The selection process is subject to rules and regulations issued/mailed by General Manager, North Central Railway and Ministry of Railway’s (Railway Board, Government of India) which includes reservation of jobs for certain castes/communities such as Scheduled caste (SC), Schedule Tribes (ST), Other Backward Class (OBC) etc.

 

Employment Notifications calling for applications from eligible candidates is published in News papers of Zonal jurisdictions of North Central Railway (comprising of Divisional Headquarters at Allahabad, Jhansi, Agra and other workshops, extra divisional units in the territorial jurisdictions of North Central Railway). Indicative notifications for the same is also published in the Employment news and two national dailies.

 

The time period given to apply in response to notifications is not less than 30 days. The applications received in the time period prescribed are scrutinized with reference to criteria published in the notification.

 

Selection procedure involves two levels of tests. In first level Physical Efficiency Test. Its criteria are as under:
 

Schedule of written examination is also published in News papers and employment news. Eligible candidates are informed of their date and centre of their examination by call letters.

 

List of candidates successful in the written examination is published in the newspapers, internet and successful candidates are also advised by post.

 

Successful candidates are then tested for Physical Efficiency as per criteria given in the Employment Notification, subject to modification by Ministry of Railway. Physical Efficiency test (PET) is qualifying in nature.