RRB (Railway Recruitment Board) has released the vacancy for various posts of Isolated Categories under Centralized Employment Notice (CEN 08/ 2025).
ONLINE applications are invited by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) from eligible Indian Nationals and other nationals as brought out at Para 4.0 of CEN for various posts of Isolated Categories in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways.
RRB Isolated Categories Vacancy 2025: Important Dates
| Date of Indicative notice in Employment News | 20/12/2025 |
| Opening Date & Time of online submission of Application | 30/12/2025 (00:00 Hrs) |
| Closing Date & Time for online submission of Application | 29/01/2026 (23:59 Hrs) |
| Last Date for Application fee payment for the submitted application | 31/01/2026 (23:59 Hrs) |
| Date for Modification window for corrections in the application form with payment of modification fee. (Please Note: Details filled in ‘Create an Account’ form and ‘Chosen RRB’ cannot be modified) | 01/02/2026 to 10/02/2026 |
| Dates during which eligible Scribe candidates must provide their Scribe details in the application portal | 11/02/2026 to 15/02/2026 |
RRB Isolated Categories Vacancy 2025: Vacancy Details
Grand Total (All RRBs): 312
| Post | Pay Level in 7th CPC | Initial pay (Rs.) | Medical Standard | Age (as on 01-01-2026) | Total Vacancies (All RRBs) |
| Chief Law Assistant | Level 7 | 44,900 | C1 | 18-40 years | 22 |
| Public Prosecutor | Level 7 | 44,900 | C1 | 18-32 years | 07 |
| Junior Translator(Hindi) | Level 6 | 35,400 | C1 | 18-33 years | 202 |
| Senior Publicity Inspector | Level 6 | 35,400 | C1 | 18-33 years | 15 |
| Staff and Welfare Inspector | Level 6 | 35,400 | C1 | 18-33 years | 24 |
| Scientific Assistant (Training) | Level 6 | 35,400 | B1 | 18-35 years | 02 |
| Lab Assistant Gr.III (Chemist & Metallurgist) | Level 2 | 19,900 | B1 | 18-30 years | 39 |
| Scientific Supervisor/Ergonomics and Training | Level 7 | 44,900 | B1 | 18-35 years | 01 |
Note- RRB-wise & Railway Zone-wise detailed distribution of vacancies is given in the Advertisement.
RRB Isolated Categories Vacancy 2025: Educational Qualification
Candidates should have requisite minimum Educational/Technical/ Professional qualifications from a recognized Board/University/ institute /Authority as on the closing date for online submission of applications i.e. 29/01/2026.
Those awaiting results of the final examination of the prescribed minimum educational qualification whose final results will be declared after the closing date of online submission of application SHOULD NOT apply.
Candidates can apply to only ONE RRB. Application to more than one RRB, will lead to rejection of all the applications.
| Post | Minimum Educational/Technical/Professional Qualifications |
| Chief Law Assistant | A University Degree in Law with 3 years standing practice as a Pleader at Bar. Serving Railway employees who are Law Graduates are also eligible to apply for these posts, provided they have served for atleast 5 years in any Branch of the Railway Administration. Vacancies earmarked for Direct Recruitment should also be available to the Railway Magistrates who are desirous of applying for such posts and who also fulfill the prescribed qualification for the direct recruits. |
| Public Prosecutor | Graduate with Bachelor degree in Law from recognized University and with five years standing as an advocate at Bar. |
| Junior Translator(Hindi) | (A) Master's Degree of a recognised University or equivalent in Hindi or English with English or Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as a medium of examination at Degree level. OR Master's Degree of a recognised University or equivalent in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi or English medium and English or Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as a medium of examination at Degree level. OR Master's Degree of a recognised University or equivalent in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as a compulsory or elective subjects of either of the two as medium of examination and other as a compulsory or elective subject at Degree level. and (B) Recognized Diploma or Certificate Course in translation from Hindi to English and vice - versa or 2-years experience of translation work from Hindi to English and vice-versa in Central or State Government offices, including Government of India Undertaking. |
| Senior Publicity Inspector | Degree from recognized University and Diploma in Public Relations / Advertising / Journalism / Mass Communication from a recognized institution / University. Desirable: 2 years experience in related fields. |
| Staff and Welfare Inspector | Graduation plus any one of the following qualifications:- Diploma in Labour/Social Welfare. OR Diploma in Labour Laws. OR LLB with papers in Labour Laws. OR PG Diploma in Personnel Management. OR MBA with papers in Personnel Management. OR MBA/HR OR PG Diploma in Human Resource Management provided that its curriculum includes relevant papers in Personnel Management, awarded by an institution recognized by the Govt of India. |
| Scientific Assistant (Training) | (A) Second Class Master’s Degree in Psychology. (B) One year experience in Administration of Psychological tests. Desirable: 1) Knowledge of Computers and Statistics, 2) Specialisation in Industrial / Organisational Psychology. |
| Lab Assistant Gr.III (Chemist & Metallurgist) | 12th (+2 stage) or its equivalent examination with Science (Physics and Chemistry) as subjects or its equivalent. |
| Scientific Supervisor/Ergonomics and Training | (A) Second Class Masters Degree in Psychology or Physiology. (B) Two years experience in Administration of Psychological Tests of Mental abilities and Personality. OR Two years research in Work Psychology. OR Two years experience in Developing Training Module or Conducting Training Programme. Desirable: Specialization in Industrial Psychology, Ergonomics / Counseling with knowledge of Statistics and Computers |
RRB Isolated Categories Vacancy 2025: Examination Fee
Candidates applying for the posts in this CEN have to pay the prescribed fee as per their category detailed below:
| S. No. | Categories / Communities of Candidates | Fee (Rs.) |
| 1 | For all candidates except the fee concession categories mentioned below at S.No. 02. (Out of this fee of Rs 500/- an amount of Rs 400/- shall be refunded in due course duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in 1st Stage CBT.) | 500/- |
| 2 | For PwBDs / Female /Transgender/ Ex-Service men candidates and candidates belonging to SC/ST/ Minority Communities/ Economically Backward Class (EBC). (Caution to Candidates: EBC should not be confused with OBC or EWS). (This fee of Rs 250/- shall be refunded in due course duly deducting bank charges as applicable on appearing in 1st Stage CBT.) | 200/- |
Click on the official links given below to download Advertisement and Apply Online for RRB Isolated Categories Vacancy 2025:
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Click Here to Apply Online (From 30.12.2025)
Selection Process:
The recruitment process shall involve Single Stage CBT, Translation Test (as applicable) and DV/Medical Examination.
- The Question Paper for Single Stage CBT will be of 90 minutes duration for 100 questions and 120 minutes for candidates whoa re eligible for the use of a scribe.
- The Question Papers shall be of objective multiple-choice type.
- The standard of questions for the Single Stage CBT will be generally in conformity with the educational standards prescribed for the posts.
- The questions pertaining to Professional Ability shall be from the syllabus of every notified post.
The Questions for all the posts except Junior Translator/Hindi are likely to include questions pertaining to:
| Subjects | No of Questions | Marks Allotted |
| Professional Ability | 50 | 50 |
| General Awareness | 15 | 15 |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 15 | 15 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 10 |
| General Science | 10 | 10 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
» There will be negative marking and 1/3 mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
For Junior Translator (Hindi):
» A single stage Computer Based Test will be conducted followed by a qualifying translation test.
- The Question Paper shall be designed to test equally both the knowledge of English language as well as knowledge of Hindi language.
- Atleast 50% of the questions will be designed to test language proficiency – 20% for English and 30% for Hindi.
- The syllabus for the language portion of CBT is given in Advertisement.
- The remaining questions will be designed to test General Knowledge, General Intelligence, Simple Arithmetic and basics of computer.
Translation Test
- Translation Test shall not be a part of the main examination. Candidates count of 10 times the number of vacancies shall be called for the translation test, based on the merit of the objective type CBT, duly taking into account reservation requirements.
- The Translation Test shall be only a qualifying test and the qualifying pass marks shall be 60%.
- Merit list of Junior Translator will be based on the marks obtained in the CBT alone. Those who do not qualify in translation test with 60% marks shall not be considered for further evaluation/selection.
» Where a second stage CBT is deemed necessary and held, RRBs reserve the right to treat the first stage CBT as a qualifying test for the purpose of shortlisting a reasonable number of candidates for the second stage CBT.