Educational qualification criteria to appear in the selection of Technician Gr.III (Pay Level-2) against 25% LDCE quota – clarification thereof.Educational qualification criteria to appear in the selection of Technician Gr.III (Pay Level-2) against 25% LDCE quota – clarification thereof. : Railway Board RBE No.68/2025 dated 09.07.2025
Educational qualification criteria to appear in the selection of Technician Gr.III (Pay Level-2) against 25% LDCE quota – clarification by RBE No. 68/2025 dated 09.07.2025
RBE No.68/2025
भारत सरकार/ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय/ MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
रेलवे बोर्ड/ (RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(NG)I/2019/PM7/1/AIRF(E-3419173)
New Delhi, dated 09.07.2025
The General Manager(P)
All Indian Zonal Railways & PUs
Sub: Educational qualification criteria to appear in the selection of Technician Gr.III (Pay Level-2) against 25% LDCE quota – clarification thereof.
Ref: i) AIRF PNM Item No.31/2018
ii) Railway Board letter No.E(NG)I-96/PM7/56 dated 02.02.1998 (RBE No.23/1998)
Pursuant to a demand raised by the Staff Side (AIRF) vide PNM Item No.31/2018, it is hereby clarified that the term used in RBE 23/1998 for the erstwhile Group ‘D’ staff (erstwhile Khalasi & Khalasi Helpers) eligible to appear in the selection for promotion to the post of Technician-III (Pay Level-2) against 25% LDCE quota about educational qualification “as laid down in the Apprentices Act” should be taken as one of the educational qualifications (trade qualifications, to be more specific) given in the Schedule-I of the Apprentices Rules, 1992 and as amended from time to time, unless specifically mentioned otherwise.
2. Further, it is also clarified that the part 2(v) of the instructions vide RBE 23/1998 pertaining to a situation where an empanelled staff who is lacking an educational qualification of Act Apprenticeship/ITI in the relevant trade is required to undergo a training and pass a trade test thereafter before being promoted, still holds good. Meaning thereby, that the staff who are not having Act Apprenticeship/ITI qualification in the relevant trade are also eligible for appearing in the selection for promotion to the post of Technician-ITT (Pay Level-2) against 25% LDCE Quota, albeit they shall be promoted only on passing the requisite training and the trade test thereafter unlike those who are having the Apprenticeship Act/ITI qualification in the relevant trade, who shall be promoted on being empanelled.
3. As far as assigning of seniority on promotion in above mentioned cases is concerned, the normal rules of seniority under the circumstances of having different durations of initial training will apply.
The Railways/PUs are advised to deal with cases in this regard accordingly.
Hindi version will follow.
DA: Nil
(Sanjay Kumar)
Dy. Director/Estt.(N)
Railway Board
Ph. No. 011-23047197
E-mail Id- sanjay.kumar6[at]gov.in
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