Upper age limit for selection against Intermediate Apprentices quota as JE raised to 47

Railway Board Letter No
E[NG]I-1999/PM7/17 dated 09.06.2010
Date
RBE No
85/2010
Circular Subject
Filling up of posts of JE-II in pre-revised grade 5000-8000 [PB-2/G. P. .4200 RSRP] – Selection against Intermediate Apprentices quota – Raising the upper age limit.

As Railways are aware in terms of  extant instructions upper age limit for appearing in selection of Intermediate Apprentices for eventual absorption as   JE-II in various technical departments, wherever practice of induction of intermediate apprentices is in vogue, has been prescribed as 45 years.  The issue of raising the above mentioned upper age limit has been raised by the Staff Side in the forum of DC-JCM.  The matter has accordingly been considered by the Board and it has been decided that in above cases, the existing upper age limit of 45 years may be raised to 47 years.