The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC), Southern Railway, Chennai has released the List of Eligible Candidates and the List of Ineligible Candidates for the Cultural Quota Open Recruitment for the Year 2026-27. Both lists are dated 11 November 2026 and signed by the Chairman, Railway Recruitment Cell, Chennai. 56 registration IDs are eligible: 39 for Classical Dance and 17 for Mridangam.
These lists are for applicants of the Southern Railway Cultural Quota Recruitment 2026-27, which has the full notification, vacancies and eligibility. Find your Registration ID in the eligible list first. If it is not there, the ineligible list prints the reason for each rejection.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC), Southern Railway, Chennai |
| Recruitment | Cultural Quota Open Recruitment for the Year 2026-27 |
| Stage | Eligibility lists (eligible and ineligible candidates) |
| Date of both lists | 11 November 2026 |
| Disciplines | Classical Dance, Mridangam |
| Eligible candidates | 56 (39 Classical Dance, 17 Mridangam) |
| Ineligible candidates | 31 (23 Classical Dance, 8 Mridangam) |
| Official website | rrcmas.in |
| Status | Result declared |
The eligible list is printed discipline-wise, with the serial number, Registration ID, name and discipline of each candidate. It runs to two pages.
| Discipline | Eligible Candidates |
|---|---|
| Classical Dance | 39 |
| Mridangam | 17 |
| Total | 56 |
No Registration ID appears on both lists. The eligible list spells the discipline as “Classiscal Dance”, which is a typing slip in the PDF.
The ineligible list runs to three pages and gives a reason against every rejected applicant. Some candidates have more than one reason. The reasons printed include:
| Discipline | Ineligible Candidates |
|---|---|
| Classical Dance | 23 |
| Mridangam | 8 |
| Total | 31 |
As the recruitment post states, the fee of candidates found ineligible is not refunded.
The next stage is the written Computer Based Test (CBT) on 6 December 2026 at Chennai; our Cultural Quota exam date article has the earlier CBT notice. The recruitment post says candidates who qualify the CBT, as per merit, are called for the Practical Demonstration and Document Verification. RRC Chennai shares call letters only through its website.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Posts | Classical Dance and Mridangam |
| Vacancies | 2 |
| Advt / CEN No. | Employment Notice No. RRC-03/Cultural/2026-27 dated 03/10/2026 |
| Recruitment post | Southern Railway Cultural Quota Recruitment 2026-27: Notification, Vacancies & Eligibility |
If your Registration ID is in the eligible list, prepare for the CBT on 6 December 2026 at Chennai. GovtJobsAlert.in will cover the Practical Demonstration and Document Verification schedule when RRC Chennai announces it.
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