Timelines for completion of APAR for the year 2025-2026 through HRMS: Railway Board Order 01.04.2026
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेल मंत्रालय)
RAILWAY BOARD (रेलवे बोर्ड)
File No. PC-VII/2026/HRMS/14
New Delhi, Dated: 01.04.2026
To,
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways/PUs/TIs,
(As per standard mailing list)
Sub: Timelines for completion of APAR for the year 2025-2026.
In order to ensure timely completion of APAR through HRMS for the year 2025-2026 in respect of Non-Gazetted employees of Indian Railways, it has been decided by the competent authority that the following timelines may be followed:
| S. No. | Activity | Target Date |
| 1 | Finalisation of hierarchy and online generation of APAR form | 31st May, 2026 |
| 2 | Submission of self-appraisal to reporting officer | 30th June, 2026 |
| 3 | Submission of APAR by reporting officer to reviewing officer | 31sr July, 2026 |
| 4 | Forwarding APAR by reviewing officer to accepting authority | 31st August, 2026 |
| 5 | Appraisal by accepting authority | 30th September, 2026 |
| 6 | Communication of APAR to the officer reported upon | 15th October, 2026 |
| 7 | Submission of representation if any on APAR from the date of communication | 30 days from the date of communication of APAR or 15th November, 2026, whichever is later. |
| 8 | Completing the process relating to the representation submitted by the official | 30 days from the date of representation received or 15th December, 2026, whichever is later. |
| 9 | End of entire process |
15th December, 2026 |
All the Field Units are requested to give due publicity to the aforementioned timelines amongst the employees as well as the CR cells to ensure that the APAR process is completed in a time bound manner. It is also advised that the dates indicated against each activity are the last dates and effort may be made to complete the respective processes well before the last dates.
3. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
Digitally signed by
Jaya Kumar G
Date: 01-04-2026 11:15:57
(Jaya Kumar G)
Joint Director, Pay Commission & HRMS
Railway Board
Ph. No. 011-47845125
e-mail ID: jaya.kumarg[at]gov.in
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