Railway Board Order: Proper Procedure for Considering Representations Against APARs (रेलवे बोर्ड आदेश: एपीएआर के विरुद्ध अभ्यावेदन पर विचार हेतु उचित प्रक्रिया)
Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) Government of India updates No. 2025/CRB&CEO-CC/03/12 New Delhi, Dated 24.02.2026 To, General Managers Zonal Railways, PUs DG/RDSO, Director/CTIs MDs/CMDs of PSUs etc (Kind Atten: DS(Conf) /AS(Conf)/Sr.PPS/PPS/Custodian APARs) Sub: Consideration of representation against APARs- reg. Ref: Board’s letter no.2017/SCC/03/09 Dated 09.06.2017 In terms of Board’s letter referred to above, representations against APARs from the year 2016-17 onwards are required to be considered by the Competent Authority, i.e., the authority one level above the Accepting Authority, with the remarks of the Reporting, Reviewing, and Accepting Authorities, wherever they are in service. Accordingly, Railways forward representations of officers against APARs to the Board in cases where the Competent Authority is posted in the Railway Board’s office. 2. However, it has been observed that in some cases, representations against...