMs, the Officers are brought back to the same SA Grade.
3. 
Railway Services which are directly involved in train operations will hold more slots of DRMs
in relation to Services not directly involved in train operations. However. at one time the officers of
one Service would occupy minimum two (02) posts and not more than fourteen (la) posts of DRMs.
The existing 68 posts of DRMs shall be divided amongst the 8 Group 'A' Railway Services as under:-
Service
No. of oosts
Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE)
Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME)
Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE)
Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE)
Indian Railway Accounts Service [RAS)
Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS)
Indian Railway Personnel Service GRPS)
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Depending upon exigencies. some readjustment of posts amongst different services could be
done by Chairman & CEO, Railway Board with the approval of Hon'ble Minister of Railways.
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Service-wise short listing shall be done in the order of seniority in the ratio of 1.5 times
the number of vacancies occurring in the panel year for that particular Service. The short
listing would be done by a Committee comprising of Chairman & CEO, Railway Board,
concerned Railway Board Member(or a Member of Railway Board when Chairman, Railway
Board is also the functional Member) and Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and
Training, nominated by Secretary, DoP&T.
5. 
Officers being considered for short listing as DRMs should be less than 52 years of
age as on l" January of the vacancy year for which the short list is being made. A short listed
officer can be posted as DRM within the period of currency of the short list, even if at the
point of his actual posting as DRM, he has crossed the age of 52 years. Once short listed for a
particular year, officers will be posted to vacancies earmarked for their Service arising in that
year, strictly in the order of their seniority in their respective cadre.
6. 
Minimum Eligibiliw criteria. Only those officers shall be considered for drawl of Short-list who
meet the following eligibility criteria on l" January of the vacancy year:-
(i) Officers should be working in SAG; and
(ii) Should have minimum l5 years in Railways/Railway PSUs: and
(iii) APARs of entire career shall be taken into consideration: and
(iv) Should have at least 60% 'Outstanding' APARs in entire career: and
(v) Should have minimum of five (5) clearances for 

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