East Coast Railway GDCE Recruitment 2026 Notification Out - Apply Online for 1421 ALP, JE, Junior Clerk cum Typist and More Posts

Dates for the Computer Based Test (CBT), Aptitude Test, and Document Verification will be published later on the official website and are not part of this notification.

The ECoR GDCE 2026 notification covers 1421 total vacancies across seven post categories, distributed among UR, SC, ST, and OBC candidates as below. One post under Junior Engineer is reserved for PwBD (Locomotor Disability). A detailed division/unit-wise vacancy breakup (Khurda Road, Waltair, Sambalpur, MCS/CRW, and ECoR HQ) for each post is available in Annexure-A of the official notification PDF. Vacancies are provisional and subject to change as per Railway Administration requirements.

To be eligible for ECoR GDCE Recruitment 2026, a candidate must be a regular employee of East Coast Railway (including erstwhile Waltair division/SCoR), excluding RPF/RPSF staff, currently holding lien in ECoR. Employees who have resigned or transferred out of East Coast Railway are not eligible. Employees already in the same grade/pay level as the notified post can apply for GDCE from Non-Safety to Safety posts and Safety to Safety posts; employees in a lower grade/pay level can apply for all notified categories, provided they hold the prescribed educational qualification. Educational and technical qualification requirements vary by post, as detailed in Annexure-B of the notification: Exact designation-wise qualification (all 23 individual post variants, e.g. JE/Civil-Track Machine, Technician-III/Welder/C&W) is listed in Annexure-B of the official notification. Candidates awaiting fina

UR candidates: upper age limit 42 years OBC candidates: upper age limit 45 years SC/ST candidates: upper age limit 47 years Age will be reckoned as on 01.01.2027 No age relaxation is allowed to SC/ST/OBC-NCL candidates applying against unreserved (UR) vacancies Before submitting the application, candidates are advised to verify that they meet the required age criteria. Use our Age Calculator to calculate your exact age as per the official cut-off date.

The notification does not specify any application fee for ECoR GDCE Recruitment 2026.

The notification does not give specific salary or pay-scale figures. It only states the applicable 7th CPC Pay Level for each post: Assistant Loco Pilot and Technicians - Pay Level 2; Commercial Clerk cum Ticket Collector - Pay Level 3; Goods Trains Manager - Pay Level 5; Station Master and Junior Engineer - Pay Level 6. Exact monthly salary/pay matrix figures are not specified in the notification.

Selection under ECoR GDCE 2026 follows a single-stage Computer Based Test (CBT), followed by post-specific additional stages, Document Verification, and Medical Examination: There is negative marking in CBT: 1/3rd mark deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking in CBAT. Minimum qualifying marks in CBT: UR – 40%, OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) – 30%, SC – 30%, ST – 25% (relaxable by 2 marks for PwBD candidates in case of shortage against reserved vacancies). Shortlisting for CBAT/Typing Skill Test is done at 8 times the number of vacancies, based on CBT merit. For ALP, final merit uses 50% weightage for CBT and 50% for CBAT. For Station Master, it is 70% CBT and 30% CBAT. Candidates equal to the number of vacancies are called for Document Verification, based on CBT/CBAT merit. Final appointment is subject to passing the prescribed Medical Fitness Test.

Only regular ECoR employees (excluding RPF/RPSF) with lien in ECoR/erstwhile Waltair division/SCoR are eligible; resigned or transferred-out employees cannot apply. Name, Father's Name, and Date of Birth must match Matriculation/SSLC records and service records; no subsequent change requests will be entertained. A valid personal mobile number and email ID must be maintained throughout the recruitment process, as all communication is via SMS/email only - no request for change will be entertained after submission. Applications are liable for rejection for reasons including: missing Immediate Supervisor's certification PDF, incorrect educational qualification, overage, invalid/incorrect photo specifications, signature in block/capital letters, or incomplete application. SC/ST/OBC-NCL candidates must produce original caste/OBC-NCL certificates in the prescribed formats (Annexure-C, D, E) at