Chief Law Assistant Vacancy at Railway Recruitment Boards, New Delhi

Post published: November 13, 2026
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Chief Law Assistant Vacancy at Railway Recruitment Boards, New Delhi

The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have invited online applications for 17 posts of Chief Law Assistant under Centralised Employment Notification (CEN) No. 09/2026 (Isolated Categories). The posts are in Pay Level 7 of the 7th Central Pay Commission pay matrix, with an initial pay of Rs. 44,900. The last date to apply online is 4 December 2026.

Position at a Glance

Post	Chief Law Assistant (Category No. 1)
Number of Vacancies	17 (UR-9, SC-2, ST-0, OBC-NCL-5, EWS-1)
Location	Various Railway Zones and Production Units across India (16 RRBs; see Annexure B of CEN 09/2026)
Age Limit	18 to 40 years as on 1 January 2027
Application Mode	Online through rrbapply.gov.in
Last Date	4 December 2026 (11:59 PM)

Eligibility

A University Degree in Law with 3 years’ standing practice as a Pleader at the Bar. Serving Railway employees who are Law Graduates are also eligible to apply for these posts, provided they have served for at least 5 years in any Branch of the Railway Administration. Candidates must possess the prescribed qualification on or before 4 December 2026. The medical standard for the post is C-1 (physically fit in all respects).

How to Apply

Eligible candidates must apply online only through the official RRB application portal, rrbapply.gov.in. Select CEN No. 09/2026 (Isolated Categories), complete the registration, select one RRB and indicate the post and Railway Zone preferences, upload the required documents and pay the fee online. The examination fee is Rs. 500 for all candidates except Rs. 250 for SC, ST, Ex-Servicemen, PwBD, Female, Transgender, Minorities and Economically Backward Class candidates; Rs. 400 of the Rs. 500 fee, and the full Rs. 250 fee, will be refunded (less bank charges) on appearing in the Computer Based Test. The fee must be paid by 6 December 2026 (11:59 PM), and the modification window is 7 to 16 December 2026. A candidate can apply to only one RRB.

Role and Importance

The Chief Law Assistant assists the Railway Administration with its legal work. Selection is on merit in a single-stage Computer Based Test of 100 questions in 90 minutes — 50 marks for Professional Ability covering constitutional, civil, criminal, commercial and labour law, and 50 marks for General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Mathematics and General Science, with 1/3 mark deducted for each wrong answer — followed by document verification and medical examination.