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Procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and its alteration - Master Circular

· 2019-06-12
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Date2019-06-12
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Summary

Procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and its alteration - Master Circular 31/7/1973, no request for alteration in the recorded date of birth can be

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सत्यमेव जयते

भारत सरकार Government of India
रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways
(रेलवे बोर्ड Railway Board)

रेल सेवा में नियुक्ति पर जनम तिथि दर्ज करने

एवं इसमें परिवर्तन की प्रकिया - मास्टर परिपत्र

Procedure for recording date of birth on entering
Railway Service and its alteration -

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

No.E(NG)1/2019/BR/1 » “New Delhi, dated: 12/06/2019

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways,
Production Units.

(as per mailing list)

Sub: Procedure for recording date of birth on entering Railway service and
its alteration - Master Circular.

At present the orders relating to the proce.. “= for recording date of birth on
entering Railway service and its alteration are scaticred in a number of office
circulars/ orders issued from time to time. Consolidated orders on the subject of
"Procedure for recording date of birth on entering~-Railway service and its
alteration" updated till 01.06.2019 is as follows:- -

Declaration of date of birth at the time of appointment:-

1. According to the existing provisions, every person appointed to a service/post
under the Government shall at the time of his/her appointment, declare the date of
birth and it shall be accepted by the appropriate authority on production of
confirmatory/documentary evidence such as a Matriculation Certificate or a
Municipal Certificate. If the person is not able to produce such an evidence, he/she
should be asked to produce any other authenticated documentary evidence, which
could be the school leaving certificate, a Baptismal Certificate in original or some
other reliable document. However, horoscope should not be accepted as an
evidence in support the date of birth. (Nos. E(NG)II/70/BR/1 dated 03/12/71, Rule
925-RI and E(G)84/FR1/1 dated 12/12/85). :

>. When a candidate is not able to produce a confirmatory documentary evidence
or any other authenticated proof to the satisfaction of the appointing authority,
he/she should be asked to produce an affidavit in support of the declaration of

his/her age.

3. In the case of literate staff, the date of birth shall be entered in the record of
service in their own handwriting. In the case of illiterate staff, the declared date of
birth shall be recorded by a senior railway servant and witnessed by another railway

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1* July or 16th of that month, respectively shall be treated as i,

In the case of Group ‘D* employees, care should be taken to see that the date
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of birth as declared on entering regular service is not Sanna ene
expressed or implied given earlier at the time of employment, if any, as a Casu
Labourer or as a substitute.

6. A person who is not able to declare his/her age at the time of entry into

Railway Service should not be appointed.

¥ It should be ensured that the date of birth at the time of entry into service js
recorded invariably in Christian Era and wherever possible in Saka Era also, both in
words and figures,

a. The source/basis on which the date of birth has been recorded in the Service
Records of the employees at the time of entering service may be recorded below the
date of birth recorded.

Il. Procedure in regard to alteration of date of birth:-

1. The date of birth as recorded in accordance with the rules shall be held to be
binding and no alteration of such date shall ordinari ly be permitted
subsequently. It shall, however, be open to the President in the case of Group
‘A’ & *B’ railway servants and a General Manager in the case of Group ‘C’ &
‘D’ railway servants to cause the date of birth to be altered,

(i) Where in his opinion, 

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