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(d)  Having  in  his  possession  the  under  mentioned  drawings  and  registers  as
                           required when called upon to accompany the inspection of superior officers like
                           Divisional  Railway  Manager,  Principal  Chief  Signal  and  Telecommunication
                           Engineer, General Manager, Commissioner of Railway Safety or an officer of
                           the Railway Board etc.

                           (i)  Interlocking plans of the section;

                           (ii)  Foot plate/station inspection details;

                           (iii)  Previous inspection reports of the section by  HODs/Principal Chief Signal
                               and  Telecommunication  Engineer,  General  Manager,  Commissioner  of
                               Railway Safety etc.

                           (iv) Any  other  books/papers/documents  as  per  instructions  issued  by  the
                               Headquarters office of the Zonal Railway.

                       (e)  Inspection of office and stores of SSE (Signal) Stores/Incharge once in a year.
                           During  the  inspection  a  10%  check  of  some  of  the  stores  items,  particularly
                           those that are costly shall be made. Suitable measures for Proper storage of
                           Materials  shall  be  ensured  to  avoid  deterioration/Damage/Pilferage/Fire
                           accidents.
                       (f)  Ensure  inspection  of  Signal  and  Telecommunication  installations  and  foot
                           plate inspections by the DSTE/ASTE/SSE/JE (Signals) under his/her control.

                       (g) Analysing  the  Signalling  incidences/Data  logger  exceptional  reports,
                           failures from the  reports submitted  by the Sectional SSE/JE (Signal) and
                           taking remedial measures to eliminate  recurrence of failures. The reports
                           shall be examined in a meeting jointly with all SSE (Signal)/Incharge of the
                           division once in 3 months to improve the standard of maintenance. He shall
                           ensure Timely renewal of AMC/Service Contracts, where applicable.

                       Note: Each Sr.Divisional Signal and Telecommunication Engineer must maintain a record
                       showing  the  number  of  failures  and  number  of  trains  detained  every  month  over  the
                       jurisdiction of each JE/SSE.


                       (h)  Drawing out a programme of System Integrity Test of PI/RRI/EI installations,
                           overhauling and/or testing of interlocking frames, interlocking key boxes, Station
                           Master's slide control frames, block instruments, relays, cables, point and signal
                           machines, etc. as per instructions contained in Para No. 19.8.8.

                       (i)  Reviewing  the  position  with  regard  to  supply  of  stores  on  the  Division
                           periodically.
                       (j)  Planning  replacements  of  worn  out  installations,  as  per  codal  life  or  on
                           condition  basis  and  additional  signalling  inputs  necessary  to  improve  the
                           working and submission of proposals for the same.

                       (k) (i) Reviewing the staff position periodically to ensure that the staff strength
                             including requirements of Rest Giver, Leave Reserve, Training Reserve
                             and Night failure rectification gangs is neither in excess nor short.





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