RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED

(A Government of India Undertaking under Ministry of Railways)

Registered & Corporate Office: Plate-A, 6th Floor, Office Block-II,
East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi-110023.
website:www.railtel.in, CIN: L64202DL2000GOI107905

Vacancy Notice No. RCIL/2023/P&A/44/24

Notice For Regular Recruitments in Technical Department of RailTel Corporation
(Data Centre Posts)
(Including Backlog Vacancies of SC/ST/OBC)

RailTel Corporation of India Limited, a Mini-Ratna (Category-I) Public Sector Undertaking under
Government of India, has a huge network of Optic Fiber Cable spread across the length and
breadth of the country. RailTel endeavors to bridge the digital divide of India. RailTel takes pride
in being part of Govt of India’s path breaking projects - like Station wi-fi, Video Surveillance
System, Data Centre Services, Cloud Services and e-office.
We are looking for dynamic professionals to become a part of our team. If you ever aspired to
take an unconventional path to contribute towards nation building then we look forward to
welcome you to RailTel Family and nurture your talent. At RailTel, work means pride to be a
partner in India’s Digital Growth shaping the future of our nation.
At this juncture, we require professionals in Technical department for which applications are
invited from Indian citizens for the following positions:
1. POSTS/ LEVELS/ SCALE OF POSTS/ CTC/ NO. OF VACANCIES:

Post Name of post and level Total UR Reserved vacancies Number of

Code number of including backlog vacancies posts
vacancies reserved for
(out of total vacancies) PwBDs
OBC- SC ST EWS
NCL

1.1 Deputy Manager

(Database Admin)/ E-1

Scale of pay: Rs.40,000- 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

1,40,000/-.
CTC: Rs.12 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.2 Manager (Database 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

Admin)/ E-2

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 Scale of pay: Rs.50,000-
1,60,000/- CTC: Rs.15
Lakh (approx.)+ annual
PRP.
1.3 Senior Manager
(Database Admin)/ E-3

Scale of pay: Rs.60,000- 2 0 2 0 0 0 0

1,80,000/-
CTC: Rs.18 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.4 Deputy Manager

(System Admin)/ E-1

Scale of pay: Rs.40,000- 5 0 2 1 2 0 0

1,40,000/-.
CTC: Rs.12 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.5 Manager (System

Admin)/ E-2

Scale of pay: Rs.50,000- 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

1,60,000/-
CTC: Rs.15 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.6 Senior Manager (System

Admin)/ E-3

Scale of pay: Rs.60,000- 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

1,80,000/- CTC: Rs.18
Lakh (approx.)+ annual
PRP.

1.7 Deputy Manager

(Security)/ E-1
2 0 1 1 0 0 0
Scale of pay: Rs.40,000-
1,40,000/-.

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 CTC: Rs.12 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.8 Manager (Security)/ E-2

Scale of pay: Rs.50,000-

1,60,000/- 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
CTC: Rs.15 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.9 Senior Manager

(Security)/ E-3

Scale of pay: Rs.60,000- 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

1,80,000/-
CTC: Rs.18 Lakh
(approx.)+ annual PRP.

1.10 Senior Manager (IT)/ E-3

Scale of pay: Rs.60,000-

1,80,000/- CTC: Rs.18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lakh (approx.)+ annual
PRP.

Total 21 5 12 2 2 0 0

(Legend: UR- Unreserved; OBC(NCL)- Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer); SC- Scheduled Caste; ST-
Scheduled Tribe; EWS- Economically Weaker Section)

Important Notes:

(i) Vacancies for PwBD, wherever given in the vacancy notice, are not separate but are included
in the total number of vacancies.
(ii) Number of vacancies indicated in this notice is provisional and may undergo any change
(increase / decrease) or even become NIL in total at any stage of the recruitment process or even
after the recruitment process is complete, in administrative/ business interest of RailTel
Corporation.
(iii) The scale of pay mentioned above and other service benefits may be changed at any stage
during the recruitment process or after recruitment on these posts at the discretion of the
management. All scales are as per 3rd PRC-IDA.
(iv) If the examination is held, it shall be held in one common session only for all the above-
mentioned posts, the candidates will be able to appear in examination only for one of the above
posts. Therefore, the candidate may apply only for any one of the posts out of the above.

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(v) Before applying for a post candidate should make sure that the post is reserved for his / her
category or unreserved post is available.
(vi) Place of Posting: Selected candidates may be posted/ transferred to any place in India, in any
office of RailTel’s subsidiary, joint venture or any business associate at any point of time in
administrative / business exigencies. Efforts will be made to allot the region as per candidate’s
option exercised in the application form. However management may allot any other region in
view of work-requirement and administrative exigencies. The candidate, on joining the allotted
region will have to stay in that region for at least 10 years before submitting any application for
seeking transfer to any other region. The management may consider request for transfer as per
work requirement and/ or administrative (convenience/ requirement) ground.

2. AGE, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND LENGTH & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

The applicant should satisfy criteria regarding age, educational / professional qualifications,
nature and length of experience, certifications, etc. as on the last date of receipt of applications
as detailed under:

Minimum Length &

Post
Name of the Minimum Educational / Nature of Experience
Age Limit*
Post Professional Qualifications and Minimum VALID
Code
certifications

1.1 Deputy Minimum : 21 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

Manager years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 2 years’
(Database Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
Administratio Maximum: 30 or Computer & given in Annexure-I in
n)/ years Communication; or a Govt. organisation or
Information Technology; or private organisation.
E-1 Level. Electrical; or Electronics; or any
other combination of
Engineering branches, where
Certification: None
Electronics is one of the
branches, like, Electronics &
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
(Electronics); or MCA; or
equivalent.

1.2 Manager Minimum : 23 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

(Database years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 3 years’
Administratio Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
n)/ Maximum: 30 or Computer & given in Annexure-I in
years Communication; or a Govt. organisation or
E-2 Level. Information Technology; or private organisation
Electrical; or Electronics; or any having turnover of 300
other combination of Crore or more.
Engineering branches, where
Electronics is one of the

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 branches, like, Electronics & Certification:
Instrumentation; or M.Sc. Compulsory- Any one
(Electronics); or MCA; or of these or higher
equivalent. level: MCSA (SQL DB) /
OCA for Oracle
Database /EDB
Postgres Advanced
Associate/MySQL DBA.

1.3 Senior Minimum : 27 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

Manager years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 6 years’
(Database Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
Administratio Maximum: 34 or Computer & given in Annexure-I
n)/ years Communication; or
Information Technology; or Certification:
E-3 Level. Electrical; or Electronics; or any Compulsory-Any one
other combination of of these or higher
Engineering branches, where level: MCSA (SQL DB) /
Electronics is one of the OCA for Oracle
branches, like, Electronics & Database /EDB
Instrumentation; or M.Sc. Postgres Advanced
(Electronics); or MCA; or Associate/MySQL DBA.
equivalent.

1.4 Deputy Minimum : 21 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

Manager years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 2 years’
(System Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
Administratio Maximum: 30 or Computer & given in Annexure-I in
n)/ years Communication; or a Govt. organisation or
Information Technology; or private organisation.
E-1 Level. Electrical; or Electronics; or any
other combination of
Engineering branches, where
Certification:
Electronics is one of the
Compulsory- VMware
branches, like, Electronics &
Certified
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
Associate/Vmware
(Electronics); or MCA; or
Certified Professional
equivalent.
/RHCSA (7 &
higher)/RHCE

1.5 Manager Minimum : 23 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory-
(System Telecom; or Computer Science;
Administratio Maximum: 30 or Computer & 3 years’ experience in
n)/ years Communication; or areas given in
Information Technology; or Annexure-I in a Govt.
E-2 Level. organisation or private
Electrical; or Electronics; or any
other combination of organisation having
Engineering branches, where

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 Electronics is one of the turnover of 300 Crore
branches, like, Electronics & or more.
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
(Electronics); or MCA; or
equivalent.
Certification:
Compulsory- VMware
Certified
Associate/Vmware
Certified Professional
/RHCSA(7 &
higher)/RHCE/
Certified Kubernetes
Associate(CKA)

1.6 Senior Minimum : 27 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

Manager years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 6 years’
(System Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
Administratio Maximum: 34 or Computer & given in Annexure-I
n)/ years Communication; or
Information Technology; or
E-3 level Electrical; or Electronics; or any
Certification:
other combination of
Compulsory- VMware
Engineering branches, where
Certified
Electronics is one of the
Associate/Vmware
branches, like, Electronics &
Certified Professional
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
/RHCSA(7 &
(Electronics); or MCA; or
higher)/RHCE/
equivalent.
Certified Kubernetes
Associate(CKA)

1.7 Deputy Minimum : 21 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

Manager years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 2 years’
(Security)/ E-1 Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
level Maximum: 30 or Computer & given in Annexure-I in
years Communication; or a Govt. organisation or
Information Technology; or private organisation.
Electrical; or Electronics; or any
other combination of
Engineering branches, where
Certification:
Electronics / is one of the
Compulsory-CEH
branches, like, Electronics &
(Certified Ethical
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
Hacker)
(Electronics); or MCA; or
equivalent.

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 1.8 Manager Minimum : 23 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:
(Security)/ E-2 years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 3 years’
Level Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
Maximum: 30 or Computer & given in Annexure-I in
years Communication; or a Govt. organisation or
Information Technology; or private organisation
Electrical; or Electronics; or any having turnover of 300
other combination of Crore or more.
Engineering branches, where
Electronics / is one of the
branches, like, Electronics &
Certification:
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
Compulsory-CEH
(Electronics); or MCA; or
(Certified Ethical
equivalent.
Hacker)

1.9 Senior Minimum : 27 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

Manager years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 6 years’
(Security)/ E-3 Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
Level Maximum: 34 or Computer & given in Annexure-I
years Communication; or
Information Technology; or
Electrical; or Electronics; or any
Certification:
other combination of
Compulsory- (i) CEH
Engineering branches, where
(Certified Ethical
Electronics / is one of the
Hacker)/CISSP
branches, like, Electronics &
(Certified Information
Instrumentation; or M.Sc.
Systems Security
(Electronics); or MCA; or
Professional); and
equivalent.

(ii) CCNA/CCNP-
Security / JNCIA/JNCIS-
Security

1.10 Sr. Manager Minimum : 27 B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Sc. (Engg) in Experience:

(IT)/ years Electronics & Telecom; or Compulsory- 6 years’
Telecom; or Computer Science; experience in areas
E-3 Level Maximum: 34 or Computer & given in Annexure-I.
years Communication; or
Information Technology; or
Electrical; or Electronics; or any
Certification:
other combination of
Compulsory-
Engineering branches, where
Electronics / is one of the Oracle Certified
branches, like, Electronics & Associate (Java
Instrumentation; or M.Sc. Programmer / Java
(Electronics); or MCA; or Application Developer)
equivalent. / Oracle Certified

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 Professional (Java
Programmer / Java
Application
Developer).

* Age relaxation to various categories has been indicated in annexure-III of vacancy notice.

2.1 Educational / Professional Qualifications: All the educational / professional qualifications

mentioned in para 2 should be obtained from a recognized University/ Deemed University/
Autonomous Institutes incorporated by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature in India or UGC
Act or from institution recognized/ approved by AICTE or any other accrediting organisations
under the Government of India.

2.2 Experience: For computing the length of experience, the experience in Central/State Govt
/PSUs/Private sector together (duly supported by documents) shall be taken into consideration.
However, Teaching / Academic experience and such training/ summer training/ apprenticeship/
projects etc., which are part of curriculum for award of any academic /professional qualifications,
will not be taken into consideration for computation of length of experience mentioned above.

3. CRUCIAL DATE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY: Applicants should meet requisite eligibility

criteria regarding age, educational/professional qualifications, technical certifications, length &
nature of post-qualification experience and other eligibility criteria on the last date of receipt of
applications. Candidate will be required to show certificates /marks-sheets of professional/
technical qualifications/technical certifications/ length of experience and other requisite
documents before he/she is allowed to appear in interview, if shortlisted for the same. The
candidates waiting for final results of prescribed educational/professional qualification should
NOT apply.

4. IMPORTANT DATES:-

Uploading of detailed vacancy notice on RailTel Corporation’s 21.10.2023

website
Last date for receipt of applications by post. 11.11.2023
(18.00 Hrs)

5. RELAXATION IN MAXIMUM AGE LIMIT: Please refer Annexure-III

5.1 Age relaxation in respect of SC/ST/OBC categories will be allowed only in cases where
posts are reserved for these categories.

5.2 Candidates belonging to PwBDs category may also apply against a post where no posts
have been specifically earmarked for such category. For these posts, they are eligible for age
relaxation as applicable for PwBDs.

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5.3 If a candidate is eligible for relaxation of age on two or more grounds mentioned in
annexure-III, he /she would be accorded only the highest of the age relaxation for which he/she
is eligible.

6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITIES: Please refer Annexure-

IV
6.1 Reservation for PwBDs shall be on horizontal basis and the selected candidates will be
placed in the appropriate UR/SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS category vacancies, if such vacancies are
available. It is advised that before applying for a post PwBDs should confirm that the post is
available / reserved for his category (i.e., UR, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, EWS) also.

6.2 Prescribed format of Disability Certificate should be submitted by the PwBDs as per
Proforma V to VII (as applicable) of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Notification dated
15.06.2017 (Annexure -VIII, IX & X to this vacancy notice).

7. SC/ST CERTIFICATE: Candidates belonging to SC/ST category should submit an attested

copy of Caste/Tribe certificate issued by the competent authority at the time of interview. The
original certificate shall also be produced for verification. Proforma of relevant certificate is
attached as annexure-V.

8. OBC CERTIFICATE: The candidates applying against vacancies reserved for OBCs should
note that they have to produce a valid certificate at the time of interview in support of their
belonging to OBC community (non-creamy layer) issued by the Competent Authority in the
prescribed format (attached as annexure-VI) for this purpose so as to prove that they do not
belong to ‘Creamy Layer’ of the OBCs on the crucial date. The crucial date of this purpose will be
the last date for receipt of application indicated in this vacancy notice. A declaration shall also be
submitted by the candidate, when he reports to RailTel for his/her pre-appointment formalities
stating that he does not belong to the creamy Layer of OBC (attached as annexure-VI A). Further,
the caste to which the candidate belongs should be the one included in the Central list of OBCs
issued by the Government of India as per latest instructions in this regard since RailTel Corporation
is a Central PSU.

8.1 Only those OBCs belonging to non-creamy layer of OBCs, which are in the central lists of
OBCs as on the last date of receipt of application, are eligible for appointment on the posts
reserved for OBCs.

9. ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION (EWS) CERTIFICATE: The benefit of reservation under

EWS can be availed upon production of an Income and Asset Certificate issued by the competent
authority (format attached as annexure-VII). The candidate applying against the vacancies
reserved for EWS must possess Income and Asset Certificate so as to prove that he belongs to
EWS as on the last date of receipt of application as indicated in this vacancy notice.

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10. Category as on the last date of receipt of application for this vacancy notice shall only be
considered for availing reservation benefits, if eligible, and any change in the Category/EWS status
of the candidate thereafter shall not be entertained. The candidate will have to produce the
original caste / Income and Asset Certificate before he is allowed to appear in interview, if
shortlisted.

11. SCHEME OF SELECTION: The selection may be on the basis of interview and / or written
exam and/ or skill test at the discretion of the management which will be conveyed subsequently.
Notes: (a) The standard of questions on professional subject will be commensurate to the
specified educational/ professional qualification and requisite experience in areas of experience
/knowledge specified for the post, if skill test/ written examination is held for selection.
b) Candidates should exercise options of the test city (Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi/ NCR, Hyderabad/
Secunderabad) in the application form. No change of test city/test centre will be permissible at a
later date. However, RailTel, for administrative reasons, reserves the right to direct the candidate
to appear for written test/ skill test at any test city other than the one chosen by the candidate.
The management has the discretion not to hold the written examination at any one or more cities
mentioned above.

12. APPLICATION FEE: Rs. 1200/- (Rs.600/- for SC/ST/PwBDs).

Demand draft drawn in favour of ‘RailTel Corporation of India Limited’ payable at New Delhi is also
to be attached with application towards processing charges. The fee once received shall not be
returned in any circumstances. No action will be taken on applications received after last date of
receipt of applications and neither the fee received with these applications nor the applications shall
be returned. No fee will be returned in case of applicants not shortlisted for selection process /
selected nor shall it be reserved for any further selection process. No correspondence regarding
return of fee shall be entertained.

12.1 The application fee of Rs. 600/- paid by SC/ST/PwBDs is refundable subject to their actual
participation in the recruitment. This fee shall be refunded, duly deducting bank charges, as
applicable, on their appearing in the written examination.

12.2 The examination fee paid by the candidates whose application is incomplete or those
who have not submitted their application by any reason whatsoever or whose application is
rejected, will not be refunded.

12.3 Application fee once received shall not be returned in any circumstances, except in cases
mentioned in para 12.1. No correspondence from such applicants and from ineligible candidates
will be entertained regarding return of application fee.

13. HOW TO APPLY:

ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR ABOVE POSTS HAVE TO FILL THE
APPLICATION FORM IN THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT AVAILABLE AT ANNEXURE-XIII AND SEND

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THE FORM ALONG WITH THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS BY
POST:

General Manager/HR
RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.
Plate-A, 6th Floor, Office Block-II,
East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi-110023.

The envelope containing the application should be superscribed as ‘Application for the post of
……………… (name of the post)’. Applications received after stipulated date and time shall be
summarily rejected. Applicants should clearly note that RailTel will in no case be responsible for
non-receipt of their application or any postal delay in receipt thereof on any account whatsoever.
The applications received through any other mode, like email, fax, on-line, through any job-portal
etc. will not be entertained.

13.1 (i) Candidates are advised to read all the instructions contained in this vacancy notice very
carefully before applying and to satisfy themselves that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions
including age, educational /professional qualifications, certifications, nature and length of
experience and medical standards for the post to be applied by them. They should also make it
sure that the post for which they desire to apply is available for their categories (OBC-NCL, SC, ST,
EWS or unreserved post).
(ii) While filling the form, candidates will have to indicate options for region of posting in
order of preference, if selected (Ref: imp note(vi) in para 1 of vacancy notice). The options
available are:
(a) Corporate Office (CO-at Delhi/NCR)/Northern Region (NR-with Regional
Headquarter at Delhi),
(b) Eastern Region (ER-with Regional Headquarter at Kolkata),
(c) Southern Region (SR-with Regional Headquarter at Hyderabad/ Secunderabad),
(d) Western Region (WR-with Regional Headquarter at Mumbai).
(iii) Applicants shall not be allowed to change their categories (e.g. OBC-
NCL/SC/ST/EWS/PwBDs) after they have submitted their applications.
(iv) Valid E-mail ID/ mobile number: The Email ID/ mobile number entered in the application
form should remain active until the recruitment process is complete. No change in Email ID/
mobile number will be allowed. All correspondence regarding this recruitment shall be done on
the Email ID/ on-line.
(v) The passport size coloured photograph pasted on application form should not be more
than 3 months old.
(vi) All self- attested relevant documents relating to the eligibility criteria viz Educational
Qualification, certifications, Category certificate [SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/EWS], Experience Certificate,
Disability Certificate, Discharge certificate (in case of Ex-Servicemen), turnover of the company
(wherever prescribed) etc., should be attached.
(vii) Educational Qualification Certificates viz. Provisional or Regular should contain the date
of issue. In case date of issue of these certificates is after the closing date of receipt of application,
then the consolidated mark sheet with date of declaration of the result of final qualifying exam
or individual mark sheets of all the semesters/years with date of declaration of result on each

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should be submitted. In case of non-availability of date in any of these mark sheets/certificates,
a certificate from the Institution/ University/Board to this effect (indicating date of declaration of
result) should be produced at the time of document verification before interview, if shortlisted.

(viii) Candidates should mention percentage in the fields where percentage is required to be
filled in application format. Percentage obtained in requisite qualifying examinations, as
mentioned in consolidated mark sheet issued by University/Institution will be considered.
However, in case consolidated marksheet is not being issued by University/Institute, final
percentage will be calculated by taking average of all semesters/years.

In case CGPA/OGPA/DGPA is mentioned in marksheets, following criteria may be applied:

(a) In case where conversion into percentage is not provided by university/institutes: if

university/institute do not have the provision for conversion of CGPA/OGPA/CPI/DGPA or letter
grade into percentage, then 6 on 10 point scale will be considered as 60%, for example. On any
scale different from 10-point scale the score will be prorated accordingly.

(b) In case where conversion into percentage is provided by university/institutes: Wherever

CGPA/OGPA/CPI/DGPA or letter grade in degree is awarded, equivalent % of marks should be
indicated in the application as per norms adopted by concerned university/institute. A certificate
to this effect may be obtained by the candidate from the university/institute, which shall be
required to be produced at the time of document verification before interview or at any other
stage or recruitment or even after appointment, as demanded by RailTel.

14. OTHER INSTRUCTIONS:

a) Issue of admit card for written examination /skill test/ call letters for interview:
The applicants are requested to visit RailTel’s website regularly for latest
updates/information. Applicants will not be allowed to enter the examination hall without a
valid admit card. In addition, the applicants are required to carry a valid photo identity proof
and a passport size photograph to the examination centre.

b) Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer by
RailTel Corporation withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the
examination/ interview or during any stage of selection / empanelment, their
application/candidature shall be rejected/cancelled.

g) Admit cards for written test / skill test or interview issued to the candidates shall be
provisional. In case any ineligible candidate is issued admit card and appears in the
written/skill examination or even called for the interview or allowed to join RailTel, his/her
candidature will automatically be treated as cancelled WITHOUT ANY NOTICE on grounds of
his/her ineligibility. Therefore, before submitting the application, the candidate must ensure
that he/she fulfills all the eligibility criteria as laid down in this advertisement. His/her
candidature will be purely provisional subject to eligibility and other verifications at any stage
of recruitment process, or before or after his/her appointment in RailTel.

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i) Decision of RailTel about the mode of selection / scheme of examination, number of posts/
vacancies, educational qualifications for the posts, certifications, other eligibility conditions,
shortlisting of candidates for written test/interview etc. shall be final and binding.
Management reserves the right to cancel/ restrict/ enlarge/ modify/ alter the selection/
recruitment process at any time without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason.
No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

j) No request for postponement of interview will be entertained, if called for interview.

l) The process of examination/ recruitment does not involve any correspondence by RailTel with
candidate at any stage regarding deficiency in application / documents / payment of examination
fee etc. It shall be responsibility of the candidate to satisfy himself/herself as to his/her fulfilling
the eligibility criteria, and also to furnish correct, complete and desired information/ documents
etc. Data once filled by the candidate during filling of application form will be treated as final
and no correspondence/ request regarding correction of any data at any stage will be
entertained. No correspondence will be entertained from the candidates found ineligible or not
shortlisted and thus not called for written test/interview or for their non-selection.

m) The decision of RailTel in all aspects pertaining to the application, its acceptance or rejection,
conduct of examination/interview and at all consequent stages culminating in selection or
otherwise of any candidate shall be final and binding on all concerned. RailTel reserves its right
to alter /modify any condition laid down in this vacancy notice or any backend process for
conduct of selection during its various stages as warranted by any unforeseen circumstances
arising during the course of this process or as deemed necessary by RailTel at any stage.

15. NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE (NOC): Candidates currently serving in Govt/Quasi Govt.

offices/ Public Sector Undertakings on regular basis are advised to inform the appropriate
authority in their departments about their applying for the post in RailTel in response to this
vacancy notice. Candidates are required to submit “No Objection Certificate” from their
employer along with the application form, failing which they shall not be allowed to appear in
selection process.

16. ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION: On final selection, candidates working in

Govt./PSU/private entity, should produce the document conveying the acceptance of his/her
resignation from service of his/her last employer. In the absence of such document, he/she shall
not be allowed to join RailTel service.

17. VERIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS: The candidates called for interview shall be required to
produce original documents relating to date of birth, educational qualifications, certifications,
experience, category certificates, his identification etc. for verification and also to submit self-
attested photocopies thereof at the time of interview. Such documents shall be listed in the
interview call letter. If the identity of the candidate is in doubt or he is not able to produce the
requisite documents or there is mismatch of information in the documents or he is found

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ineligible for the post applied for or any other claim made in his /her application if found to be
incorrect, he will not be allowed to appear in the interview and his/her candidature will be treated
as cancelled.

17.1 The onus is on the candidates to prove with valid documents that all the information
submitted by them in the application is true.

18. TRAVELLING EXPENSES:

(i) No traveling expenses will be paid to the candidates for appearing in written/skill test.
(ii) The SC/ST/PwBDs candidates who are not already in service, when called for the interview,
shall be reimbursed AC-III class to and fro Rail or bus fare by the shortest route on production
of original tickets from the Rly station / Bus stand nearest to their normal place of residence to
the place of interview.

19. MEDICAL STANDARDS: After empanelment, candidates will have to pass the requisite
medical standards (i.e., C-2 medical standards (Annexure-XII) of Indian Railway Medical Manual)
conducted by medical authority appointed by RailTel Corporation of India to ensure that
candidates are medically fit to carry out duties connected with the post. Candidates who fail to
meet the medical standards will not be allowed appointments.

20. BACKGROUND CHECK: In case of selection on the above-said post, such selection /
appointment on the post shall be provisional subject to verification of character and antecedents
of the candidate and verification of caste certificate and other documents submitted by the
candidate and subject to his/her meeting the requisite medical standards for the post and other
requirements applicable for appointments under the Central Govt. /PSUs. A copy of valid passport
will be required for consideration of confirmation in RailTel’s service after successful completion
of period of probation.

21. AADHAAR AND PASSPORT: The selected candidate will have to submit the attested copy
of his/her personal passport and aadhaar card within a period of three months from the date of
his/her joining RailTel’s service.

22. PROBATION: Two years from the date of joining RailTel. The period of probation shall be
regulated as per extant rules / instructions issued from time to time.

23. SERVICE AGREEMENT: Substantial investment is made by RailTel Corporation on its

employees for the recruitment, training, on-the job training / guidance for specifically handling
the job responsibilities and thereafter. Any discontinuation of the employment before expiry of
three years would unfairly prejudice the interest of the company. As such, the selected
candidates will have to execute a service agreement of Rs. Two Lakh to serve RailTel for a period
of three years from the date of their joining.

24. RESIGNATION: Three months’ prior notice shall be required before seeking resignation
from RailTel Corporation. This notice shall not absolve the executive of the liabilities of service
agreement mentioned in para 23 above or vice-versa.

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25. SCRIBE:
Conditions /eligibility criteria for use of scribe for candidates in category of Persons with
Benchmark Disabilities (if skill test/ written test is prescribed):
a) Indicate option for scribe if you are a PwBDs candidate and eligible for scribe. Only the
candidates suffering from Low Vision or the candidates whose writing speed is affected
by Cerebral Palsy/Muscular Dystrophy/ candidates with Locomotor disability (one arm)
are eligible for availing scribe.
b) The highest educational qualification of the scribe should be one step below the
qualification of the candidate taking examination.
c) The Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the category of Low Vision will be allowed
Compensatory Time of twenty minutes per hour of the examination. In case of other
categories of PwBDs, the facility will be provided on production of a certificate to the
effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, from the Chief Medical
Officer/ Civil Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care Institution
as per the proforma.
d) For engaging the SCRIBE, the candidate will have to fill up information about the SCRIBE
while registering himself (Format enclosed as annexure-XI).
e) The candidate will have to arrange his/her own SCRIBE at his/her own costs during the
examination. Separate Admit Card will be issued to the SCRIBE accompanying the
candidate. The admit card will contain the particulars, photo and signature of the SCRIBE.
f) The candidate as well as the SCRIBE will have to give an undertaking at the time of written
test declaring that the SCRIBE fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a SCRIBE
mentioned in this paragraph.
g) In case it transpires at a later date that the SCRIBE did not fulfill the laid down conditions
/eligibility criteria or there has been suppression of material facts, the candidature of the
applicant will stand cancelled irrespective of the result of the examination.
h) The candidate shall be responsible for any misconduct on the part of the SCRIBE brought
by him.
i) The same scribe should not be engaged by more than one candidate.

26. ACTION AGAINST MISCONDUCT:

i) Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any
documents/information that are false, tampered, fabricated and they should not suppress
any material information while filling up the application form.
ii) Canvassing in any form will disqualify a candidate.
iii) At any stage of recruitment or later, if a candidate is or has been found guilty of any
misconduct such as:
a) Using unfair means during the examination; or
b) Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person; or
c) Misbehaving in the examination hall; or
d) Resorting to any irregular means in connection with his/her candidature during
selection process; or
e) Using undue influence for his/her candidature by any means; or

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 f) Submitting of false certificates/ documents /information or suppressing any
information at any stage; or
g) Giving wrong information regarding his/her category (SC/ST/OBC-
NCL/EWS/PwBDs etc.) while appearing in the examination or thereafter; or
h) Writing irrelevant matter including obscene language or pornographic matter in
the script(s); or
i) Being in possession of mobile phone, pager, pen-drive, calculator, wrist watches
(whether analog or digital/smart), tablet, bluetooth, headphone, earplug, laptop,
ipad, electronic car kays, electronic reading device, any paper material or other
computing /communication devices etc.;
He/she, in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to legal/criminal prosecution, will
also become liable to be :
a) Disqualified from the examination and /or
b) Debarred either permanently or for a specified period from any
examination/recruitment and /or
c) Discharged/removed/dismissed from service, if the act of misconduct comes to
notice after his/her appointment to the service of RailTel.

27. INFORMATION UNDER RTI Act: Any Application under RTI act seeking any information
will not be entertained till the completion of the entire recruitment process.
28. RailTel Corporation will not be responsible for any inadvertent errors of any sort in this
vacancy notice and reserves right to correct such errors.
29. INFORMATION ON WEBSITE: Any corrigendum to this notice/ further information/ details
regarding applications or applicants / any other information regarding schedule of examinations
or interviews/ call letters for interview/ notices / results /panels shall be posted only on the
official website of RailTel Corporation of India Limited (www.railtel.in). No publication in any
other media will be made. Therefore, the candidates are advised to keep updating themselves by
checking the official website of RailTel frequently.

30. The legal jurisdiction will be New Delhi in case of any cause.

WARNING: Beware of touts / job racketeers trying to deceive by false promises of securing job in
RailTel either through influence or by use of unfair and unethical means. RailTel has not
authorised any person or any agency for any action on its behalf for interacting with candidates
in relation to this recruitment. Candidates are advised to visit only the official website of RailTel
Corporation (www.railtel.in) and beware of fake websites and social media contents put up by
the unscrupulous elements.
(Annexure-I to XIII attached)

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