Correction Slip No. 4 to RPF Establishment Manual, 2019: Amendments to Chapter VI (Armourer Post Recruitment and Pay): Railway Board Order dated
भारत सरकार
रेल मंत्रालय (रेलवे बोर्ड)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
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No.2021/Sec(E)/EM-1/1
New Delhi, dated 01.08.2025
Principal Chief Security Commissioner/RPF,
All Zonal Railways (including Metro Railway Kolkata),
RPSF, KRCL & Production Units.
IG (Con)-ECoR & NR
Director,
JR RPF Academy, Lucknow.
DIG-RDSO.
Sub: Correction slip No. 4 of Establishment Manual, 2019.
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Please find enclosed herewith a correction slip regarding correction in Para- 6 & 7 of Part-I of Chapter VI of RPF Establishment Manual, 2019 regarding Management of Armourers & Dog Squad Posts in RPF, which is self explanatory.
This is for information and necessary action please.
DA: As above.
(Sarika Mohan)
DIG/Establishment
Railway Board
RPF ESTABLISHMENT MANUAL, 2019
CORRECTION SLIP-4
Para 6 & Para 7 of Part-I of Chapter VI of RPF Establishment Manual, 2019 may be deleted and the following may be inserted as under:
Para 6. Staff posted on ex-cadre post in a higher rank than the one held by him in his parent cadre, will be entitled for pay commensurate with the rank held by him in the ex-cadre post. Staff posted on the ex-cadre post in the same rank as the one held by him in the parent cadre will continue to receive pay as drawn by him in his parent cadre.
Para 7. Induction of RPF/RPSF staff against the ex-cadre Posts shall be by transfer on deputation basis as under:
| Sr. No | Armourer Post | Eligibility | Composition of the screening Committee |
| 1 | Head Constable | Constable/ Head Constable with two years experience as Armourer after having completed Armourer Course Class – III. | 1) Three ASCs/ACs,
2) An Expert in arms who has passed Armourers Course Class I be co-opted. |
| 2 | Asstt. Sub-Inspector | Head Constable/ Asstt. SubInspector with two years regular service, must have completed Armourer Course Class -II and having three years experience as Armourer in any rank. | 1) Two DSCs/Commandants,
2) One ASC/AC, 3) An Expert in arms who has passed Armourers Course Class I be co-opted. |
| 3 | Sub-Inspector | ASI/SI with two years regular service, must have completed Armourer Course Class – II and having four years experience as Armourer in any rank. | 1) Three DSCs/Commandants,
2) An Expert in arms who has passed Armourers Course class I be co-opted. |
| 4 | Inspector | Sub-Inspector/ Inspector with two years regular service, must have completed Armourer Course Class -I and having five years’ experience as Armourer in any rank. |
1) Three PCSCs 2) An Expert in arms who has passed Armourers Course Class I be co-opted. |
Para 7.1- In the event of qualified candidates post screening being more than the vacancy in a particular rank, first of all those higher in rank will be appointed. In respect of those qualified having the same rank, their merit reflected by the marks obtained in the screening test will be taken as the basis for appointment.
{Authority: Security Directorate, Railway Board’s Note #13 of e-file No. 2023/Sec (ABE)/PM/Ex-Cadre/7/1-Part(1), e-office No. 3482225. & Note #67 of e-file No. 2021/Sec(E)/EM-1/1, еoffice No. 3341429}
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