Railway Board Secretariat Service (Preparation of Select List for the Section Officers’ Grade) Regulations, 2026L: NOTIFICATION dated 1st June, 2026
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st June, 2026
G.S.R. 435(E).— In pursuance of sub-rule (3) of rule 9 of the Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 2026, the President hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These regulations may be called the Railway Board Secretariat Service (Preparation of Select List for the Section Officers’ Grade) Regulations, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.- In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Central Government” means the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways;
(b) “Rules” means the Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 2026;
(c) “Eligible Officer” means any officer who is eligible to be considered for appointment to Section Officers’ Grade under rule 9 of the Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 2026, as on the first of July of the year for which the Select List is prepared;
(d) “Departmental Promotion Committee” means the Committee constituted under regulation 5;
(e) “Examination” means Limited Departmental Competitive Examination;
(f) “Zone of Consideration” means the list of eligible officers from which inclusions will be made in the Select List.
(2) The words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 2026 shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Rules.
3. Strength of Select List and zone of consideration.- (1) The strength of officers to be included in the Select List for a year shall be determined by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways, from time to time and, keeping in view the existing regular vacancies, including carried forward, as on the first of July of the year and anticipated regular vacancies upto the thirtieth June of the following year.
(2) The zone of consideration shall be as specified under the Departmental Promotion Committee guidelines and approved by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways.
4. Preparation of the Select List.- (1) Select List for the Section Officers’ Grade shall be published every year as on the first of July of the year in accordance with the strength of Select List.
(2) Inclusions in the Select List for the year shall be made by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways by taking one person each by rotation from out of the categories of persons specified below and become available against the strength determined for that year:-
(i) eligible Officers of the Assistant Section Officers’ Grade who have rendered not less than eight years’ approved service in that Grade and are in the zone of consideration, in the order of their seniority, subject to the rejection of the unfit, on the recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee;
(ii) persons selected on the basis of results of Examination referred to in sub-rule (1) of Rule 9, held by the Union Public Service Commission, from time to time, in the order of their merit:
Provided that the rotation of persons from each of the aforesaid category shall be taken only to the extent of the available persons from any of the stated category and persons from the other category shall, thereafter, be included enbloc.
5. Departmental Promotion Committee.- (1) The composition of Departmental Promotion Committee for assessing the suitability of eligible officers in the zone of consideration and making suitable recommendations of inclusions in the Select List of the Section Officers’ Grade, shall be as follows:-
(a) Joint Secretary level officer : Chairperson;
(b) Two Directors or Deputy Secretary level officers : Members.
(2) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall follow the guidelines or instructions as laid down by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways, from time to time.
6. Seniority.- (1) Eligible officers included in the Select List under regulation 4 shall rank inter-se in the order in which they are included in the Select List.
(2) If adequate number of persons appointed to the Grade on the basis of seniority or Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, as the case may be, are not available in the Grade, rotation of quotas of vacancies for each of the aforesaid category for the purpose of determining seniority shall be taken only to the extent of the available persons from any of the category and the persons from the other category shall be placed enbloc below the last slot.
7. Removal of names from Select List.- The names of the persons of the following categories shall be removed by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways from the Select List:
(a) persons appointed to the concerned Grade;
(b) persons transferred to another service or post; and
(c) persons who die or retire from service or whose services are otherwise terminated.
[F. No. ERB-I/2012/11/2]
V.S. DAHIYA, Jt. Secy.
COMMENTS