How To Apply ?

Note: Taking reference from RRB ALP Official notification of 2025

ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS

• (a) General Guidelines Candidates must read all information and instruction carefully before filling the ONLINE application to prevent mistakes.

• (b) Submission of Application For filling ONLINE APPLICATION, Candidates must go through the link given for this CEN, in the official RRB websites at para 13 (j) below. Candidates are allowed to choose only one RRB and submit only one ONLINE Application for the notified posts within chosen RRB only.

• (c) Account Creation During the ONLINE APPLICATION, Candidate will be asked to Create Account. If a candidate has already created an account for any Indian Railways CEN of 2024, before April 2025, they should use same account credentials to log in and apply for this CEN (i.e., CEN No 01/2025) as well. If the candidate has not “Created Account” till now, candidates must first create an account. Candidates are advised to fill in the details required for account creation with utmost care, as corrections of any kind will NOT be permitted once the account is created.

• (d) Mobile Number and Email ID They must have an active personal mobile number and a valid email ID for receiving OTPs for account creation. No change in details filled in ‘Create an Account’ form (including mobile number and email ID) will be permitted later.

• (e) Aadhaar Authentication Candidates are advised, in their own interest to authenticate their identity using Aadhaar during the “Create an Account” activity, which will facilitate a smoother process at different stages of recruitment for the candidates themselves. If applicants verify their identity & other primary details with alternate Photo IDs will be subjected to significantly stricter & more detailed scrutiny at every stage of recruitment process.

• (f) Non-Modifiable Details 12 Details filled in the ‘Create an Account’ form such as mobile number and Email ID, Applicant Name, Father Name, Mother Name, Gender, Nationality, Date of Birth, Matriculation Roll Number & Matriculation Certificate Serial Number, Matriculation Certificate date and EKYC, cannot be modified at any stage once the account is created under any circumstances.

• (g) Modification of Application Details After the submission of the ONLINE application (complete in all respects) and paid requisite fee successfully, if a candidate wishes to further modify, change or correct any detail except 12 details filled in ‘Create an Account’ and also “Chosen RRB”, he/she may do so by paying a modification fee of Rs. 250/- (non-refundable) for each occasion from 14-05-2025 to 23-05-2025. Details filled in ‘Create an Account’ form and Chosen RRB cannot be changed. After 23-05-2025,RRBs shall not entertain any representation for modification of the information furnished in the application.

Mandatory scanned documents to be kept ready before filling the on-line application.

1. Standard photograph (Image) - Specification:

It should be in colour Indian passport size photograph (35mm width x 45mm height) photograph with plain white colour background only. The dress should be non-white dress, preferably in dark colours. It should be JPG/JPEG format scanned with minimum 150 DPI resolution and size of the photograph should be between (50-150 KB). The colour photograph must not be older than two months with respect to closing date for submission of the application.

• The Photograph should have clear front view of the candidate without wearing sun glasses and/or Dark glasses and/or Cap and/or Hat and in case candidates wears vision correction glasses, then the photograph should not have glare reflection on the vision/plain glasses and eyes should be clearly visible. Head should occupy at least 50 percent of the area of the photograph with full face view looking at the camera directly frontwards. Further, the area of elbow/below elbow/ below chest portion should not be visible in the photo. Expression of face should be natural (no grinning/ frowning /raised eye brows). Eyes should be open clearly and looking straight to front side view.

• The main features of the face must not be covered by hair of the head, any cloth, or any shadow. Forehead, both eyes, both cheeks, nose, chin, neck and both shoulders should be clearly visible. The photo should be clear with proper resolution (minimum of 240pixels in width x 320pixels in Height), brightness & sharpness and with continuous tone quality. The photo should be free from signature/name/dates or any other marks.

Note:

1. The applicant photograph obtained at the time of exams and/or Document Verification / and/or Medical should match all head features with the applied photograph during online application submission. In case, if it is found that there is mismatch of Photograph, his candidature may be disqualified. Further, legal prosecution may be initiated and candidate will be debarred for life time for Railway recruitments conducted by RRB/RRCs. In addition to that, the photo mentioned in the Photo ID during exams should have the same features with photographs applied during the application. To ensure this, candidate photograph in photo ID may get updated with the recent photograph which will be further used in all recruitment processes.

2. Candidates are advised to keep at least 12 copies of same photograph applied on application for Document CEN 01/2025(ALP) Verification and Medical Examination purpose.

2. Standard Signature (Image) - Specifications:

Signature should be on white paper with black ink pen only. Signature must be in running letters handwriting and it should NOT be BLOCK / CAPITAL/DISJOINED letters. The Image should be in JPG/JPEG format with size of file between 30 to 49 KB. The image is obtained by scanning with minimum of 100 DPI resolution. The uploaded signature image should have proper resolution (Minimum of 140 pixels in width x 60 pixels in height) and complete image of signature should be visible and be available in the centre of the scan box (size of 35mm width x 20mm height) of online application.

Note:

The Signature must be signed by the applicant only. The applicant’s signature obtained at the time of exams and/ or DV and/or Medical should match with the online application signature during application submission. In case, it is found that there is mismatch of Signature, his/her candidature will be disqualified. Further, legal prosecution may be initiated and candidate will be debarred for life time for Railway recruitments conducted by RRB/RRCs.

3. SC/ST Certificate (Only for candidates requested for free passes for train travel):

The scan document should be in the PDF format only with size below 400 KB only. The certificate should be legible, clear, LATEST & VALID on the closing date of submission of online application.

Examination Fee

NOTE:

Only candidates who attend CBT-1 will get a refund of their examination fee as mentioned above

MODES OF FEE PAYMENT:

• Only ONLINE fee payment through internet banking, debit/credit cards, or UPI will be accepted. All applicable service charges shall be borne by the candidate.
• Fee can be paid by the candidates through ONLINE mode only. There will be no option to pay fee through any other mode.
• Applications received without the prescribed fee shall not be considered and summarily rejected. No representation against such rejection will be entertained.