01
At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 312 vacancies CEN 08/2025 notifies 312 vacancies across eight isolated categories; the RRB-wise and zone-wise split is in Annexure B.
- Education
- Graduate · Postgraduate · Professional degree Post-specific degree, postgraduate or professional qualifications prescribed in Annexure A of CEN 08/2025; candidates awaiting final results as on the closing date of 29 Jan 2026 were not eligible.
- Age
- Post-specific and reckoned as on 1 Jan 2026 under CEN 08/2025: 18–40 for Chief Law Assistant, 18–32 for Public Prosecutor, 18–33 for Junior Translator (Hindi), Senior Publicity Inspector and Staff and Welfare Inspector, 18–35 for the two scientific posts and 18–30 for Lab Assistant Grade-III. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- ₹500 for all candidates, of which ₹400 is refunded on appearing in the first-stage CBT, and ₹250 for PwBD, female, transgender and ex-servicemen candidates and candidates from SC, ST, minority communities or EBC, refunded on appearing in the CBT — CEN 08/2025 para 7. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Pay Level 7 with an initial pay of ₹44,900 (Chief Law Assistant, Public Prosecutor, Scientific Supervisor), Level 6 with ₹35,400 (Junior Translator, Senior Publicity Inspector, Staff and Welfare Inspector, Scientific Assistant) and Level 2 with ₹19,900 (Lab Assistant Grade-III), per CEN 08/2025. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2025–26 Central · All India / RRB-wise
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published count312 vacancies
Check source ↗| Scope | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Translator (Hindi), Level 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 202 |
| Lab Assistant Grade-III (Chemist & Metallurgist), Level 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 |
| Staff and Welfare Inspector, Level 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 |
| Chief Law Assistant, Level 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Senior Publicity Inspector, Level 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| Public Prosecutor, Level 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Scientific Assistant (Training), Level 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Scientific Supervisor / Ergonomics and Training, Level 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
03
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Indicative notice in Employment News
20 Dec 2025
- completed
Detailed CEN 08/2025 published
29 Dec 2025
- completed
Applications closed
29 Jan 2026 (23:59)
- completed
Application status notice
11 May 2026
- completed
Tentative CBT schedule notice
29 Jun 2026
- completed
Computer-based test
14–15 Jul 2026
- current
Objection window closes
7 Aug 2026 (23:55)
Opened 23:55 on 31 Jul 2026; ₹50 plus bank charges per question, refunded if the objection is upheld.
04
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Match the exact professional or academic qualification prescribed for the chosen category in Annexure A of CEN 08/2025.
- Only one application to one RRB is allowed for all posts notified by that RRB under this CEN.
- Shortlisting for the Translation Test, where applicable, is at ten times the vacancies on CBT merit.
- Medical standards run from B-1 to C-2 by post, and the CEN gives no alternative appointment to a medically unsuitable candidate.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
05
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Single-stage computer-based test (CBT)
- 2Translation Test, where applicable
- 3Document verification
- 4Medical examination — the stages fixed by CEN 08/2025 para 13
Syllabus snapshot
- CBT for every post except Junior Translator (Hindi): 100 questions in 90 minutes — Professional Ability 50, General Awareness 15, General Intelligence and Reasoning 15, Mathematics 10 and General Science 10 (CEN 08/2025).
- Professional Ability is drawn from the post-specific syllabi at Annexures VII to XIII of the CEN; General Science covers Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences to 10th-standard CBSE level.
- Negative marking of one-third mark per wrong answer; the scribe-eligible duration is 120 minutes.
06
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
noticeCEN notices on the unified RRB portal (RRB Chandigarh)websiteUnified RRB recruitment portalapplyRRB online application portal (rrbapply.gov.in)
- Primary source
- Detailed Centralized Employment Notification CEN No. 08/2025 (Isolated Categories) and its CBT objection notice, served from the unified RRB portal
- Published / changed
- Detailed CEN 08/2025 published 29 Dec 2025; tentative CBT schedule 29 Jun 2026; objection notice 31 Jul 2026; re-checked 4 Aug 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 19:10 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.