New Delhi (19.06.2024): If some informed sources are to be believed, the Railway Board is set to propose re-aligning of the composition of the committee that interviews and selects the MD of Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited (PRCL). As of now the three-member selection committee was chaired by Principal ED, TT (M) and ED (Transport) Railway Board & a Director, PIPAVAV Board as members.

As per the new arrangement, the selection board would be chaired by a former MD of PRCL. The move is seen to have been taken in the backdrop of a recent controversy that led the Railway Board to an awkward situation. It may be underlined that the recently held selection process of MD, PRCL was claimed to have overlooked the cardinal principle of seniority as junior officers, as chairman and member, interviewed candidates much senior to them.

Taking a cue from the recent controversy, the Railway Board is said to have ideated and proposed a minor re-alignment in the composition of the selection board to rule out a remote possibility of any awkward situation in the future.

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ABOUT PRCL:

PRCL, India’s first PPP in the development of infrastructure, is a 50:50 Joint Venture Company of Indian Railways and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL), set up to construct, maintain and operate 271 kilometers long broad-gauge railway line connecting the Port of Pipavav to Surendranagar Junction of Western Railway, in Gujarat. is a unique example of PPP.