MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI BANDARU DATTATRAYA)
(a): Ministry of Railways is responsible for the
implementation of extant reservation policy of the Govt.
in the Ministry, attached & sub-ordinate offices and Public
Sector Undertakings under its administrative control. The
instructions being issued from time to time by the
Government of India regarding reservation in services in
Group `A`/ Group B (Gazetted) posts are being followed in
its right perspective.
(b): The representation of Scheduled Castes(SCs) and
Scheduled Tribes(STs) as on 31.3.2002 in Group A and B
services in the Ministry of Railways and its attached and
sub-ordinate offices is as under:-
Group `A` Group `B`
Total staff Strength 7751 6682
SC 1236 1042 (15.95%) (15.59%) ST 500 352 (6.45%) (5.27%)
In the case of SCs the prescribed percentage of
reservation(15%) could be achieved. However, in the case of
STs, the percentage representation is slightly less than
the prescribed 7.5% due to non-availability of candidates,
inspite of our best efforts.
(c) to (e): Reserved category candidates are generally
available to fill up the reserved vacancies. In some
cases some difficulties are faced when suitable
reserved category candidates are not available to fill
up the reserved vacancies. In the event of non-
availability of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes/Other
Backward class candidates to fill up the reserved
vacancies under the Government of India in direct
recruitment, the reserved vacancies are kept vacant
to be filled up in the subsequent recruitment years by the
respective categories. In case of non-availability of
suitable reserved category candidates in promotion,
reservation is carried forward to the subsequent years.
In order to fill up the vacancies reserved for
Scheduled Castes(SCs) and Scheduled Tribes(STs), various
relaxation and concessions are given. In case of direct
recruitment, SCs/STs get concessions like relaxation
in upper age limit by 5 years, exemption from payment of
examination/application fee, relaxation in
qualification/experience at the discretion of Union
Public Service Commission/ Competent authority,
relaxation in standards of suitability, etc. In case
of promotion they get concession like extension of zone
of consideration to five times the number of vacancies in
case suitable SC/ST candidates are not available
within the normal zone of consideration, relaxation in
qualifying marks/standards of evaluation, relaxation in
upper age limit by five years where upper age limit
for promotion is prescribed not exceeding 50 years etc.
In order to fill up vacancies reserved for Other
Backward Classes(OBCs), various concessions like
relaxation in upper age limit by three years etc.
are given to them. Presently there is a ban on
dereservation of reserved vacancies in case of direct
recruitment.
Reservation in State services is the concern of respective State Government.
