RAILWAY BOARD JUNIOR TRANSLATOR AND SENIOR TRANSLATOR RECRUITMENT RULES, 2014
PREAMBLE
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) Official Language Directorate, Hindi Assistants Grade-I and Grade-II Recruitment Rules, 1996 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Junior Translator and Senior Translator, namely:?
Rule 1 - Short title and commencement
(1) These rules may be called the Railway Board Junior Translator and Senior Translator Recruitment Rules, 2014.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Rule 2 - Definitions
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,?
(a) ?Controlling Authority? in relation to any grade means the authority empowered under the provisions of the Indian Railway Establishment Code Volume I, to make appointment to the grade;
(b) ?grade? means the grade of Junior Translator or Senior Translator;
Rule 3 - Number of posts, classification and the pay band and grade pay or pay scale
The number of posts, their classification, pay band and grade pay or pay scale attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
Rule 4 - Method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications, etc
The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.
Rule 5 - Disqualification
No person, ?
(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living, or who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the said post;
Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
Rule 6 - Power to relax
Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Staff Selection Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
Rule 7 - Saving
Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward classes, ex-Servicemen and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
Schedule - SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
Name of post.
Number of post.
Classification
Pay Band and Grade Pay or Pay Scale.
Whether selection post or non-selection post.
Age limit for direct recruits.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
1. Senior Translator.
*16 (2014)
* Subject to variation dependent on workload.
Group ?B?, Non- Gazetted, Non- Ministerial.
PB-2, 9300-
34800 plus grade pay of
4600/-
Selection.
Not applicable.
Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits.
Whether age and educational qualification prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees.
Period of probation, if any.
Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/ absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods.
In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made.
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
Not applicable.
No.
Not applicable.
100 percent by promotion failing which by deputation.
Promotion:
Junior Translator with five years regular service in the grade.
Note 1: Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their senior shall also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying or eligibility service by more than half of such
qualifying or eligibility service or two years, whichever is less and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have already completed such qualifying or eligibility service.
Note 2: For the purpose of computing minimum qualifying service for promotion, the service rendered on a regular basis by an officer prior to 1st January, 2006 or the date from which the revised pay structure based on the Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations has been extended, shall be deemed to be service rendered in the corresponding pay or pay scale extended based on the recommendations of the Pay Commission.
Deputation:
Officers of Zonal Railways and other field offices of Railways ?
(a)(i) holding the post of Senior Translator (Pay Band
2 with grade pay of 4600) on regular basis; or
(ii) with five years service in the grade of Junior
Translator (of Pay Band 2 with grade pay of 4200)
on regular basis; and
(b) possessing the educational qualifications and experience prescribed for direct recruits to the post of
Junior Translator as laid down in column (7).
Note 1: The departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly, the deputationists shall not be
eligible for consideration for appointment by promotion.
Note 2: Period of deputation including the period of deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organization or department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not exceed three years.
Note 3: For the purpose of appointment on deputation basis, the service rendered on a regular basis by an officer prior to 1st January, 2006 (the date from which the revised pay structure based on the Sixth Central
Pay Commission recommendation has been extended) shall be deemed to be service rendered in the corresponding grade pay or pay scale extended based on the recommendations of the Pay Commission except where there has been merger of more than one pre-revised scale of pay into one grade with a common grade pay or pay scale and where this benefit will extend only for the post (s) for which that grade pay or pay scale is the normal replacement grade without any up gradation.
Translator (of Pay Band 2 with grade pay of 4200)
on regular basis; and
(b) possessing the educational qualifications and experience prescribed for direct recruits to the post of Junior Translator as laid down in column (7).
Note 1: The departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly, the deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment by promotion.
Note 2: Period of deputation including the period of deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organization or department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not exceed three years.
Note 3: For the purpose of appointment on deputation basis, the service rendered on a regular basis by an officer prior to 1st January, 2006 (the date from which the revised pay structure based on the Sixth Central
Pay Commission recommendation has been extended) shall be deemed to be service rendered in the corresponding grade pay or pay scale extended based on the recommendations of the Pay Commission except where there has been merger of more than one pre-revised scale of pay into one grade with a common grade pay or pay scale and where this benefit will extend only for the post(s) for which that grade pay or pay scale is the normal replacement grade without any up gradation.
If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists what is its composition.
Circumstances in which Union Public Service Commission to be consulted in making recruitment.
(12)
(13)
(The Departmental Promotion Committee for promotion and confirmation) ?
Director, Official Language Directorate, Railway Board - Chairperson.
Two representatives of the rank of Director or Deputy Secretary to be nominated by the Controlling Authority - Members.
Consultation with Union Public Service Commission not necessary.
(1)
(2)
( 3 )
( 4 )
( 5 )
( 6 )
2. Junior
Translator.
*21 (2014)
* Subject to variation dependent on workload.
Group ?B?, Non-Gazetted, Non-
Ministerial.
PB-2, 9300-
34800 plus grade pay
of 4200/-
Not applicable.
Not exceeding 30 years (Relaxable upto five years for Government servants in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by the Central Government from time to time).
Note- The crucial date for determining the age limit shall be the closing date for receipt of application from candidates in India (and not the closing date prescribed for those in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division of Jammu and Kashmir State, Lahaul and Spiti Districts and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep).
(7)
(8)
(a) Essential:
(i) Master?s degree of a recognised University in Hindi, with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as a medium of examination at the degree level; or
(ii) Master?s degree of a recognised University in English, with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as a medium of examination at the degree level; or
(iii) Master?s degree of a recognised University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of a examination at the degree level; or
(iv) Master?s degree of a recognised University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of a examination at the degree level; or
(v) Master?s degree of a recognised University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at level; and
(b) Recognised Diploma or Certificate course in translation from Hindi to English and vice-versa or two years? experience of translation work from Hindi to English and vice-versa in Central or State Government Offices, including Government of India Undertakings.
Note 1: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the Staff Selection Commission in case of candidates otherwise well qualified.
Note 2: The qualification regarding experience is relaxable at the discretion of the Staff Selection Commission in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribes if, at any stage of selection, the Staff Selection Commission is of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these communities possessing the requisite experience are not likely to be available to fill up the vacancies reserved for them.
Desirable:
(i) Knowledge at the level of Matriculation, one of the languages other than Hindi mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Not applicable.
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
Two years.
100 percent by direct
Not applicable.
(The Departmental
Consultation with
recruitment.
Promotion Committee for
Union Public Service
Note: Vacancies caused by the incumbent being away on deputation or long illness or study leave or under other circumstances for duration of one year or more may be filled on deputation basis from Officers of Zonal Railways and other field Offices of Railways:-
holding the post of Junior Translator on regular basis; and possessing the qualifications and experience prescribed for direct recruits under column (7).
