DPC Procedure for promotion from Gr ‘B’ to
‘A’ Railway officers
Complied
By
Er. Mahesh C.Yadav
WM/Signal /SBI/WR
Working President / IRPOF
& General Secretary
Indian Railway Promotee Officers Association
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Appointment to Grp’A’ on IR
• 8 organized Grp ‘A' services
• IRSSE,IRSEE,IRSME,IRSE,IRSS
IRTS,IRAS& IRPS
• Appointment through DR(UPSC)&
Promotion (DPC) in Grp ‘A’JTS (1560039100+GP 5400) PB-3
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Appointment to Grp’A’ on IR
• Misc. Grp A cadres
• EDP, Cash& pay, PRO, Ptg & Stny,
CMT,LAW& Hindi ,Para medical, PS etc
• Appointment through DR& Promotion as
per RRs.
• DPC to Sr Scale Grp A ( 1560039100+GP6600 )PB-3
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Steps of DPC
• Finalization of All India Integrated seniority list of
eligible Grp B officers
• Finalization of Zone of consideration & eligibility
list.
• Collection of 5 years ACRs of candidates under
zone of consideration , Seniority lists & Integrity
certificate ( DAR & Vig clearance)
• Submission of proposal to UPSC up complete
documents
• Verification of documents in UPSC
• Nomination of Member UPSC by
Chairman/UPSC
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Steps of DPC (Cont.)
• Meeting of DPC {1UPSC+3 Departmental
members(1sc/sc)}
• Approval of DPC recommendation by UPSC
Chairman
• DAR & Vig clearance again
• Approval of panel by MR (on behalf of President)
• Notification of panel
• Fixation of DOITS
• Notification of DOITS (Date of induction in Time
Scale)
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Cadre strength of Junior Scale of
Organized Services
• The strength Junior Scale cadre of all 8
services put together : 1647 posts.
• Previous Rectt Rules ---- 50% vacancies
through DR and 50% vacancies through
promotion
• Revised Rectt Rules ---percentage of
posts for the two modes
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Cadre strength of Junior Scale of
Organized Services
• DR quota : promotion quota -- ratio
of 3:1
• Promotees get 5 years weightage in
seniority in Group ‘A’
• Service required for promotion from Jr
scale to Sr scale 4 years
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DR quota : promotion quota -ratio of 3:1
Flow chart
Post held by DRs
Post held by promotees
Batch 05-06
Batch 08-09
Batch 06-07
Batch 07-08
Batch 08-09
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Cadre strength of Junior Scale of
Organized Services
• DRs work for 2 ½ years in Jr scale
working posts whereas promotees vacate
Jr scale posts immediately
• Posts occupied by 3 batches of DRs
and 1 batch of promotees due to
immediate vacation of posts by
promotees
• Promotion quota consists of 411 posts
• DR quota consists of 1236 posts
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Cadre strength of Junior Scale of
Organized Services
• Promotion to Group ‘A’ is made every
year to the full extent of 411 posts due to
full vacation of the promotion quota
junior scale posts
• Direct recruitment is also to be made
every year roughly to the same extent
viz 411 posts
• Ratio of intake to Group “A” by the 2
modes remains same
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Service wise Distribution of
Promotion Quota posts
Year
2002-2003 to
2004-2005
Year
2005-2006 &
2006-2007
Year 2007-2008
onwards
No. of Post
180
318
411
IRAS
16
28
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IRSE
IRSEE
IRSME
IRPS
43
25
27
11
76
44
48
20
74
55
84
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IRSS
IRSSE
IRTS
13
20
25
23
38
44
27
48
66
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Promotion to Group ‘A’ / Junior
Scale of Organized Services
• Recruitment Rules notified for each of the
organized services containing provisions
on eligibility conditions etc
• promotion to Group 'A‘ / Jr. Scale through
selection by a DPC (Departmental
Promotion Committee)
• DPC held by UPSC
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Promotion to Group ‘A’ / Junior
Scale of Organized Services
• Group 'B' officers of the respective
departments with 3 years regular service
in the grade as on 1st January of the
vacancy year are eligible
• Group ‘B’ seniority is now maintained all
India basis for purpose of DPC
• seniority list of Group 'B' officers as on 1st
January of every year is obtained from
each Zonal Railway / PU for each
department for compilation at Railway
Board
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Distribution of vacancies among
zonal Railways
• Group ‘A’ panels will now made on All Inda
Integrated seniority basis from vacancy
year 2010-11 &on ward.
• Till the year 2004-05, vacancies were
distributed only among the 9 parent
Railway and officers absorbed in new
zones were also considered in their
respective parent zones. From the year
2005-06
onwards
vacancies
are
distributed among 16 zones.
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Distribution of vacancies among
zonal Railways
• Till the year 2004-05 the norms adopted
for distribution of vacancies was as
follows.
• 50% of the vacancies --- on the
basis of Group 'A' cadre strength
of the service on each railway.
– 50% of the vacancies --- on the
basis of length of service of the
officers in Group ‘B’.
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Distribution of vacancies among
zonal Railways
• From the year 2005-06 onwards, all the
vacancies are allotted only with reference to
length of service in group ‘B’, in order to reduce
levels of stagnation in Group ‘B’ uniformly on all
Railways
• Reservation of vacancies for SC and ST is made
in accordance with post based roster prescribed
by DOP&T under their O.M. dated 2.7.1997.
SC/ST vacancies are allotted to Railways with
reference to the length of service in Group ‘B’ of
SC/ST Officers.
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Departmental Promotion
Committee(DPC)
• Departmental
Promotion
Committee
(DPC) for this purpose are convened by
UPSC.
• Chairman or a Member of UPSC presides
over the DPC meeting and 3 other
departmental members from Railway
Board (One ED from concerned dept, one
ED/Dir. Estt., including an SC / ST officer)
are nominated from the Ministry of
Railways as members of the DPC.
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DPC proposal to UPSC (zone of
consideration)
• Formation of zone of consideration for each railway w.r.t
vacancies
No. of vacancies
1
2
3 to 10
10 & above
No. of officers to be considered
5
8
2x + 4
1.5 times rounded off to
next higher integer + 3
(subject to minimum 24)
• For SC/ST officers, the zone can extend up to 5 times the
number of vacancies if adequate candidates are not
available.
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DPC proposal to UPSC( ACRs)
• ACRs of all officers in the Zone of
consideration and the DAR /Vigilance
position in respect of these officers are
collected from the Zonal Railways.
• ACRs for 5 preceding years considered.
To illustrate, for vacancy year 2010-11,
for which the cut-off-date for eligibility is
1.1.2008, the relevant ACRs are for the
years 04-05,05-06 ,06-07,07-08 & 08-09.
If one or more ACRs are not available,
the DPC considers the ACRs of the
preceding years.
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DPC proposal to UPSC
• A detailed DPC proposal is thereafter sent
to the UPSC in the prescribed format
along with all necessary documents
• Self contained note with vacancy position,
seniority lists, variations from previous list,
zones of consideration for each Rly,
integrity certificates and list of penalties for
each officer, ACRs of all officers etc
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Selection procedure
• The DPC makes an independent
assessment on the basis of entries in ACR
and is not guided merely by the final
grading recorded therein.
• Penalties during the assessed years are
taken into consideration by DPC while
giving grades.
• For promotion to Group 'A' posts from
lower grades, the bench-mark is 'Good'. At
least, includes last ,4 ACR grades of
“good” are required for being assessed as
FIT.
• Officers are graded by the DPC as 'FIT' or
'UNFIT.
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Selection procedure
• Officers who are graded as 'FIT', to the
extent of number of vacancies are
included in the Railway-wise panel in the
order of their seniority.
• Assessment is not made in respect of the
remaining officers.
• An extended panel is also given by the
DPC in lieu of empanelled officers who
retire/VR/Demised during the vacancy
year from date of retirement.
• No extended panel is given if the date of
retirement of the empanelled officer falls
outside the vacancy year.
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Selection procedure (sealed cover)
• For officers against whom Disciplinary / Criminal
proceedings are pending or those who are under
suspension, the recommendations of the DPC are
kept in a Sealed Cover.
• Action on sealed cover as per Board‘s letter No.
E(D&A) 93/RG6/149 (A) dated 21.1.1993, after
finalization of the proceedings.
• The sealed cover is opened and acted upon only in
cases of exoneration.
• If any penalty is imposed (even censure), the
findings in the sealed cover become infructuous
and the officer is considered for the next year in the
normal course.
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Action on DPC recommendations
• The recommendations of the DPC, with
Railway-wise panels, duly approved by
Chairman/UPSC, are sent to Ministry of
Railways.
• Minutes submitted for approval of the
President (Minister for Railways)
• DAR/Vigilance clearance is again taken
from Board Vigilance and Zonal Railways
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Action on DPC recommendations
• Notifications (promotion orders) are
issued by the Ministry of Railways.
• Date of effect of promotion is the date
of UPSC's letter communicating the
approval of the Commission to the
recommendations of the DPC.
• No promotion orders are issued in
respect of officers who cease to be in
service before the date of effect of
promotion.
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Action on DPC recommendations
• If the recommended officer is undergoing
a penalty of withholding of increment or
reduction of pay, promotion orders are
issued only after the expiry of the penalty.
• While pro-forma promotion is given in such
cases from the date of effect of the panel,
monetary benefits accrue only from the
date of actual promotion.
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Promotion to Group ‘A’ / Senior
Scale in Misc. Cadres & RDSO (Till
now)
• Promotion to Senior scale of Group ‘A’
• The number of posts in the promotion quota for
each cadre is determined with reference to the
total number of posts in Senior Scale in the
cadre and the provisions in the Recruitment
Rules regarding percentage of posts to be
filled through promotion.
• Promotion is made through selection from
amongst Group 'B' officers of the respective
departments with 8 years regular service in the
grade.
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Promotion to Group ‘A’ / Senior
Scale in Misc. Cadres
• DPCs are held for vacancies that physically
arise in the promotional quota posts.
• A single panel is formed for all Railways / PUs
put together on the basis of integrated seniority
of eligible Group 'B' officers.
• The
DPC procedure
and action on
recommendations of DPC is the same as for
Organized services.
• Only 5 ACRs are assessed even though
eligibility is 8 years in Group B Service
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JAI HIND
For any query /clarification/details/circulars you are most welcome.
Er.Mahesh C.Yadav
(MIE,MIRT,MIRSTE,MIUT,PGDM)
mcyrail@gmail.com
9724093570 CUG
093-43800 Rly
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