Lien

 

     Lien

 

•      Meaning: Right of the employee to hold a permanent post.

 

•      Employee will hold the lien while-

 

1.  Performing the duties of that post,

2.  On leave,

3.  On joining time,

4.  Under suspension and

5.  On deputation to Foreign Service.

 

•      At a time employee can hold the lien on one post only.

 

•      In case of surrender of posts, junior most should be reverted to lower grade because he/she will not have a post to hold lien.

 

•      In case the employee is joins other department by applying through proper channel, lien will be retained in parent department for 2 years.

 

•      Lien in the parent organization stand terminated soon after the employee acquires lien on a post in the new organization.

 

•      Lien in parent organization is terminated on joining new organization on immediate absorption basis.

 

•      Lien of the employee can be transferred from one permanent post to another permanent post.

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Transfers

 

TRANSFERS

 

·        Transfers are three kinds:

 

1.     Own request transfer

2.     Mutual exchange Transfer

3.     Administrative grounds transfer

 

·        Own request transfer is also called one side transfer.

 

·        5 years service is required for own request transfer.

 

·        Seniority is assigned at the bottom of all permanent and temporary employees in the new division/Railway.

 

·        Five years condition is not applicable for:

o   Transfer on Spouse ground,

o   Transfer on account of having disabled child,

o   Transfer of Physically Handicapped employee,

o   Transfer of widow appointed on Compassionate Grounds and

o   Transfer on mutual exchange.

 

·        Priority register should be maintained.

 

·        Request for transfer is considered in recruitment grade only.

 

·        Should fulfill all educational and technical qualification prescribed for direct recruitment to that post.

 

·        Request transfer is not admissible in intermediate grade.

 

·        Mutual Exchange transfer is permitted in the same grade.

 

·        In the new unit senior employee will take the seniority position of junior employee and junior employee will retain his seniority position.

 

·        Mutual exchange in recruitment grade is permissible between SC & SC, ST&ST, UR/OBC & OBC/UR with the same required qualification.

 

·        For mutual transfer in recruitment grade is permissible only between Direct Recruits.

 

·        Administrative ground transfer is ordered in the public interest. Employee will not lose his/her seniority in new unit.

MCQ key points

1.     5 years service - required for Own Transfer.  However certain exemptions are there.

2.     Transfers are 3 Kinds. A. Own request B. Mutual exchange C. Administrative grounds

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Promotion Policy & Methods

 

 

 

PROMOTION POLICY AND METHODS

 

§  Meaning: Elevation of employee from lower grade to higher grade.

 

§  Shoulders higher responsibilities.

 

§  Subject to availability of clear vacancy and suitability of the employee.

 

§  Suitability is adjudged by conducting departmental test ( Written / oral / Trade Test)

 

§  Generally given as per seniority. But in LDCE and GDCE promotions are given on merit.

 

Differences between
LDCE	GDCE
Stands for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination	Stands for General Departmental Competitive Examination
Vacancies are carved out from either DR Quota or Promotional Quota	Vacancies are carved out DR Quota only
Eligibility: Employees in feeder cadre of concerned Department only	Eligibility: Employees in lower grade of any Department

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§  For GDCE employee should have same qualification prescribed for DR.

 

Post	Employees from Feeder Cadre Ratio
Selection	1:3
Non Selection	1:1

 

 

 

§   Railway Board is the authority to decide Selection & Non-selection posts.

 

§   Trade Test is conducted for promotion in Technician categories.

 

§   Employees found fit for promotion to the extent of assessed vacancies are:  

 

Posts	Placed on	Currency
Selection posts	Panel	2 Years
Non-selection & Trade Posts	Suitability Test	1 Year

                                         

 

 

 

 

§  For SC / ST candidates:

 

1.     Non Safety Posts  - Relaxation in qualifying Marks 

2.     Safety Posts - No relaxation in qualifying Marks.

Key points for MCQ

 

1.     LDCE stands for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination

2.     GDCE stands for General Departmental Competitive Examination

3.     Feeder cadre Ratio:

·        Selection Posts -  1:3

·        Non Selection Posts  -  1:1

4.     Selection Posts - Panel - Currency is 2 Years

5.     Non Selection Posts - Suitability Test - Currency is 1 Year

 

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Deputation

 

 

Deputation

·        Meaning: Transfer an employee to other Governments, departments, Corporations etc.

 

·        Either on Own request or on Administrative grounds.

 

·        During deputation employee can draw the pay and allowances of his post or Pay and allowances of deputation post.

 

·        If the employee draws pay and allowances of his own post, he is eligible for Deputation allowance.

 

Station	Deputation Allowance
	% of Basic Pay	Maximum
Same Station	5%	Rs. 4,500
Out of Station	10 %	Rs. 9,000

 

·        Maximum period - 5 Years . Can be extended for 2 Years.

 

·        Cooling period between two deputations: 3 Years

 

MCQ Key points:

 

1.     Deputation maximum period - 5 years (extended for 2 years)

2.     Cooling period between two deputations: 3 Years

3.     Two choices:

A.    Draw the pay and allowances of own post

                              or 

B.     Draw the pay and allowances of Deputation post

                          

4.     If draws the pay & allowances of own post, he is eligible of Deputation Allowance as follows.

A.    Same station: 5 % of Basic Pay (Maximum Rs.4,500)

B.     Outside Station:  10 % of Basic Pay (Maximum Rs.9,000) 

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Pink Book, LAW Book & LSWP

 Differences among 

Item	Pink Book	LAW Book	LSWP / Mini LAW
Works	Itemized works	List of Approved Works	Lumpsum Works
Cost	More than Rs. 2.5 Crores	Less than Rs. 2.5 Crores	Less than Rs. 2.5 Crores
Sanction by	Railway Board	Railway Board  and GM	DRM

Pink book:

• Containing Itemised works costing more Rs 2.5 Crores - FWP, M&P, and RSP.

• Unique number is given every year till the work is completed.

• Itemised works - Abstract Cost, Funds allotted, expenditure incurred so far, Funds allotted during the year and Balance Outlay available in the Pink Book. 

• Once the annual Budget is passed, the 'Pink Book' becomes the authority to start preliminary works related to the project.

• Commencing Works - After the sanction of Detailed Estimates only. 

• Physical and Financial progress of works - Monitored through  IRPSM - Indian Railways Projects Sanction & Management.

LAW book:

• Approved works  costing less than Rs 2.5 cr. 

• Works sanctioned by Railway Board & GM.

• All details about cost of the work, expenditure so far incurred, outlay of the year, and balance will be available in the LAW book.

LSWP or Mini LAW

• LSWP stands for Lumpsum Works Program

• Also called as Mini LAW (List of Approved Works)

• At Divisional Level.

• Within the prescribed limits in that particular year. 

• Subject to the funds availability in that particular year. 

 

• Should be completed in 1 or 2 years. 

 

• This list of works prepared at divisional level is called lump sum works program (LS WP) or DRM's Mini LAW (list of approved works) book.

• Administrative approval shall be obtained by the Sr.DEN/Co-ordination

• Sr.DEN/Coordination shall be responsible for the publication of the DRM’s LSWP or MINI LAW BOOK.

• Should not be more than the PC (Permissible Cost) available to the DRM under a particular Plan Head

• Any item of work that features in the MINI LAW BOOK for 2 years or more without sanction of the detailed estimate must be dropped from the same..

• Up to Rs. 2.5 Crores - Passenger amenity works and works related to traffic facilities, track renewals, bridges, level crossings

• Up to Rs. 1 Crore - Works of S&T , other electrical, traction, staff quarters etc.

Key points for MCQ

1. LAW stands for List of Approved Works 

2. LSWP stands for Lumpsum Works Program 

3. LSWP also called as Mini LAW

4. Pink Book  - More than Rs. 2.5 Crores 

5. LAW & LSWP  - Less than Rs. 2.5 Crores

6. Sanction by: 

• Pink Book works  -  By Railway Board

• LAW - Railway Board & GM 

• LSWP - DRM

7. Monitoring the works - through IRPSM 

8. IRPSM stands for Indian Railways Projects Sanctioning & Management

9. LSWP - Should be completed in 1 or 2 Years. 

10. Coordinator for LSWP - Sr.DEN/Co-ordination. 

11. LSWP - Should not be more than PC under the relevant Plan Head at Divisional Level.

12. PC =  C x N - TF 

13. PC stands for Permissible Cost 

14. C stands for Ceiling, N stands for Norms & TF stands for Through Forward 

15. Up to Rs. 2.5 Crores - Passenger amenity works and works related to traffic facilities, track renewals, bridges, level crossings

16. Up to Rs. 1 Crore - Works of S&T , other electrical, traction, staff quarters etc.

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