भारत सरकार / GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय / MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
रेलवे बोर्ड / RAILWAY BOARD
No. E(NG)-I/2025/SR/7
(E-3519337)
New Delhi, dated 31.12.2025
To
The General Manager (P),
Patiala Locomotive Works,
Patiala.
Sub: Clarification regarding fixation of inter-se seniority of Technician candidates possessing Act Apprenticeship.
Ref:
i) Railway Board’s letter No. 2024/E(Trg)/43/4 dated 09.10.2024 (RBE No. 92/2024)
ii) PLW/Patiala’s letter No. PLW/P/Rectt./Policy dated 22.12.2025.
Please refer to PLW’s letter dated 22.12.2025 referred above seeking Board’s clarification regarding fixation of inter-se seniority of Technician candidates possessing Act Apprenticeship qualifications, particularly in cases where candidates from the same RRB panel are governed by different training requirements.
2. The issue has been examined in Board’s office and it is clarified that seniority may be fixed as per details given below:
| SN | Candidates selected through RRB Panel | Compassionate Ground Appointees | Training Period | Seniority to be fixed as per existing norms |
| 1 | Course completed Act Apprentices trained in Railway Establishments | Nil | Para 303 (b) of IREM | |
| 2 | Course completed Act Apprentices trained in non-Railway Establishments | 6 Months | Para 303 (a) of IREM | |
| 3 | ITI passed candidates in the same or the fields or related fields as per DR advertisement norms | 6 Months | Para 303 (a) of IREM | |
| 4 | Degree/ Diploma holders in field of relevant trade and similar trades on par with DR advertisement norms | 6 Months | Para 303 (a) and para 306 of IREM | |
| 5 | Engineering Degree/ Diploma holders in a field other than that of relevant trade | 12 Months | Para 303 (a) of IREM |
| 6 | Matriculation plus ITI qualification in a trade which is one of the engineering trades falling in the relevant trades for a post of Technician Grade-III as per extant RRB notifications, but is not the relevant trade for the post | 12 Months | Para 303 (a) of IREM |
| 7 | Matriculation or any other higher qualification and other non relevant ITI | 2 Years | Para 303 (a) of IREM |
(Sanjay Kumar)
Dy. Director / Estt. (
