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QUALIFYING
EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION ABOVE ACCOUNTS CLERKS OF THE
ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT UP TO
AND INCLUDING THE RANK
OF ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS 1. There shall be 2 objective mandatory papers for Appendix II (IREM) Examination with following syllabus; a. Elementary Book Keeping, English comprehension and Reasoning. b. General Rules and Procedure ( Covering all areas i.e. Traffic Accounts, General Expenditure, Stores and Workshop, Books and Budget etc.)
2. Forty percent of the maximum marks in each subject will be
required to secure a pass. This has effect from the examination held in
November 1956 onwards. 3. a. The examination shall be conducted in CBT mode in coordination with the Examination Conducting Agency (ECA) engaged through RRB. b. The examination shall be conducted through a single Nodal Railway for a colander cycle. The Nodal shall be decide by the Railway Board for each calendar year. Authority: Railway Board's letter no. 2025/ACII/2012e3493745 dated 02.07.25 (a). Ordinarily no Railway servant will be permitted to take the examination more than five chances for Appendix 2 IREM Examinations but the FA&CAO/General Managers are delegated with powers to grant additional chances to the candidates appearing in the aforesaid examinations as detailed below:-
Note: This Sub Rule is not applicable to directly recruited JAAs who are required to pass Appendix II examination in two chances/ within three years of their joining service as JAAs failing which their services are liable to be terminated. However, the request for grant of a third chance, on the specific recommendation of the FA&CAO, may be granted by the G.M., to be availed of within total span of four years of joining service as JAAs before action to terminate their services is taken.” (Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. 2004/AC-II/20/5 dated 20.10.2004) (b)
No
railway servant, who has less than six months service in a Railway
Accounts Office or who has not a reasonable chance of passing the
examination will be allowed to appear in the examination prescribed in
this Appendix. In exceptional circumstances the condition regarding
six months minimum service may be waived by the General Manager. (c)
Temporary railway servants may be permitted to sit for the examination,
but it should be clearly understood that the passing of this examination
will not give them a claim for absorption in the permanent cadre. (d)
A candidate who fails in the examination but shows marked excellence by
obtaining not less than 50% in any subject may be exempted from further
examination in that subject in subsequent examinations. 4 (e) The permission
accorded to a candidate to appear in the examination counts as a chance
availed of even if the candidate does not actually sit for the examination
unless an application from the candidate is received by the General
Manager each year for withdrawal from the examination and is accepted by
the General Manager. 4 (f) In the case of
candidates prevented from appearing in the Appendix-2 (IREM) examination
owing to circumstances beyond their control, an application for exemption
from counting the permission granted as a chance availed of should be made
to the General Manager within a fortnight from the last date of the
examination supported by certificates (Medical Certificates conforming to
the Rules in Chapter 5 of Indian Railway Medical Manual, Vol. I) obtained
by them before the termination of the examination. (Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. 2004/AC-II/20/5 dated 20.10.2004) 5. No alteration shall be made in these rules without the prior sanction of the Railway Board.
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