RRB Section Controller Recruitment 2026 – 119 Posts, Online Apply

RRB Section Controller Recruitment 2026

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India has released an employment notification CEN No. 03/2026 for the recruitment of 119 Section Controller Posts in various RRBs. The online application process for RRB Section Controller Vacancy 2026 starts from 15th July 2026 to 14th August 2026.  

Interested and eligible candidates may check this article for detailed official notification, educational qualification, age limit, salary details, and application procedure to be followed.  

RRB Recruitment Details

Name of post: Section Controller

No of posts: 119 posts

Pay: Pay Level-6 of 7th CPC with starting basic pay of ₹ 35400/- 

Advertisement No: CEN No. 03/2026 

Name of organisation: Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)

Helpline for candidates: For queries related to submission of Application of CEN 03/2026 (10:00AM to 5:00 PM) on all working days:

Email: rrb.help@csc.gov.in
Phone:9592001188 / 01725653333 

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Eligibility Criteria of RRB Section Controller Recruitment

Age Limit: Age limit must be between 20 to 33 years as on 1st July 2026.

Age Relaxation: Category-wise age relaxation is as mentioned below.

• SC/ ST: 5 years
• OBC: 3 years
• PwBD (Unreserved/ EWS): 10 years
• PwBD (OBC): 13 years
• PwBD (SC/ ST): 15 years

Educational Qualification: Candidates must be a Graduate from a recognised University.

Medical standard	General fitness	Visual Acuity
A-2	Physically fit in all respects	Distant Vision:6/9,6/9without glasses (No fogging test). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 without glasses And must pass test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision and Myopic vision

Application Fee

 

The recruitment process of RRB Section Controller posts consist of following stages

a. Single Stage Computer Based Test (CBT)
b. CBAT
c. Document Verification
d. Medical Examination 

The 120 minutes CBT with total marks of 100 is of screening nature and the standard of questions for the CBT will be generally in conformity with the educational standards prescribed for the posts. There will be negative marking and 1/3 mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer. The normalized score of CBT shall be used for short listing of candidates for CBAT as per their merit.

Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT)

Candidates equal to 8 times the number of vacancies will be selected from each of the communities i.e. UR, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and EWS (including ExSM) for the CBAT. They shall be short listed based on their performance in CBT. Such shortlisted candidates should produce the Vision Certificate in the prescribed format. 

Candidates will have to qualify in each of the test batteries of CBAT for considering them for the post of Section Controller. There shall be no negative marking in CBAT. The merit will be drawn only for the candidates qualified in the CBAT.

Document Verification (DV)

The final merit list will be prepared by giving 70% weightage to the marks obtained in the Computer-Based Test (CBT) and 30% weightage to the marks secured in the Computer-Based Aptitude Test (CBAT). Based on this combined score, candidates will be shortlisted according to their order of merit and preferred Railway options. Candidates equal to the notified vacancies will be called for Document Verification (DV).