RRB Ministerial and Isolated Categories CEN 09/2026 Online Form

RRB Ministerial and Isolated Categories CEN 09/2026 — 191 posts

The Railway Recruitment Boards have invited online applications under Centralised Employment Notification No. 09/2026 for 191 posts of Isolated Categories. The detailed CEN is 59 pages including Annexures A to XV. The indicative notice in Employment News is dated 24 October 2026. Note on the source: the detailed CEN PDF was read from a mirror copy of the official document, because the official PDF link on rrbapply.gov.in returns a 404 and the RRB hosts were unreachable at the time of verification. The mirror copy carries the full Government of India / Ministry of Railways / RRB letterhead, the CEN number and the 59-page structure.

Posts and pay

Junior Translator (Hindi) — 79 posts, Pay Level 6, initial basic pay Rs. 35,400. Lab Assistant Grade III (Chemist and Metallurgist) — 36 posts, Pay Level 2, Rs. 19,900. Staff and Welfare Inspector — 27 posts, Pay Level 6, Rs. 35,400. Public Prosecutor — 21 posts, Pay Level 7, Rs. 44,900. Chief Law Assistant — 17 posts, Pay Level 7, Rs. 44,900. Senior Publicity Inspector — 8 posts, Pay Level 6, Rs. 35,400. Scientific Assistant (Training), RDSO (Mechanical) — 3 posts, Pay Level 6, Rs. 35,400. The figures above are the initial basic pay of the pay level for each post. Reservation: UR 98, SC 26, ST 14, OBC-NCL 41, EWS 12. RRB-wise: Chandigarh 31, Kolkata 31, Guwahati 30, Secunderabad 21, Gorakhpur 15, Mumbai 12, Chennai 11, Jammu-Srinagar 8, Siliguri 8, Prayagraj 7, Bhubaneswar 6, Bengaluru 4, Bhopal 3, Ajmer 2, Bilaspur 1, Patna 1.

Eligibility and age

Qualifications must be held by 4 December 2026; result-awaited candidates are not eligible. Chief Law Assistant needs a Law degree plus 3 years standing practice as a Pleader at the Bar (serving railway Law graduates with 5 or more years of service are also eligible). Public Prosecutor needs an LLB plus 5 years standing as an Advocate. Senior Publicity Inspector needs a Degree plus a Diploma in Public Relations / Advertising / Journalism / Mass Communication (2 years of experience is desirable). Junior Translator (Hindi) needs a Master's degree with the prescribed Hindi/English combination plus a recognised translation Diploma/Certificate or 2 years of Government translation experience. Staff and Welfare Inspector needs Graduation plus a Diploma/Degree in Labour Welfare / Labour Laws / Personnel Management / HRM. Scientific Assistant (Training) needs a Master's in Psychology with at least 50%. Lab Assistant Grade III needs 12th (+2) with Physics and Chemistry. The minimum age is 18 years for all posts; the maximum age is post-wise as on 1 January 2027, from 30 years for Lab Assistant to 40 years for Chief Law Assistant. Relaxation is 5 years for SC/ST, 3 years for OBC-NCL, 10/13/15 years for PwBD, as per rules for Ex-Servicemen, up to 40/43/45 years for serving railway Group C / former Group D staff, and 35/38/40 years for widowed, divorced or judicially separated women who have not remarried.

Fee

The fee is Rs. 500 for all candidates except the concession categories, and Rs. 250 for SC, ST, Ex-Servicemen, PwBD, Female, Transgender, Minorities and EBC candidates. Rs. 400 of the Rs. 500 fee, or the full Rs. 250 of the concession fee, is refunded (less bank charges) on appearing in the CBT. EBC means an annual family income below Rs. 50,000 — it is not the same as OBC or EWS, and it gives a fee concession only, with no reservation. Minorities are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Zoroastrians (Parsis) — an affidavit is required at document verification. The refund goes to the Aadhaar-seeded bank account. Payment is online only, by internet banking, debit/credit card or UPI.

Selection and how to apply

Selection is through a single-stage CBT of 90 minutes with 100 questions, a Translation Test where applicable, document verification and medical examination. Shortlisting for document verification is at a ratio of 1:1 of the vacancies per RRB on CBT (plus Translation Test) merit, with normalisation for multi-shift CBT. Apply online only at rrbapply.gov.in from 5 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 (11:59 PM); fee payment for submitted applications is open till 6 December 2026 (11:59 PM). The modification window is 7 to 16 December 2026, with a modification fee of Rs. 250 per occasion, non-refundable — Create-an-Account details and the chosen RRB cannot be modified. Only ONE RRB may be chosen; multiple applications, in the same or different RRBs, lead to rejection of all applications and debarment. Aadhaar/DigiLocker identity authentication is advised at the Create-an-Account stage. The CBT and Translation Test dates will be announced later.