Unfortunate that brain drain from a wonderful organization like Indian Railways has started due to unilateral and unjustified merger

“रेलवे को बस एक ही मलाल, उसका चेयरमैन निकला दलाल!” नि:संकोच कह रहे हैं रेल अधिकारी/कर्मचारी

Probationars of civil service in Railways have requested re-allotment of service from the DoPT/UPSC

Railways civil service probationers to seek re-allotment: Trouble over cadre merger

Probationers and to be probationar of a civil service in railway have requested re-allotment of service from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), unwilling to work in the soon-to-be formalised Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS). Now more trouble is brewing in Railways over the decision to merge eight services into one.

A probationer from the 2017 batch, who is yet to be formally deployed, said that the batch of more than 40 young officers wants the government to let them revisit their Detail Application Forms (DAF), wherein Civil Services Examination (CSE) Candidates indicate the choice of services they would like to join in order of preference.

“The IRMS, the way it is conceived, is not what we signed up for. We want to join some other civil service as per our preferences indicated,” said a young officer.

Drafts of the unique petition are being finalised. This batch will formally be deployed in 2021. The batch senior to this one, which will be deployed in May 2020, is also following suit.

“We want to exhaust all internal avenues of redressal so that the government or the courts cannot turn that against us when we approach them,” said an officer.

A pan-railway Civil Services Officers’ Association is being revived to represent all three services — Traffic, Accounts and Personnel. This association, which was attempted to be formed around four years ago, is aimed to get these services “a seat on the table” as a permanent negotiation mechanism (PNM) with the Railways’ establishment, an officer said.

Chairman, Railway Board has said that the mechanism to merge services will be such that no existing officer loses out on either seniority or promotion prospects – CRB V K Yadav has called a meeting of all senior officers of the Railway Board to address their concerns on a variety of issues – the assurance has not cut much ice till now.

In between, a seemingly routine administrative decision to give the Member Traction, an Electrical officer, the charge to look after the post of Member Staff has caused a flutter.

Viewed in the context of the impending merger, protesting officers are alleging departmentalism since the government encadred the Member Staff post for the Personnel service only recently.

“They should have given the look-after charge to the seniormost in the Personnel service, which is logical,” said a protesting officer.

From media we get to know nothing is happening. All stakeholders will be first consulted but contrary to all this files are moving at rapid speed dashing hope filling Demotivation among IRTS/IRAS/IRPS. please help🙏🏼🙏@PMOIndia#notoirms #YestoTwoServices @DoPTGoI pic.twitter.com/rlly6rMqo7

— Gariyan Mrinal 01 (@01Mrinal) January 18, 2020

Information is being collected from across batches to make the point that a large number of civil servants left Railways Engineering service even after serving for a few years after they cracked the Civil Services Examination and joined back as civil servants either in Traffic, Accounts or Personnel.

This is to underscore the argument that the status of a civil servant is coveted and well accepted even among engineers.

“I lost three years of seniority as an engineer in another govt organization to join here as a civil servant. No one took my consent before changing my service”, said an officer.

https://twitter.com/IRTSassociation/status/1219902386702995456?s=09

Unfortunate that brain drain from a wonderful organization like Indian Railways has started due to unilateral and unjustified merger of the 8 group A services.

उपरोक्त तमाम तथ्यों के आधार पर ही शायद इसीलिए सोशल मीडिया में रेल अधिकारी और कर्मचारी खुलेआम लिख रहे हैं तथा आपसी बातचीत में बिना किसी संकोच अथवा बिना किसी लाग-लपेट के कह रहे हैं–

“रेलवे को बस एक ही मलाल,

उसका चेयरमैन निकला दलाल!”

RAILWAY KO BAS EK HI MALAAL!
USKA CHAIRMAN NIKLA DALAL!!

Hope some sense prevails on this. Reforms are welcome but the ones done in haste will surely be harmful . We need to learn from the more evolved systems in the western world .#yestoreforms #NotoIRMS #YestoTwoServices @PMOIndia @DoPTGoI @PiyushGoyal @RailMinIndia https://t.co/KOB6ozp6bA

— Vikas Shukla (@VikasSh81606363) January 20, 2020

अतः प्रधानमंत्री को चाहिए कि नीति आयोग की कथित उपयोगी सलाहों को फिलहाल दरकिनार करके और जनभावनाओं का सम्मान करते हुए रेलवे को बरबाद होने से बचाएं। इसी में देश और रेल की भलाई निहित है। इसके साथ चेयरमैन, रेलवे बोर्ड, जिन्होंने रेलवे में कभी रेगुलर काम नहीं किया, न ही उन्हें इसका कोई जमीनी अनुभव है, और रेलमंत्री, जिन्हें जनता की आकांक्षाओं की कोई अनुभूति नहीं है, क्योंकि वह कभी जनता के बीच जाकर चुनाव नहीं लड़े हैं, दोनों को रेलवे से अविलंब बाहर करके अपने किसी अनुभवी एवं विश्वासपात्र को रेल मंत्रालय की जिम्मेदारी सौंपें, अन्यथा सरकार/पार्टी के खिलाफ जनता के जाने का एक बड़ा कारण यह दोनों लोग भी बनेंगे। वैसे भी देश भर में जो वातावरण चल रहा है, उसे देखते हुए भाजपा को केंद्र में तीसरा-चौथा मौका मिल पाना अत्यंत कठिन होता दिखाई दे रहा है।

लोकतंत्र में सहमति और लोगों की इच्छाओं की अभिव्यक्ति जरूरी है.लोकतांत्रिक प्रणाली में परामर्श प्रक्रिया निष्पक्ष और खुली होनी चाहिए. Rail Sangoshthi mein yeh nahi hua # Kyun ? Yeh सोचने वाली बात है 🤔#YestoReforms #YestoTwoServices #NoToIRMS@PiyushGoyal @PMOIndia @DoPTGoI

— Bela Meena IRTS (@bmeenapal) January 19, 2020

Protest Against – IES 2020 Vacancy Withdrawal By Indian Railways