South Eastern Railway Sports Quota Group C and Group D Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online for 54 Posts

South Eastern Railway is a zonal railway of Indian Railways. This notification comes from its Office of the Principal Chief Personnel Officer, Garden Reach, Kolkata-700043. The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC), South Eastern Railway runs the recruitment and publishes its notices on www.rrcser.co.in.

The notice says the dates of the sports trials will be announced from time to time on the website. The date and venue of the trials and certificate verification will also be sent to eligible candidates through the call letter. FREEJOBALERT DAILY QUIZ Preparing for Govt Exams? Test Yourself! 25 Questions · 20 Minutes · Instant Score Take Today's Free Quiz →

South Eastern Railway has 54 posts under the Sports Quota for 2026-27: 05 (Five) Group 'C' Level-4/Level-5, 16 (Sixteen) Group 'C' Level-2/Level-3 and 33 (Thirty three) Group 'D' Level-1. Each post is any post of that level in any of the units of South Eastern Railway. For Level-1, the notice refers to Annexure-A of RBE No 79/2026, which is available in the public domain. No post is reserved for SC/ST/OBC/EWS communities. Candidates with the required performance or achievement in the sports discipline will be selected on overall merit, whatever their community. Candidates may still upload the community they belong to, as required by chapter 13 of the brochure published by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance of Pensions, Deptt. of Personnel Training, New Delhi. For SC/ST/OBC, the caste certificate must be issued by a Competent Authority not below the rank of Tehsil

54 posts

54 posts

54 posts

Applications are open only to Indian nationals. Candidates must have both the academic qualification and the minimum sports norms for the level they apply for. Candidates who are appearing in, or waiting for the results of, final examinations are not eligible. The educational qualification must be from a recognised institution. Level-2/Level-3 qualification, as printed: Passed class 12th (10+2 stage) or its equivalent examination. The qualification must be from a Govt. recognized Board / Council / Institutions etc. OR Passed Matriculation from a recognized Board plus Course Completed Act Apprenticeship OR Passed class 10th from a Govt. recognized Board / Council / Institutions etc. plus ITI passed OR its equivalent examination OR National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT. The minimum educational qualification should be as applicable to the post offered. Notes on qualifica

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The age limit for all three levels is a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 25 years as on 01.01.2027. The notice prints the date-of-birth range as not earlier than 02.01.2002 and not later than 01.01.2009. No age relaxation (upper or lower) is allowed. Proof of date of birth is a copy of the Matriculation or equivalent certificate from a recognised Board, OR the Birth Certificate, which must be uploaded.

The fee must be paid online through Internet Banking or a Debit or Credit Card. Candidates bear the service charges for the payment. Fees paid in Cash, by Cheque, Money Order, Central Recruitment Fee Stamps or Demand Draft are not accepted, and such applications will be rejected. Rs. 400 for UR/OBC and Rs. 250 for SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen/Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Women, Minorities and Economically Backward Classes will be refunded to eligible candidates who actually appear in the trial. Bank charges are deducted from the refund. In the application, candidates choose whether the refund goes to the account used for payment. If not, they give a beneficiary account: beneficiary name, account number, name of the bank and IFSC code. Candidates seeking a fee exemption as Economically Backward Classes must have Annexure-III filled in and certified by the proper authority. Economically Backwa

Sports Trials, where performance is assessed by the Trial Committee. Certificate (Sports & Educational) Verification by a duly constituted Recruitment Committee of South Eastern Railway. The venue and date of the trials and certificate verification will be sent to eligible candidates in due course. Selected candidates must also meet the required medical fitness standards before appointment. Selection is purely on merit, against the vacancies notified in each discipline. When two or more sportspersons score the same marks in a discipline, the younger candidate gets preference. The names of successful candidates will be published separately. Their candidature stays provisional until their qualifications and certificates are verified and found genuine, and other formalities are complete.

Distribution of Marks

Minimum Qualifying Marks

Selected candidates are likely to be posted anywhere on South Eastern Railway after all pre-appointment formalities, including training where prescribed. Selected candidates must submit a Service Bond to serve 5 years with the railway. Candidates appointed to Clerk-cum-typist posts in Group-C must gain typing proficiency of 30 w.p.m. in English or 25 w.p.m. in Hindi within four years of appointment. Until then, the appointment is provisional. Candidates debarred from any RRB/RRC exam need not apply unless their debarment ends by the closing date of this notification. A candidate found ineligible at any stage may be rejected, and one appointed in error is liable to be summarily removed from service. Name, spellings and dates must match the Matriculation certificate. If there is a significant mismatch, the candidature will be cancelled from the day the discrepancy is noticed. Canvassing in