Lok Sabha Question No. 4004 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Vacancies of TTEs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4004 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## VACANCIES OF TTEs

+ 4004. SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  large  number  of  posts  of  TTEs  fell  vacant  in  the railways  during  the  last  five  years  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, year-wise and zone-wise;
- (b) whether  a  large  number  of  posts  of  TTEs  fell  vacant  in  the railways  during  the  last  five  years  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, year-wise and zone-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  due  lack  of  TTEs  in railways, a number of coaches run unchecked every day and many people travel without tickets; and
- (d)    if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  railways  for  filling  up  of  vacant TTEs posts at the earliest?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 4004 BY SHRI BHARAT SINGH, SHRI  SUSHIL  KUMAR  SINGH    AND  DR.  MANOJ  RAJORIA  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING VACANCIES OF TTEs (a):  The vacancy position of TTEs during the last five years, zonewise  is  Appended.    This  is  16.8%  of  sanctioned  strength  as  of 1.04.2015. (b): Vacancies occur due to normal retirements, voluntary retirements, deaths and on account of creation of posts etc. Filling up  of  vacancies  is  a  continuous  process  and  involves  issue  of notification of vacancies, holding examinations, finalization of select  panels  and  issue  of  appointment  letter.  During  the  period 2013-14  and  2014-15,  an  additional  2500  posts  of  TTEs  were sanctioned which also reflects in vacancies. (c): All efforts are made to ensure manning of reserved coaches as per extant norms. The available strength is deployed judiciously for effective manning of trains and to curb ticketless travel. However, sporadic  instances  of  some  coaches  going  unmanned  due  to  non turning up of ticket checking staff on account of some exigencies cannot be ruled out. (d):  The  Railways  have  been  advised  from  time  to  time  to  place indents  for  direct  recruitment  and  also  to  fill  up  posts  through promotion as per extant procedure.  As a result of concerted efforts to  fill  up  the  vacancies  of  Ticket  Collector/Ticket  Examiner  on Indian Railways through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), more than 3597 candidates have been empanelled for the post of Ticket Collector/Ticket Examiner by RRBs from 2013 upto 30.09.2015.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO  4004  BY  SHRI  BHARAT  SINGH,  SHRI  SUSHIL  KUMAR SINGH  AND DR. MANOJ RAJORIA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING VACANCIES OF TTEs

(a):  The vacancy position of TTEs during the last five years, zone-wise is as under:

| Railway            |   Vacancy as on 1.04.2011 |   Vacancy as on 1.04.2012 |   Vacancy as on 1.04.2013 |   Vacancy as on 1.04.2014 |   Vacancy as on 1.04.2015 |
|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Central            |                       465 |                       492 |                       551 |                       532 |                       544 |
| East Coast         |                       136 |                       199 |                       203 |                       214 |                       116 |
| East Central       |                       395 |                       387 |                       420 |                       628 |                       646 |
| Eastern            |                        63 |                       164 |                       210 |                       290 |                       309 |
| North Central      |                       647 |                       826 |                       880 |                      1080 |                      1058 |
| North Eastern      |                       235 |                       202 |                       249 |                       204 |                       161 |
| Northeast Frontier |                       166 |                       168 |                       200 |                       193 |                       254 |
| Northern           |                      1342 |                       535 |                       392 |                       770 |                       757 |
| North Western      |                        31 |                        64 |                       121 |                        49 |                        74 |
| South Central      |                       356 |                       360 |                       435 |                       456 |                       446 |
| South East Central |                       158 |                       133 |                       163 |                       174 |                       186 |
| South Eastern      |                        85 |                        97 |                        58 |                        71 |                       144 |
| Southern           |                       258 |                       320 |                       497 |                       470 |                       405 |
| South Western      |                       114 |                        85 |                       103 |                       163 |                       158 |
| West Central       |                       312 |                       353 |                       399 |                       337 |                       362 |
| Western            |                       157 |                       181 |                       228 |                       391 |                       521 |
| Total              |                      4920 |                      4566 |                      5109 |                      6022 |                      6141 |

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