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Calling of options from staff to serve in the Headquarters of the new Railway Zones – Determination of seniority of staff on transfer to the New Zones. In this (official digest)

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Calling of options from staff to serve in the Headquarters of the new Railway Zones – Determination of seniority of staff on transfer to the New Zones. In this (official digest)

RBE No. 100/2002 Date: 2002-07-09 Official source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/establishment/order_july-sep.jsp

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Reference: E(NG)I/96/TR/36 Vol.II dt. 9-7-2002

Calling of options from staff to serve in the Headquarters of the new Railway Zones – Determination of seniority of staff on transfer to the New Zones. In this Ministry’s letter of even No. dt. 6.12.96 as modified/clarified vide letters of same number dt. 21.3.97, 19.8.97, 20.8.97, 5.5.97, 23.7.97, 13.11.97, 31.3.98 and 26.5.98 instructions were issued for calling options from the staff to work in the headquarters offices of the new zonal Railways subject to the conditions as stipulated therein. 2. In para 5 of this Ministry’s letter dt. 6.12.96 it has been stipulated that seniority of staff coming on transfer from the existing zonal Railways to the headquarter offices of the new zonal Railways should be determined in each grade on the basis of non-fortuitous length of service in the grade as on the date of new zonal Railway becoming operational. The requisite notifications constituting two new zonal Railways namely East Central Railway with its headquarters at Hajipur and North Western Railway with its headquarters at Jaipur, w.e.f. 1.10.2002 with the following jurisdiction, have since been issued vide this Ministry’s Notifications No. 97/E&R/700/1/Notification both dated 14.6.2002:- i) East Central Railway, Hajipur – Existing Sonpur and Samastipur Divisions of North Eastern Railway. - Existing Danapur, Mughalsarai and Dhanbad Divisions of Eastern Railways. ii) North Western Railway, Jaipur - Existing Bikaner and Jodhpur Divisions of Northern Railway. - Existing Jaipur and Ajmer Divisions of Western Railway. 3. The question of allowing fresh options to staff for working in the headquarter offices of the above two new zonal Railways has been considered by the Ministry of Railways in view of the following: (i) change in the jurisdiction of the new zonal Railways, if any, from the one as contemplated/taken into account while calling options initially in terms of this Ministry’s letter dt. 6.12.96; and (ii) date for exercising options being current only up to 30.9.98 vide this Ministry’s letter of even No. dt. 26.5.98. 4. The Ministry of Railways have decided that in view of the above fresh options, as considered necessary and as may be decided mutually between the respective CPOs of the new zonal Railway(s) and of the existing zonal Railway(s) has/have been carved out, may be called for from the staff for working in the headquarter offices of the above two new zonal Railways strictly as per the priority laid down in para 2 of this Ministry’s letter of even no. dt. 6.12.96 as modified subject to the following further conditions:- (i) The options may be exercised latest by 15.9.2002 (ii) The staff short-listed for transfer/posting to the headquarter offices of the new zonal Railways should be in position by 30.9.2002 for which the CPOs of the existing zonal Railways should ensure that the staff concerned are relieved as soon as requested by the new zonal Railways. (iii) Any transfer to the headquarter offices of these two new zonal Railways on or after 1.10.2002 will be treated as transfer on request on bottom seniority in recruitment grades subject to usual conditions governing such transfers being fulfilled. (iv) Other conditions as stipulated in this Ministry’s letter of even No. dt. 6.12.96 will continue to apply.

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