NEW DELHI: In a big relief to officers recruited under the earlier unified Indian Railways Management Service ( IRMS ), who faced uncertainty after the government went back to the old system of recruitment , railways has offered them to choose one of the three sub-cadres. These are IRMS (Accounts), IRMS (Personnel) and IRMS (Traffic).
Sources said the decision was taken considering that since the recruitment started under the IRMS in 2022 over a hundred railway recruits have been selected through the unified test. But now the govt has notified to recruit officers under two different categories – one under civil services (CSE) and the other under engineering services (ESE). This was the practice before 2019 when the Cabinet decided to club all railway services and created IRMS.
TOI has learnt that in the first year of recruitment under IRMS in 2022, railways had selected 150 candidates, but only 58 joined and they are now undergoing training. In 2023, another 150 candidates were selected, and the process of joining is on. Similar is in the case of 150 selected candidates in 2024.
“There was uncertainty among the already selected candidates since they were selected through a unified test and they were simply recruited as IRMS officers. Now after the fresh decision to have two different tests for engineers and civil servants there are eight sub cadres such as traffic, accounts, civil and mechanical. If those selected under IRMS don’t get a chance to choose their sub cadre now they may face the problem of promotion in future,” said an official.
After the government decision for inclusion of IRMS in Engineering Services Examination (ESE) the Union Public Service Commission has opened a new application window from October 18 to November 22 for new applicants.
Moreover, to give sufficient time to the aspirants of ESE 2025 to prepare for the examination, the Commission has decided to postpone the ESE (preliminary) and ESE (main) Exam, 2025, which will be held on June 8 and August 10, 2025, respectively.
Sources said the decision was taken considering that since the recruitment started under the IRMS in 2022 over a hundred railway recruits have been selected through the unified test. But now the govt has notified to recruit officers under two different categories – one under civil services (CSE) and the other under engineering services (ESE). This was the practice before 2019 when the Cabinet decided to club all railway services and created IRMS.
TOI has learnt that in the first year of recruitment under IRMS in 2022, railways had selected 150 candidates, but only 58 joined and they are now undergoing training. In 2023, another 150 candidates were selected, and the process of joining is on. Similar is in the case of 150 selected candidates in 2024.
“There was uncertainty among the already selected candidates since they were selected through a unified test and they were simply recruited as IRMS officers. Now after the fresh decision to have two different tests for engineers and civil servants there are eight sub cadres such as traffic, accounts, civil and mechanical. If those selected under IRMS don’t get a chance to choose their sub cadre now they may face the problem of promotion in future,” said an official.
After the government decision for inclusion of IRMS in Engineering Services Examination (ESE) the Union Public Service Commission has opened a new application window from October 18 to November 22 for new applicants.
Moreover, to give sufficient time to the aspirants of ESE 2025 to prepare for the examination, the Commission has decided to postpone the ESE (preliminary) and ESE (main) Exam, 2025, which will be held on June 8 and August 10, 2025, respectively.
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