Job profile
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CC can be posted in Ticket Booking Offices (known as Booking Clerk) or in Goods Shed (Known as Goods Clerk).
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Booking Clerk issues tickets to Passengers (either traditional paper tickets or through computerized Unreserved Ticket System – UTS), book Luggage and parcels, supervise their loading and maintains concerned registers. Nowadays in some small stations Booking Clerk is also given additional charge of Computerized Passenger Reservation.
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Booking Clerk can be given independent charge of a small station (known as Clerk-in-charge) stations or work under a Station Master or a Booking Supervisor in other stations.
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Goods Clerk works in major Goods dealing stations/yards. His job involves booking freight traffic, coordinate with SM/YM regarding allotment of wagon, loading/unloading etc.
Recruitment(Ref 1)
- 50% of vacancies in CCby direct recruitment through Railway Recruitment Boards(RRB).
- 33-⅓% of vacancies are filled by promotion by a process of selection from eligible Group D categories of Traffic and Commercial departments with 3 years of continuous service. This minimum service condition does not apply to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates.
- 16-⅔% by promotion entirely on merit of Matriculate Group 'D' employees from eligible categories, as specified by the Zonal Railways with a minimum of 2 years regular service in the concerned seniority unit on the basis of a competitive examination consisting of Written Test (85 marks )and Record of Service (15 marks).
Qualification for Direct Recruitment
- Matriculation or its equivalent with not less than 50% marks in the aggregate(Ref 1)
Career progression
|
Grade Pay |
Percentage distribution of total posts |
Commercial Clerks (CC) |
2000 |
12 |
Sr. Commercial Clerks (Sr. CC) |
2800 |
22 |
Chief Commercial Clerks (CCC) |
4200 |
46 |
Dy. Station Manager(C) |
4600 |
20 |
- Commercial Clerks have channel of promotion to the categories of Commercial Inspectors/other Supervisory posts in the Commercial Departments and Enquiry-cum-Reservation Clerks as per procedure laid down for filling up to vacancies in the respective categories.
- 25% of the post in grade Rs. 1600-2660 of Chief Booking/Parcel/Goods & Luggage Clerks will be filled by recruitment of Commercial Apprentices of which 15% will be by direct recruitment from open market through the Railway Recruitment Boards and 10% from amongst serving Graduate upto the age of 40 years in the Commercial Department (others than Ministerial) through a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination.
Salary and other perks
(i) |
Pay Scale |
5200 – 20200 |
(ii) |
Grade Pay |
2000 |
(iii) |
Initial Pay |
6460 |
(iv) |
Total Pay (i) + (ii ) |
8460 |
- Other Allowances depend on various conditions and hence can’t be stated uniformly. Other major allowances include :
Transport Allowance |
House Rent Allowance(if not provided with quarters) |
- Deductions from salary include 10% of total Pay towards New Pension scheme.
References
1. Rule 128 of Indian Railway Establishment Manual Chapter I
2. Railway Board’s letter No. PC-III/2013/CRC/4 dated 08-10-2013
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