Job aspirants involved in vandalism while protesting will be barred from getting recruited Railways
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Railway job aspirants found involved in vandalism and unlawful activities while protesting will be barred from ever getting recruited in the railways the national transporter said on Tuesday a day after protesters squatted on tracks in several places in Bihar In a general notice the railways said Such misguided activities are the highest level of indiscipline rendering such aspirants unsuitable for railwaygovernment job Videos of such activities will be examinedand candidatesaspirants found indulged in unlawful activities will be liable for police action as well as lifetime debarment from obtaining railway job The notice came a day after railway job aspirants squatted on tracks at different places in Bihar including the state capital Patna to protest alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards Non-Technical Popular Categories RRB NTPC exam The protests which continued till late in the evening on Monday resulted in the cancellation of at least five long-distance trains originating from Patna Routes of some other trains were diverted as the youth blocked tracks at Rajendra Nagar Terminal The railways also cautioned the aspirants that they should not come under the influence of elements which are trying to misguide them for their own selfish ends Officials said the railways has also got in touch with coaching centres to urge them to spread awareness among candidates The controversy over the exam arose as many candidates claimed the screening process is designed to favour those with higher qualification even in jobs that require lesser qualification For the NTPC exam around 125 crore candidates had appeared and the results were declared earlier this month The railways had earlier said that it was looking to fill 35281 posts Of these 24281 posts in 13 categories were open to graduates and 11000 posts in six categories were for undergraduates These thirteen categories were segregated into five groups based on the Seventh Central Pay Commission pay-scale levels Levels 2 3 4 5 and 6 These posts included that of train assistant guard junior clerk time keeper and station master across its various zones While to get a Level 2 job where the starting pay is about Rs 19000 one requires to be a Class 12 pass for a level 6 post like station master who gets a starting pay of about Rs 35000 being a graduate is mandatory Aspirants have alleged that during the Computer Based Test -1 which were held last year candidates with higher qualification have sat for exams meant for Level 2 jobs If these candidates sit for such jobs how will we even imagine getting these jobs which are meant for us an aspirant wrote on social media The problem officials said is that the railways cannot stop an aspirant with higher qualification from sitting for an exam with lower qualification requirement In a clarification the railways has said that no candidate can be recruited for multiple posts thereby ensuring that every deserving candidate gets selected It said short-listing of candidates has been done separately for each level based on educational qualifications and options exercised by the candidates For the second stage computer-based test CBT of each level the number of candidates called was 20 times the community-wise vacancies notified against each RRB it said In case multiple candidates have obtained same marks at the cut-off all have been called it said Based on merit obtained in second stage CBT the candidates will be short-listed for third stage exam in which eight times the number of vacancies will be called The final result will contain a unique list of 35281 notified vacancies and no candidate will be appointed against more than one post A candidate who has been short-listed for high level post cannot be debarred for appearing in second stage CBT of lower level post it said Earlier the short-listing was done 10 times the vacancy however this time it is 20 times the vacancy for second stage officials said According to the RRB NTPC exam dates the CBT 2 exam for which seven lakh candidates have been short-listed is scheduled to be conducted on February 14 and 18 PTI ASG SMN
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Railway job aspirants found involved in vandalism and unlawful activities while protesting will be barred from ever getting recruited in the railways the national transporter said on Tuesday a day after protesters squatted on tracks in several places in Bihar In a general notice the railways said Such misguided activities are the highest level of indiscipline rendering such aspirants unsuitable for railwaygovernment job Videos of such activities will be examinedand candidatesaspirants found indulged in unlawful activities will be liable for police action as well as lifetime debarment from obtaining railway job The notice came a day after railway job aspirants squatted on tracks at different places in Bihar including the state capital Patna to protest alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards Non-Technical Popular Categories RRB NTPC exam The protests which continued till late in the evening on Monday resulted in the cancellation of at least five long-distance trains originating from Patna Routes of some other trains were diverted as the youth blocked tracks at Rajendra Nagar Terminal The railways also cautioned the aspirants that they should not come under the influence of elements which are trying to misguide them for their own selfish ends Officials said the railways has also got in touch with coaching centres to urge them to spread awareness among candidates The controversy over the exam arose as many candidates claimed the screening process is designed to favour those with higher qualification even in jobs that require lesser qualification For the NTPC exam around 125 crore candidates had appeared and the results were declared earlier this month The railways had earlier said that it was looking to fill 35281 posts Of these 24281 posts in 13 categories were open to graduates and 11000 posts in six categories were for undergraduates These thirteen categories were segregated into five groups based on the Seventh Central Pay Commission pay-scale levels Levels 2 3 4 5 and 6 These posts included that of train assistant guard junior clerk time keeper and station master across its various zones While to get a Level 2 job where the starting pay is about Rs 19000 one requires to be a Class 12 pass for a level 6 post like station master who gets a starting pay of about Rs 35000 being a graduate is mandatory Aspirants have alleged that during the Computer Based Test -1 which were held last year candidates with higher qualification have sat for exams meant for Level 2 jobs If these candidates sit for such jobs how will we even imagine getting these jobs which are meant for us an aspirant wrote on social media The problem officials said is that the railways cannot stop an aspirant with higher qualification from sitting for an exam with lower qualification requirement In a clarification the railways has said that no candidate can be recruited for multiple posts thereby ensuring that every deserving candidate gets selected It said short-listing of candidates has been done separately for each level based on educational qualifications and options exercised by the candidates For the second stage computer-based test CBT of each level the number of candidates called was 20 times the community-wise vacancies notified against each RRB it said In case multiple candidates have obtained same marks at the cut-off all have been called it said Based on merit obtained in second stage CBT the candidates will be short-listed for third stage exam in which eight times the number of vacancies will be called The final result will contain a unique list of 35281 notified vacancies and no candidate will be appointed against more than one post A candidate who has been short-listed for high level post cannot be debarred for appearing in second stage CBT of lower level post it said Earlier the short-listing was done 10 times the vacancy however this time it is 20 times the vacancy for second stage officials said According to the RRB NTPC exam dates the CBT 2 exam for which seven lakh candidates have been short-listed is scheduled to be conducted on February 14 and 18 PTI ASG SMN
