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iz/kku dk;kZy; Headquarters Office dkfeZd foHkkx Personnel Department fcykliqjN-x-Bilaspur(CG)495004 NO.P-HQ/CON/452/1/S&T/ Dated 31.07.2012 SECRETARY TO GM/SECR, CSTE, SDGM/SECR CSE, CSTE (CON) /SECR, CSO, CPO (IR)/SECR, Dy CPO (HQ), Dy CPO (HRD), Dy CPO (CON) DRM/BSP, R &NGP, CWM/WRS/R CPO /SER/GRC& ECoR/BBS DIRECTOR IRSET/SECUNDRABAD, Dy.CME/WS/MIB Sub: Selection for formation of a panel of ASTE/ADSTE (Group-'B') against 30% LDCE of S& T department ****** In continuation to the on going 70% Group B departmental selection, it has been decided to hold LDCE against 30% vacancy of ASTE/ADSTE (Gr B) in S E C Railway. The assessment of vacancy has been approved by GM/SECR on 11.07.2012 as follows. Post Vacancies UR SC ST Total ASTE/ADSTE(GR B) 01 00 00 01 1.Eligibility Condition: - For Group B selection (30% LDCE quota) , Group C ( technical staff ) employees working in grade the minimum of which is ` 5000/- or in PB-2 `` 9300-34800 + GP ` 4200/- and above grades with 05 years of non fortuitous service in grade as on 11.07.2012 (including non fortuitous service rendered in the corresponding pre revised grades ) of S&T department are eligible to participate in the above LDCE examination in terms of Railway Boards letter Number E(GP)99/2/22 dated 29.03.2010 (RBE No. 46/2010), circulated under SECRs Estt. Rule No. 55/2010. 2. Staff whose lien is maintained in S E C Railway is only eligible to appear in the said selection. Besides, those employees whose lien are maintained in S E C Railway , but working outside the jurisdiction of S E C Railway are also eligible provided they submit their applications through the Personnel Branch of the division/unit where their lien is maintained with proper certificate of lien by concerned division/Units. 3 Date of submission of application and consolidated statement: Application of willing staff, fulfilling the above conditions should submit their application to concerned Personnel Officer /Controlling Officer on or before 30.08.2012. The concerned Personnel Officer, after receipt of such applications should scrutinize the candidatures of the applicants and send the names of the eligible staffs only in consolidated statement as per proforma attached so as to reach this office latest by 06.09.2012 The concerned Personnel Officer should ensure that all the columns of the enclosed proforma are properly filled in before sending the statement to this office. 4 Applications received directly from the staff concerned will not be entertained by this office. Concerned Personnel Officers/Controlling Officers should ensure that applications received by their offices after 30.08.2012 are not forwarded to HQ under any circumstances. All application of construction organization should forwarded by Dy CPO/CON/SECR/BSP. Names of those staff who have not fulfilled the eligibility criteria as mentioned above need not be forwarded to this office. It may also be

noted that incomplete statements furnished by the divisions/units will not be entertained. 5 The pre-selection coaching for a period of 3-4 weeks to the reserved community candidates should be arranged by the Executive side. This training is treated as mandatory and refusal, if any should be taken in writing. Completion of Pre-selection coaching should be reported to the Dy CPO/GAZ positively.

6. Objective and Scheme of Examination: - The examination aims at a comprehensive assessment of knowledge of the candidates and has essentially to be a vigorous test to their professional ability. The examination will consist of: (i) Written examination (ii) Viva-voce. The examination will be of a substantially higher standard than that associated with normal selection for promotion to Group B posts. The subjects for examination and marks allotted for each of the papers and viva-voce as indicated in terms of Railway Boards letter No. E (GP) 88/2/111 dated 20.08.1991 circulated under S E Railway Estt Srl No. 167/91 are as follows-: (i)Written Examination Subject Maximum Qualifying marks marks Professional Paper-I (Professional subject & 150 90 General Knowledge) Professional Paper-II (Professional subject, 150 90 Establishment Rules & Finance Rules) NOTE: Out of 150 marks, question relating to the professional subject will carry at least 100 marks in each paper. 10% question on official language policy and rules will be included in the paper on General Knowledge. ( ii) Viva-voce Maximum marks Qualifying marks 1.Record of 25 30 (including minimum 15 marks in service record of service) 2. Viva- voce 25 N.B- There will not be any supplementary examination in LDCE for absentee candidates under any circumstances. 7. The concerned staff of the units/divisions who deal with the staff establishment matters , should circulate the contents of this letter to all concerned and invite applications from all the willing and eligible staff including those on leave/training /deputation and submit the consolidated statement as indicated at Annexure-A. They may also ensure that the notification and all subsequent notification of this selection are circulated all sub-units located in their territorial jurisdiction. 8. Syllabus for the subject written test is enclosed in Annexure B which may be circulated widely this syllabus is indicative and not necessarily exhaustive. Encl-: As above.
The notification is also available in S E C Railway web site .http://www.secr.indian railways.gov.in.

Encl: As above (05 pages)

Sd/( Anurag Anand Meshram ) Dy Chief Personnel Officer (Gaz) For Chief Personnel Officer

P-HQ/CON/452/1/S&T/ Dated 31.07.2012 Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to :-

1. Sr.DPO/ Sr DSTE/ BSP,R &NGP,EO to CPO/SECR 2. All Personnel Department Officers/HQ/SECR 3. Dy CPO/WRS/R & WPO/WS/MIB/, PRINCIPAL MDTC/BSP 4.GS/DPMRMU, GS/SECRPOA. Sd/For Chief Personnel Officer

ANNEXURE-A PROFORMA 1 Sr.No 2 Name 3 4 Designation Caste /Station UR/SC/ ST 11 Date of regular promotion in Present Scale 5 Date birth 6 7 8 of Date of appointment P F Qualific & Grade to which No ation appointed 13 Present grade Regular/ Ad-hoc 14 15 Remarks Signature of Eligible/ candidates Not eligible

9 Present Grade/ Scale

10 Lien

12 Date of regular Promotion in scale ` 5000-8000/5500-9000/6500-10500/7450-11500/or/PB-2 GP ` 4200/- and above

Concerned Personnel Officers is requested to kindly personally verify and certify all entries of the candidates. Signature of Personnel Officer

ANNEXURE B
Syllabus (Revised) for 30% LDCE for Promotion Group B ASTE in Signal & Telecommunication Department Maximum Marks 150 Paper-I Pass Marks 90 General Part-I 50 Marks I. General Knowledge * This section would contain questions of general interest and importance, which is acquired by general observation or reading with out specific text book study. Subjects of national importance as well as achievements of Railways are also to be covered. The standard of General Knowledge shall not be more rigorous than Matriculate level. * Official Language. II. General Mathematics * Arithmetic and statistical operations, graphs, fractions, percentage, sampling & averages * Geometry-area & volume up to Higher Secondary/12th Standard level * Algebra, simultaneous equations etc up to Higher Secondary/12th Standard level * Mechanics-Velocity & acceleration, work done, horse power etc up to Higher Secondary/12th Standard level III. Strength of Material * Various Engineering materials and their properties, bearings, stress & strain, fatigue, hardness, corrosion & surface finish IV. Physics & Basic Electricity * Temperature & measurement * Mechanics- Newtons law of motion, Velocity & Acceleration, Work, Energy, Power, Archimedess principle etc. * Heat & Work, expansion of solids, liquids & gases. * IC Engines, gas turbine heat recovery & thermal efficiency. Super charging & inter cooling * Ohms law, Coulombs law, Faradays Law, Voltage, Current & Resistance, Wet & Dry Batteries, Power Factor * Simple motors & Dynamos-Principle of Working of Transformer, Relay, Fuse, Circuit Breaker * Power Supply, AC&DC, Rectifiers. Part-II Professional Subject Marks 100 Note:- Four questions to be given from each part. Six questions to be answered, three from each part. Part A Rules & Manuals. Rules for Opening of a Railways, Signal Engineering Manual, Telecommunication Engineering Manual, Store Procedures and Practices, AC Traction Manual, Block Working Manual, Schedule of Dimensions, Operation Manual, Disaster Management, Accident Manual-Accident Classification, Causes of Accidents and their prevention, Duties of first Official reaching the Accident Site, Enquiries, Failure Analysis & Investigations. Part B Fundamental Engineering & Applied Technology, Simple Structures, Dynamics, Simple Machinery, Magnetism, Electricity, Sound, Electrical Machinery and Circuits, Fundamental Electronics & Electronic Circuits, Power Supply Equipment and Systems. Protection Systems against Lightning & Surges, Principles of Optics & Optical Fibre Cable, Principles of Digital Electronics-Boolean Algebra, Digital Devices and their Applications, Data Communication Principles & Information Technology-Familiarity with PC Specifications, Operating Systems-Windows, Operating and Application software, Basic LAN/WAN & Networking, Intranet/Internet. Maximum Marks 150 Paper-II Pass Marks 90 Establishment and Financial Rules Part-I (50 Marks) I. Establishment Rules * General conditions of services of Railway servants including rules regarding leave, joining time, passes etc. *Railway Service D&A Rules-1968 & amendments * Railway Service Conduct Rules-1966 & amendments * Retirement benefits

* Payment of wages, allowance & overtime * Labour laws including Payment of Wages Act, Workmens Compensation Act, Hours of Employment Regulations, Factory Act, Contract Labour Act * Manpower Planning & Training * Welfare measures in Railways * PNM, JCM & PREM II. FINANCIAL RULES * Parliamentary control over Railway Finance-public accountability, canons of financial propriety. * Railway Budget-Budgetary terms, Types of Budgets, Budget cycle, Demand of Grants, Expenditure Classification * Rule for allocation-Classification of Expenditure, Control over expenditure-Responsibility of accounting performance budgeting, Exchequer, General Financial results of working * Work Programme-Financial justification of works, Survey, preparation of estimate, capital budget-Control over expenditure, capital expenditure, re-appropriation * Financial Control over store expenditure-Purchase and stores keeping procedure-inventory control * Financial and cost control in Railway Workshop * Rules and Procedure relating to tenders and contracts for execution of works and procurement of stores, M&P Programme * Procedure for processing and finalizing the audit objections and draft paras * Delegation of Powers. Professional Subject Part-II 100 Marks
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Note:- Four question to be given from each part. Six questions to be answered, minimum one from each part and maximum three a part. Part A ( Signalling ) Mechanical & Electrical Interlocking, Interlocking plans and locking tables, Block Signaling, Electromechanical and Electrical Signaling, Automatic Signaling, Panel Interlocking, Route Relay Interlocking, Axle Counters, Track Circuits, Automatic Warning System, Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) and/or Anti Collision Device (ACD), Centralized Traffic Control (CTC), Electronic Interlocking (EI), Data Loggers & Networking, LED Signals, Block Proving by Axle Counters (BPAC), Audio Frequency Track Circuits (AFTC), Integrated Power Supply (IPS) etc. Part B ( Tele communication ) Overhead and underground cable system, control office and way station and emergency control communication equipment, Telephone exchange-automatic, specialized communication and allied equipment like STM, DWDM etc in Railways, comprising HF, VHF and Microwave, GSM-R and/or Tetra for Mobile Train Radio, OFC and Quad cable, Communication in RE area, Data Communication & IP Networks, Digital Electronic Exchanges, ISDN, Network Management Systems, networks for PRS, FOIS, TMS, UTS etc, Concept of GPS. Part C Workshop Practice- Raw material, processing, Workshop machines and their utilization, Overhauling Procedure and Practices, Inspection and Testing of components, Testing Procedure, commissioning and measurement, Integration, Testing & Certification of IPS/SMPS, DC-DC Converters, Invertors & Battery Chargers/Float Rectifiers, Block Instruments & Relay, Relay Technology-Different Types of Relays & their working, Block Instruments and Point Machines, Qualify Control and Safety Practices.

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