Uncertainty looms for railway job aspirants as PIL filed against TCS iON

With the petition, uncertainty will prevail till Indian Railways gets a clean chit from the judiciary

Earlier this year, Indian Railways had announced it is going to hire over 100,000 people during the current fiscal for posts such as assistant loco pilots, technicians, trackmen, etc in Group C and D. But the fate of aspirants is uncertain as a public interest litigation has been filed in Delhi High Court challenging the appointment of TCS iON by Indian Railways for computer-based test (CBT) for recruitment.

The petition, filed by Shailendra Sharma, alleged that the ministry of railways and the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB) had awarded the contract for conducting the CBT to TCS iON on the