Timeline for recording of APAR for the reporting year 2025-26.

Timeline for recording of APAR for the reporting year 2025-26.

 Government of India

Ministry of Railways

(Railway Board)

No. 2025/CRB &CEO-CC/03/04

New Delhi, Dated 02.04.2026

General Managers

Zonal Railways, PUs

DG/RDSO, Director/CTIs

MDs/CMDs of PSUs etc.

Sub: Timeline for recording of APAR for the reporting year 2025-26.

Ref: Board’s letter No.2025/CRB&CEO-CC/03/04 dated 11.04.2025

Attention is invited to Board’s letter mentioned above stipulating therein the schedule for completion of APARs.

2. It has been decided that the timeline for completion of APAR from the reporting year 2025-26 and onwards may be followed as mentioned below:

Regarding Consideration of representation against APARs

Government of India

Ministry of Railways

(Railway Board)

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.

RBE 112-2025 Consideration of representation against 'Adverse remarks' recorded in the APAR of a non gazetted railway servant-clarification

RBE No. 112/2025

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

रेल मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(रेलवे बोर्ड) (RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(NG)I-2023/CR/4

New Delhi, dated 29.10.2025

The General Managers (P)

All Zonal Railways & Production Units, etc.

(As per standard list)

Subject: Consideration of representation against 'Adverse remarks' recorded in the APAR of a non gazetted railway servant-clarification.

Ref: Board's instruction dated 24.09.2024 (RBE 89/2024).

1. Attention is invited to Board's instruction under reference, wherein a list of competent authorities to consider representations against adverse remarks recorded in the APAR of non-gazetted railway employees was provided in Annexure-I.

2. Various Zonal Railways have sought clarification on the applicability of the instructions to all levels of non-gazetted employees. The matter has been re-examined, and the following clarifications/corrigendum are issued:

For employees where, the APAR is written and finalized at only one level (e.g. Personal Secretaries, Confidential Assistants etc.) the competent authority to decide such representation will be the next higher authority to the Authority finalizing the APAR.

For employees where, the APAR is written and finalized at two levels i.e. the Reporting and Reviewing Authorities, the competent authority to decide such representation would be the next higher authority to the Reviewing authority.

For employees where, the APAR is written and finalized at three levels, The competent authority to decide such representations will be the next higher authority to the Authority finalizing the APAR.

3. It may be noted that the APAR finalizing authority will be that authority which is the last authority writing the APAR. For APARs which may be considered for promotion to Group B, filling up of Section II of the APAR is necessary, the finalizing authority shall be the authority writing the final remarks of Section II of the APAR.

4. The earlier instructions issued by Board's earlier letter dated 24.09.2024 (RBE 89/2024) stands modified to the extent of above instructions. Past cases decided otherwise not be reopened.

(अजय गोयल / Ajay Goyal)

उप निदेशक-III स्था. (एन) / Deputy Director-III, Estt. (N)

रेलवे बोर्ड/Railway Board

टेली./Tele No. 47224/01123047224

पांचवातल, कमरानं. 536-E (1), रेलभवन, नईदिल्ली-110001, ई-मेल ajay.2097123@gov.in 5th Floor, Room No.536-E(1), Rail Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, E-mail ajay.2097123@gov.in

 

Good News - Opening of window period for review and submission of representation in respect of APARs finalised through HRMS for the year 2022-2023.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार)

 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेल मंत्रालय) 

RAILWAY BOARD (रेलवे बोर्ड)

File No. PC-VII/2024/HRMS/10

New Delhi, Dated: 24/06/2024

To,

All Principal Chief Personnel Officers,

 (As per standard mailing list)

Sub Opening of window period for review and submission of representation in respect of APARs finalised through HRMS for the year 2022-2023.