Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Much to the joy of aspiring candidates wishing to join the Indian Railways, the South Central Railway had announced various vacancies under the Sports quota (Group C) for Railway Recruitment 2017. Interested and eligible candidates should submit the applications forms in the prescribed format to the respective Board soon.
The eligibility criteria and other details of the Recruitment Cell is given below.
Age limit: Applicants’ age should be between 18 and 25 years as on January 1, 2018, i.e. he/she should have been born between January 2, 1993 and January 1, 2000.
Pay scale: The selected candidates will get a monthly salary of Rs 19,900 to Rs 29,200 in 7th CPC.
Application Fees:
The processing fee of Rs 500 is payable either in the form of Demand Draft (DD)/Indian Postal Order (IPO), drawn in favour of “The Assistant Personnel Officer/ Railway Recruitment Cell, Chennai “ payable at Chennai. However, Women/SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen/PWD candidates will have to pay an examination fee of Rs 250, with a provision for refunding the same to those who actually appeared in the written examination or trial.
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Recruitment Process:
The candidates, who apply in response to the notification and are found eligible for consideration for appointment against sports quota, will be assessed based on their performance during the trial and interview.
(a) For Game Skill, Physical Fitness and Coach’s observation during trials- 40 Marks
(b) For assessment of recognised sports achievements as per Norms- 50 Marks
(c) Educational Qualification- 05 Marks
(d) General Intelligence/Personality etc- 05 Marks
TOTAL- 100 Marks
Note: (a) Candidates who secured 25 marks or more in the trial only will be considered FIT for the next stage of recruitment i.e. Interview stage. (b) Minimum qualifying marks for recruitment in Level-2 to Level-5 in 7th PC Pay Matrix as per the notification.
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Name of the post: Sports Quota
Vacancies under various Sports:
Athletics (Men) – 02
Athletics (Women) – 02
Ball Badminton (Men) – 01
Basketball (Men) – 01
Basketball (Women) – 01
Body Building (Men) – 01
Boxing (Men) – 01
Cricket (Men) – 02
Cycling (Men) – 01
Hockey (Men) – 01
Power Lifting (Men) – 01
Swimming (Men) – 01
Volleyball (Women) – 02
Volleyball (Men) – 01
Water polo (Men) – 01
Weight Lifting (Men) – 01
Total No. of Posts- 20
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Candidates applying for more than one game or event shall submit separate applications with separate IPOs/DDs and complete documents for each.
The Southern Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC), Chennai had released a recruitment notification to fill up 20 vacancies under Sports Quota. Interested candidates should apply before December 18, 2017.
However the last date to submit application form for candidates of Assam, Meghalay, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar islands & Lakshadweep islands is January 2, 2018.
How to Apply:
Application in the prescribed format, complete in all respects along with all the enclosures, in a cover, duly superscribing “APPLICATION FOR RECRUITMENT AGAINST SPORTS QUOTA (OPEN ADVERTISEMENT) FOR THE YEAR 2017-18”, should be sent to the following address:
The Assistant Personnel Officer/Recruitment, Railway Recruitment Cell, Southern Railway, 3rd Floor, No.5, Dr. P.V. CHERIAN CRESENT Road, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.
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