Government of India

Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board) ReE Nol47/2023
No.2018-E(SCT)V25/9 New Delhi, dated 21.12.2023

The General Managers (P),

All Indian Railways
& Production Units.

Sub:- Reservation in promotions- procedure to be followed prior to effecting

reservations in the matter of promotions by all departments of the
Central Government.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Deptt. of Personnel &

Training) vide 1ID Note No. 36028/3/2022-Estt(Res.) dated 21.11.23 has issued certain
clarification, in reference to Secretary Directorate's ID Note No ERB-1/2023/14/32(E)
dated 07.11.23. The operative part of the said clarification is quoted as under:

"In this regard, it is stated that in Sabharwal judgment, Hon'ble Supreme Court
has stated that reserved category candidates can compete for non-reserved post and in
the event of appointment to the said post their number cannot be added or taken into
consideration for working out the pereentage of reservation. The aforesaid instructions
were reiterated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Jarnail Singh judgment.

However, as stated by the Hon'bie Court, so long as the instructions/Rules

providing certain percentage ofreservationsfor the backward classes are operative, the
same have to be
followed and despite any number of appointment/promotees belonging
to the backward classes against the general category posts, the given percentage has to
be provided in addition."

Ministry of Railways is therefore advised to follouw the Hon'ble Supreme Court

judgements in cases of R K Sabharwal and Jarnail Singh i.e. reserved category
candidates can compete for non-reserved post and in the event of their appointment to
the said post, their number cannot be added or taken into consideration
for working
out the percentage of reservation".

The above quoted clarification of DOP&T may please be brought to the notice
of all concerned for information and strict compliance.

ManojKumar) 1
Exec. Dir./Estt. (Resvn.)
Railway Board
Tele No. 011-23047176
Mail Id: ederes.rb@gmail.com
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 Copy to:

1. Liaison officers for SC, ST and OBC of All Indian Railways! Production Units.
2. The General Secretary, AIRF, Room No. 253, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
. The General Secretary, NFIR, Room No. 256-E, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
4. The Members of National Council, Departmental Council and Secretary, Staff Side,
National Council, 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi
5. The Secretary General, FROA, Room No. 256-A, Railway Board.
6. The Secretary, RBSS Group 'A' Officer's Association.
7 The Secretary, RBSS Group 'B' Officers' Association.
8. The Secretary General, IRPOF, Room No.268, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
9. The Secretary, Railway Board Class II Officers' Association.
10.The Secretary, Railway Board Ministerial Staff Association.
11.The Secretary, Railway Board Group D Employees Association.
12. The General Secretary, AIRPF Association Room No.256-D, Rail Bhawan.
13. General Secretary, All India SC/ST Railway
Employees Association, Room No.7, Rail Bhawan,
New Delhi.
14. The General Secretary, All India OBC
Railway Employees Federation, Room No.48, GF, Rail
Bhawan.
15. Chief Commissioner Railway Safety, Lucknow.
16. Chief Administrative Officer, MCF/Raebareli Project, Kishanganj, Delhi-7.
17. The Secretary, Railway Board Promotee Officers
Association, Room No. 341-C, Rail Bhawan.
18. The GMs, N.F. Railway (Const.), CA0,SR(Const.) and
19. The Director General & ex-officio General
CR(Const.).
manager, R.D.S.O/Lucknow.
20. The General Manager, and FA&CAO/Metro
21. The CAO and FA&CAO/cOFMOW/New Delhi.
Railway/Kolkata.
22. The General Manager, and FA&CAO/CORE/ Allahabad.
23. The Director General, National Academy of Indian
24. The Directors, IRISET, Secunderabad/IRIMEE,
Railways, Vadodara
Jamalpur/ IRIEEN, Nasik/lRICEN, Pune and
CAMTECH, Gwalior.
25. The CAO(Const.), MTP (R), Mumbai & Chennai.
26. The Chairman & Managing Director/Managing Director, RITES/IRCON/ CONCOR/KRCL/
IRFC/ RCIL/KMRCL/ RVNLDFCCIL/ BCL/BSCL/ BWEL MRVC/IRCTC.
27. The Chairman, Railway Recruitment Board: Allahabad/ Ahmadabad/ Ajmer/Bangalore/ Bhopal/
Bilaspur/ Bhubaneswar/ Kolkata/Chandigarh/ Chennai/Gorakhpur/ Guwahati/ Jammu & Srinagar
Malda/ Mumbai/Muzaffarpur/Patna/Ranchi/ Secunderabad
28.
/Thiruvananthapuram.
The Chief Project Administrator (Telecom), IRCOT Consultancy, Shivaji Bridge, New Delhi.
29. The Director (Movement) Railways, Kolkata.
30. The General Secretary, IRCA, DRM Office Complex, State entry road, New Delhi.
31. Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information System,
32. Vice Chairman, Rail Land Development Authority.
33.
Chief Admn Officer, Indian Railways Organization for Alternative Fuels,
SCOPE Minar, District Centre, Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi -110092.
12h Floor, Core-1,
34. Office of Chief Administrative Officer, Indian Railways (Workshop Projects), Chamber Bhawan,
Judge's Court Road, Anta Ghat, Patna-800001, Bihar.
35. The Joint Director (Iron & Steel), 3 Koilaghat Street, Kolkata.
36. The Secretary, Railway Claims Tribunal, Chennai.
37. The Railway Liaison Officer, Jeevan T'ara Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi.

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CRB & CEO,MF, M/Infra M(TRS), M(OBD), Secretary/Rly.Bd., DG/RPF, DG/RHS, Adv/(MR),
OSD(MR), OSD(Co-ord)/MR &Additional PS/MR.
AM(Comml), AM(CE), AM(C&IS), AM(Elect.), AM (Budget), AM(E), AM(ME), AM(Plg.), AM(PU).
AM(Tele), AM(Sig), AM(Store), AM(T), AM(TT), PED(Bridge), PED(Stn.Dev.Engg.), AM(Works),
AME), AM(Staf+), Adv{nfra), Adv.(IR), Adv.(Project), PED(Vig), Adv (C), Adv.(T&MPP), Adv.
Health), PED(Safety), Adv.(Transformation), Adv(F), Adv.(Project), Legal Adviser, PED (Signal).

EDE(N), EDCE(G), EDE(G), ED(A), EDF(E), EDE(Safety), EDE(RRB), EDE(GC), EDE, EDV(A),
ED(PSU), EDE(Sports), EDE(E&R), EDE(IR), EDH(G), EDPC-I, EDPC-II, EDF(BC), ED(ERP).
EDPG, Chairman/HRRC, JS, JS(G), JS (E), JS(C), DE(W), DE(MPP), DE(G), DE(GP), DE(LL),
DME(C&IS), JDF(E), JDE(N), JDE(Rep), JDPG, DDF(E)-I,I1&1, DDE(R)-I, DDE (LR)-I & I1,&l1,
DD(Sec/E), DD(Sec/ABE), DD ECP&A)I & EP&A}II, E(G), E(NG)I & II, E(Trg), E(MPP), A/C-I,
ERB-I, ERB-lI, ERB-I, ERB-IV, ERB-V & ERB-VI, E(Rep)I, E(Rep)-II & E(Rep)-l1, ESports).
E(W), Sec(E), FE-L,I1&III, FE(Sp), E(RRB), PC-I, PC-IV, PC-V, PC-VI, PC-VII, E(SCT)I, E(GR) I
& E(GR)-1, E(GC), E(GP), E (Welfare)-I,I1&lI, E(D&A), E(Co-op), PR, E(D&A), E(LR)-I,II&I1,
Code Revision Cell/ Branches of Railway Board.

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