Examination for the post of Jr.Trackman conducted by Railway Recruitment Cell

Background

The appellant filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with the East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar seeking information related to the qualified candidates in the examination held in 6.4.08 for the post of Jr.Trackman and helper II (Group D) including what the Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) is doing about this recruitment, the maximum time limit in which RRC will complete the above recruitment process and what happens to those candidates whose age has now expired due to delay in recruitment etc. The Public Information Officer (PIO) provided a point wise reply.

Proceeding

During the hearing before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the respondent submitted that complete information has been provided to the appellant except for the list of names and addresses of all the successful candidates selected for the post. The respondent further submitted that the selection process is still going on thus the information about successful selected candidates is not available at this stage. He also stated that the selection process is expected to be completed within a month after which the information sought by the appellant can be provided to him and the list of successful candidates will also be put up on the concerned website.

View of CIC

The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the PIO to provide the list of successful candidates along with their marks as available in the records of the Public Authority to the appellant after completion of the selection process.

Citation:  Mr. Chandra Pal v. East coast Railway General Manager’s Office, in File No.CIC/SM/A/2011/002068