Medical Standards for ESE

Height & Chest Measurement

Service	Gender	Height	Chest Girth Fully Expanded	Expansion
BRES. Gr. ‘A’ in Border Roads Organisation	Male	152 cm	84 cm	5 cm
	Female	150 cm	79 cm	5 cm
MES  Service Gr. A	Not  Required			5 cm
Indian Ordnance Factories Service Gr. A	Not Required			5 cm

Vision

S. No.	Service	Distant Vision			Near Vision
		Better Eye (Corrected Vision)		Worse Eye	Better Eye (Corrected Vision)	Worse Eye
A. Technical
1	Railway Engineering  Service (EE, ME, CE & Signal)	6/6 or 6/9		6/12  or  6/9	J/I	J/II
2	1. Central Engineering Service, Group-A 2. Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service, Gr. A 3. Central Water Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ 4. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ &Gr ‘B’ 5. Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group-A 6. Indian Radio Regulatory Service Gr ‘A’ 7. Indian Telecommunication Service Gr. ‘A’, J.T.O Gr. B, 8. Assistant Executive Engineer in P&T Building works (Gr. ‘A’) Service 9. Indian Naval Armament Service. Indian Naval Stores Service, 10.  Indian Ordnance Factories Service Group A. Survey of India Gr ‘A’ Service, 11. Indian Inspection Service (Asstt. Dir. Grade-I)	6/6 or 6/9		6/12 or 6/9	J/I	J/II
3	1. AEE Gr ‘A’ in Corps of EME 2. Military Engineer Service, Gr. A. (IDSE) 3. AEE(QS&C) in Military Engineer Service(MES) Surveyor Cadre 4. BRES Gr.‘A’ in Border Roads Organisation	6/6 or 6/9		6/18 or 6/9	J/I	J/II
B. Non Technical
4	1. Indian Railway Stores Service 2. Indian Supply Service Gr ‘A’ 3. Geological Survey of India Engineering Service Gr ‘A’		6/9	6/12	J/I	J/II

NOTE (1) : (a) In respect of the Technical Service mentioned at A above, the total amount of myopia (including the cylinder) shall not exceed—4,00 D. Total amount of Hypermetropia (including the cylinder) shall not exceed+400D :

Provided that in case a candidate in respect of the Services classified as “Technical” (other than the Services under the Ministry of Railways) is found unfit on grounds of high myopia the matter shall be referred to a special boards of three Ophthalmologists to declare whether this myopia is Pathological or not. In case it is not pathological the candidate shall be declared fit provided he fulfils the visual requirements otherwise.

(b) In every case of myopia funds examination should be carried out and the results recorded. In the event of any pathological condition being present which is likely to be progressive and affect the efficiency of the candidate, he shall be declared unfit.

(c) Radial Keratotomy/Laser Correction etc. shall be considered as disqualification for appointment in Railway Technical Services (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics). Permitted correction for conforming to prescribed visual standards is spectacles only.

Colour Perception Criteria

NOTE (2) : The testing of colour vision shall be essential in respect of the Technical Services mentioned at A above.Colour perception should be graded into higher and lower grade depending upon the size of aperture in the lantern as described in the table below:

S. No.	Grade	Higher Grade of Colour Perception	Lower Grade of Colour Perception
1	Distance Between the Lamp & the Candidate	16 Feet	16 Feet
2	Size of aperture	1.3 mm	13 mm
3	Time of Exposure	5 seconds	5 seconds

For the Railway Engineering Services (Civil, Electrical, Signal and Mechanical) and other service connected with the safety of the public, Higher grade of colour vision is essential but for others lower grade of colour vision should be considered sufficient.

Technical Services or Posts Requiring Higher Grade Colour Perception:

(1) Railway Engineering Services

(2) Indian Defence Service of Engineer (IDSE)

(3) Central Engineering Service (Roads)

(4) Central Power Engineering Service. (Gr. ‘A’ and Gr. ‘B’)

(5)  Assistant Executive Engineer (Group ‘A’) in the Corps of EME

(6)  BRES Group ‘A’ in Border Roads Organisation

(7) Survey of India, Group ‘A’ Service

(8) Assistant Executive Engineer(QS&C) in Military Engineer Service(MES) Cadre

 (9)  Indian Inspection Service (Asst. Dir. Grade-I)

Technical Service or Posts Requiring Lower Grade Colour Perception:

(1)  Central Engineering Service

(2) Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service

(3) Indian Naval Armament Service

(4)  Indian Naval Stores Service

(5)  Indian Ordnance Factory Service

(6)  Central Water Engineering Service

(7) Indian Radio Regulatory Service

(8) Geological Survey of India Gr ‘A’ Service

(9)  Asstt. Executive Engineer in P&T Building Works Gr ‘A’ Service

Services for which Colour Perception is not Required:

(1) Indian Telecommunication Service Group ‘A’

(2) Junior Telecom Officer (General Central Service Group ‘B’ Gazetted, Non-ministerial)

(3) Indian Railway Store Service, Group ‘A’

(4) Indian Supply Service Group ‘A’