Conditions of Apprenticeship for Special Class Apprentices selected through the examination.
The terms and conditions of Apprenticeship will be as set out in the form of agreement prescribed in the Indian Railway Establishment Manual, brief particulars of which are given below:
1. A candidate offered appointment as a Special Class Railway Apprentice shall execute an agreement in prescribed from binding himself and one surely jointly and severally, to refund, in the event of his failing to complete training as Special Class Railway Apprentice or to accept the service as an officer on probation in the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, if offered to him to the satisfaction of the Government, any money paid to him and any other money expended by Government on him, the Government being the exclusive judge of the quantum of such expense.
The apprentices will be liable to undergo practical and theoretical training of 4 years in first instance under an indenture binding them, to serve on the Indian Railways on the completion of their training, If their service are required. The continuance of apprenticeship from year to year will depend on satisfactory reports being received from the authorities under whom it apprentices may be working. If at any time during his apprenticeship, any apprentice does not satisfy the superior authorities that he is making good progress he will be liable to be discharged from the apprenticeship.
Note: The Government of India may at their discretion alter or modify the periods and courses of training.
2. The practical and theoretical training referred to above will be given in a Railway working for your years of their apprenticeship. Special Class Railway Apprentice must pass within this period either Parts 1 and 2 of the Council of Engineering Instructions Examination (London) or Section `A’ and `B’ of the Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) Examination or any other examination prescribed by Ministry of Railways. The apprentices will be granted a stipend of Rs,. 4000/- per month during the 1st and 2nd years and Rs. 4200/- per month during the 3rd year and first six months of 4th year and 4400 for last six months of fourth year. During the apprenticeship, the candidates will be required to undergo both theoretical and practical training. There will be in all six Semester Examination passing each of which compulsory, if unsuccessful at any of these examination they will be depending on their performance, he asked to sit for and pass in supplementary examination or reverted to the next lower batch or removed from apprenticeship.
Note: Except at provided for in paragraph 4 below or in cases of discharge or dismissal due to insubordination, intemperance or other misconduct or breach of agreement 9 weeks notice of discharge from apprenticeship will be given.
3. Before the completion of the year of training referred to in paragraph 2 above, the apprentices will be listed in order of merit on the examination held and the reports on the apprentices received during the period of apprenticeship. Successful apprentices will be appointed on probation for 3 years in the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.
Note: An apprentice will be considered to have obtained the qualifying standard if the obtains a minimum of 50 percent marks in the aggregate in all the examinations held during the six Semester examination of his training including the marks of the reports of the Principal, Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Jamalpur and of the Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, provided that in each of the six Semester Examination he has obtained a minimum of 45 percent marks in the aggregate and a minimum of 40 percent marks in any one subject.
4. Unsuccessful apprentices will be discharged from their apprenticeship, one month’s notice of discharge being given along with the intimation that the apprentice has been unsuccessful.
5. After successful completion of 4 years apprenticeship the apprentices will be appointed as probationers in the Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers subject to the proviso below para I in Appendix IV. Particulars as to pay and general conditions of service for officers of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers have been given in Appendix IV.
1. The period of probation will be three years. The appointment and pay as probationers will commence from (a) the data of completion of 4 years of the apprenticeship or (b) the actual date of completion of training whichever is later.
Provided however that those Special Class Apprentices who could not pass Parts I & II of AMIME (London)/Parts A & B of AMIE (India) Examination within 4 years of their apprenticeship will be deemed to have been appointed as probationers only the date when they pass in full either of these examination.
Note: (i) The retention in service of probationers and the grant of annual increments are subject to satisfactory reports on their work being received at the end of each year of probation.
(ii) The services of a probationer may be terminated on three months notice on either side.
2. During the 1st and 2nd year of probation they will be sent to one or more of the Indian Railways for undergoing training in accordance with the Syllabus prescribed for the purpose as modified from time to time. The probationers may also be required to attend after working hours, a technical college of special lectures on Engineering subjects. They will be given an oral test at the end of each phase of training during these two years of training and at the end of the 2nd year, will be given a written test to be conducted jointly by the Chief Mechanical Engineer and the Chief Operating Superintendent of the Railway to which they are posted, on the training received by the probationers during the period. The qualifying marks at this test will be 50 percent.
3. During the probationary period they will have to attend a prescribed course of training in the Railway Staff College Baroda and to qualify in the test held in the College. The test in the College is compulsory and a second chance in the event of failure, will not be given except in exceptional circumstances and provided the record of the officers is such as to justify such relaxation being made. Failure to pass the test may involve the termination of service, and in any case the officers will not be confirmed till they pass the test their period of training and/or probation being extended as necessary. Before the end of the second year of probation, they will be required to undergo a departmental examination which will include Accounting and Estimating, General and Subsidiary Rules Factory Act, Workmen’s Compensation Act, ability to handle labour and general application to work or works on which each Officer is engaged while on probation. They will be required to pass the departmental examination within the second year of the probationary period. Failure to pass the examination may result in termination of service and will in any case, involve stoppage of increments in case where the probationary period has to be extended for failing to pass any or all the departmental examination within the stipulated period on their passing the departmental examination and being confirmed after the expiry of extended period of probation the drawl of the first and subsequent increments will be regulated by the Rules and Orders in force from time to time. It must be noted that a second chance to pass any examination will as a rule not be given except under exceptional circumstances and only provided the other record of the candidate during the period of his training is such as to justify such relaxation being made.
Note: The period of training and the period of probation against a working post may be modified at the discretion of Government. If the period of training is extended in any case due to the training not having been completed satisfactory, the total period of probation will be correspondingly extended.
4. Probationers should have already passed or should pass during the period of probation an examination in Hindi in the Devanagari script of an approved standard. The examination may be the “PRAVEEN” Hindi Examination which is conducted by the Directorate of Education, Delhi or one of the equivalent Examination recognised by the Central Government.
No probationary officer can be confirmed or his pay in the time scale raised to Rs. 8550.00 per month unless he fulfils this requirement and failure to do so will involve liability to termination of service. No exemption can be granted.
5. Any person appointed to the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers shall, if so required, be liable to serve in any defence Service of post connected with the Defence of India for a period of not less than four years including the period spent on training, if any;
Provided that such a person
(a) shall not be required to serve as a foresaid after the expiry of ten years from the date of appointment as probationers;
(b) shall not ordinarily be required to serve as aforesaid after attaining the age of forty years.
6. Officers of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers: -
(a) will be eligible to pensionary benefit, and
(b) shall subscribe to the State Railway Non-Contributory Provident Fund under the Rules of that Fund, as applicable to Railway Servants appointed on the date they join service.
7. Pay will commence from the date of joining service as a probationer, Service for increments will also count from the same date subject to paragraph above. Particulars as to pay are contained in paragraph 10 of this Appendix.
8. Officers required under these regulations shall be eligible for leave in accordance with the rules for the time being in force applicable to officers of Indian Railway.
9. Officers will ordinarily be employed throughout their service on the Railway to which they may be posted on first appointment and will have no claim as a matter of right to transfer to some other Railway but the Government of India reserve the right to transfer such officers in the exigencies of service, to any other Railway or Project in or out of India. Officers will be liable to serve in the Stores Department of Indian Railways if and when called upon to do so.
10. The following are the rate of pay of present admissible to officers appointed to Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.
Junior Scale: Rs. 8000-275-13,500/-
Senior Scale: Rs. 10,000-325-15,200/-
Junior Administrative Grade: Rs. 12,000-375-16,500/-
Senior Administrative Grade: (i) Rs. 16,400-450-20,000/-
(ii) Rs. 18,400-500-22,400/-
Note: 1. Probationary officers will start on the minimum of the junior scale and will count their service for increment from the date of joining. They will, however, the required to pass any departmental examination or examination that may be prescribed before their pay can be raised from Rs. 8275.00 p.m. to Rs. 8550.00 p.m. in the time scale.
Note: 2 Increment from Rs. 8275.00 to Rs. 8550.00 will be stopped if they fail to pass departmental examinations within the first two years of the training and probationary period. In cases where the training period has to be extended for failure to pass all the departmental examinations within the stipulated period, on their passing the departmental examination after expiry of the extended period of training their pay from the date following on which the last examination ends, will be fixed at the stage, in the time scale, which they would have otherwise attained but no arrears of pay would be allowed to them. In such cases the date of future increments will no e affected.
11. The increment will be given for approved services only and in accordance with the rules of the Department.
12. Promotion to the Administrative grades are dependent on the occurrence of vacancies in the sanctioned establishment and are made wholly by selection, mere seniority does not confer any claim for such promotion.
(MAMTA KANDWAL)
Dy. Director Estt. (GR)
Railway Board.