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TheGenerafManagers(p) AlllndianRailways & pUs. (Asper standardlist) .sub;
crarilicatian regarding excrusian of RpF/RpsF personne! from depdrtmental selections.
Ref:
Raitway Boord's retterc No.E(NGJt-2002/pM2/gdated 11,08.2003, 24,43.2004Endt3.10,2OO4.
In termsof Board'sabovequotedletters,RPF/RPSF personnel arenot to be allowedfor appearing in GDCE andotherdepartmental setections for promotionin departments otherthan RPFIRPSF' Thisdecisionof RailwayBoardis in consonance with observations madeby Hon,ble and Hon'breHighcourt of Andhrapradesh,refrectedin retters . lt has, s :i]{:i however,been observedthat in spite of clearcut instructions on the e Zonal Railways are stillallowingRpF/RpsF personnel in departmental select mberof courtcasesin variouspartsof the country. 2' The matter has again been consideredand in the rieht J Rajasthan, havingexprained the scopeof section10of the RpF in Srematterof OmPrakash Vs Unionof tndia1995 Lab fC 1981(Raj),it hasbeen in spite of the fact that membersof the RailwayprotectionForcehave as railwayservantsas per SectionL0 of the RpF Act,!g57, but they are so on purposeof thosefacilitiesand conditions,which are not specifically provided isionsof RPF Act, L957and the RaifwayProtection.Force Rules,IggT.ln o*er a class,the membersof the Railwav ProtectionForceare distinctto the other: employeesbecausethe other railway employees arenot' s of the Union,whiehthe mernbersof RFF
themembe""Hffi1'
are. 3.
In view of above,RpF/$$$E9ffinet maynot be allowed to appear in any of the,
departmental selections for dgftqerff regardmaybe scrupulously fo Pastcasesd initiated,where RpF.
ceaseto exist.
otherthan RPF/RPSF and previousinstructiqnsin this
&nrisemaynot be reopened, howeverin suchselections/panels didatesareallowedfor anyreason,but not finalizedtill dateshall edgereceiptof thisletter.
versionshallfollow. {P.M.Meena} DeputyDirector-l l/E{NG}l Railway Board.
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