How to Apply for Railway Recruitment Cell

6. How to Apply for Railway Recruitment Cell:

6.1 Candidate should carefully read the instructions in this Employment Notice for filling up Application Form (AF) and Personal Data sheet. (PDS)

6.2 Application (including Personal Data Sheet) should be made on a good quality white paper of A4 size (210mm x 297mm) using One side only.

6.3 The candidate should use the FORMAT published in the Employment Notice. Application having any change in the format will be rejected

6.4 The candidates have to fill up required information with Black gel Pen / Black Ball Point Pen in his / her own handwriting.

6.5 The application should be written either in English or Hindi and not in any other language. The application has to be duly dated and signed by the candidate. Application filled in any language other than Hindi / English and by any person other than the applicant will be rejected summarily, even if, it is detected at a subsequent stage of the recruitment.

6.6 Candidate should mention “Application for Group ‘D’ posts – East Central Railway” on the top of the envelope containing the application. Each cover should contain one application only. In case more than one application is sent in one cover, all such applications will be rejected.

6.7 The candidate should send application duly filled in along with required documents by Ordinary post, so as to each RRC / ECR office within the closing date positively. Application received after due date, for any reason whatsoever, will not be considered.Speed Post / Courier / Registered AD envelopes will not be acknowledged and will be treated as received by Ordinary Post.

6.8 Candidates who have been debarred from appearing in any of the Railway Recruitment Board Examination need not apply unless their debarration period expires by the Closing date.

Application Form(AF)

6.9 Specific details, as required, may be filled in column No. 1,2,3,4 and 5 of the Application Form.

6.10 Candidates are required to copy the following Para (Declaration), in his / her own handwriting , in space provided at column No.6 in the Application Form “I do hereby declare that the facts and evidences given by me in the above application are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. In the event of any wrong statement / discrepancy in the particulars being detected at any stage, my candidature / service will be liable for cancellation / termination without any notice.”

6.11 Put signature as directed in Column No. 7. Signature of the applicant must be specific so that the same may not be copied easily. Signatures in capital letters or open letters wil not be accepted and the applications having such type of signatures will be rejected summarily.

6.12 Put signature in Column No. 8 and place and date of filling up of application at the bottom of the Application Form at the assigned place

Personal Data Sheet (PDS)

6.13 Candidates should write his / her name (in column no.1), father’s / husband’s name (in column no.2) in capital letters as given in Class-VIII or Class-X certificate.

Note: Please do not prefix Shri / Smt / Km / Late before the Candidate / Father / Husband’s Name.

6.14 In column no. 3 candidate should write his / her date of birth in digits beginning with date, month and year with one digit in each box. If any of these figures is single digit prefix zero to make it double digit, for example if a candidate is born on 6th July, 1981, he / she should write 06 under DD, 07 under MM and 81 under YY.

6.15 In Column No. 4, please tick in appropriate Box (Male / Female). In Column No.5, the candidate should tick their community in the appropriate Box and enclose a valid self attested copy of the caste certificate, if applicable.

6.16 Candidates should write Correspondence Address in Column no.6. Correspondence Address should be written in block letters. It should be legible, complete and with PIN umber. The dimension of this column is 8 cm x 4cm. The same should not be changed, therwise, address on scanning would become illegible and it is likely the orrespondence may get misplaced in transit.

6.17 Candidates should write his / her permanent address in column no.7.

6.18 In Column No. 8, the physically handicapped (PH) candidate should tick in the appropriate box for their type of disability. In Column 8A, PH candidate will write the percentage of disability as per the Disability Certificate. Other candidates should leave column 8, 8A and 9 blank.

6.19 In Column No. 9, the Visually Handicapped (VH) candidate should indicate by ticking in the appropriate box whether they require assistance of a scribe (Helper) in the examination for writing their answers. The facility of scribe is admissible to only those VH candidates who really require the assistance.

6.20 In Column No. 10, candidate should indicate his / her religion by writing the appropriate code as given below:

6.21 Priority for choice of Division for PET / Posting : In Column no. 11, candidates are advised to fill up choice of Division by writing 1,2,3,4,5 against each Division of choice. For example, if the 1st preference is Mughalsarai, 2nd is Dhanbad, 3rd is Sonepur, 4th is Danapur and 5th is Samastipur, in No. Column 11, the candidate will write his / her preference as following:-

6.22 Indicate the status of Ex Service Man in Column No.12 by ticking in the appropriate box and enclose a self attested copy of the same.

6.23 Priority for choice of category: In the Personal Data Sheet Column no. 13. candidates are advised to indicate the preference of category for posting by writing numbers 1 to 7 against their choice of category. For example, 1st preference as Porter, 2nd as Helper-II (S&T), 3rd as Helper-II (Mechanical), 4th as Trackman, 5th as Group ‘D’ (Engg), 6th as Safaiwala (Medical) and 7th as Helper-II (Electrical) shall be indicated as shown below.

Note- While posting, choice of category will be given preference over choice of Division / Units. In case, a candidate gives only some of the options and if as per his / her merit, there is no vacancy available to accommodate him / her in the Division / Unit of his / her choice, then it will be the discretion of the administration to allot him / her against any of the available vacancies.

6.24 Please fill up the name of the nearest Railway Station in Column No. 14.

6.25 Please fill up the appropriate state code to which you belong to in column no. 15 of the Personal Data Sheet from the codes given below.

6.26 Please indicate the highest completed educational qualification (One qualification only) and related details in Column No. 16.

6.27 For age relaxation in any of the categories, mentioned in Para 4 above, write the appropriate under mentioned code in Column No. 17:

6.28 Candidates should indicate the details of Examination Fee (as mentioned in Para 5) and fill up all details in the columns no. 18.

6.29 Candidates should write his / her Nationality in column no. 19.

6.30 Candidate should put his / her clear left thumb impression in the box provided in Column No. 20 and put signature in Column No. 21.

6.31 In Column no. 22, candidate should affix his / her passport size photograph, with light colour background, not older than three month, without wearing cap or goggles / coloured glasses. Do not put any mark or signature on the photograph. No attestation of the photograph is required. The photograph should be neatly pasted and not stapled or pinned.

6.32 In Column no. 23, candidate should put his / her signature, which should be same as given in the AF.

Note- Candidates are advised to keep a photocopy of the Application Form and Personal Data Sheet for future reference.

How to Apply for Railway Recruitment Cell