Quick Overview

The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), under the Government of India, Ministry of Railways, have issued an important notice dated 01 June 2026 concerning the Refund of Examination Fee for candidates who appeared in the First Stage Computer Based Test (CBT) for NTPC (Graduate) under CEN 05/2024. While the refund has already been completed for most candidates, the RRBs have noticed that for some candidates the refund transaction has failed due to incorrect bank account details — such as a wrong account number or wrong IFSC code — furnished by the candidates themselves.

To resolve this, the RRBs are giving affected candidates a final opportunity to correct their bank account details through a dedicated Bank Account Rectification Link, which will be live on the official RRB websites from 03 June 2026 to 12 June 2026. Candidates whose refund failed will first be intimated via SMS and/or Email on 02 June 2026. This notice is purely about completing pending fee refunds and is not a recruitment or result announcement.

Important Dates

Background — The CEN 05/2024 NTPC (Graduate) Fee Refund

The NTPC (Graduate) recruitment under CEN 05/2024 is one of the major Railway recruitment cycles for non-technical popular categories at the graduate level. As part of the examination process, candidates paid an examination fee at the time of applying. Indian Railways, as a policy, refunds the examination fee to candidates who actually appear in the First Stage CBT — this is an incentive to encourage genuine applicants to attend the examination. The refund is a substantial relief for lakhs of aspirants, particularly given the volume of applications received for NTPC posts.

Following the conduct of the First Stage CBT, the RRBs initiated the refund of the examination fee to all eligible candidates who attended the test. As the notice confirms, this refund has already been completed for the majority of candidates. However, during the bulk refund process, a number of refund transactions failed. The reason in these cases was not any fault of the Railways but incorrect bank account information entered by candidates — most commonly a wrong account number or an incorrect IFSC code. These failed transactions are exactly what the present notice seeks to fix.

Who Is Affected by This Notice?

This notice applies only to those candidates whose refund transaction has failed because of incorrect bank account details. Candidates who have already received their examination fee refund need not take any action — the matter is closed for them. The affected candidates will be specifically identified and informed individually through SMS and/or Email on 02 June 2026. If you appeared in the CEN 05/2024 NTPC (Graduate) First Stage CBT and have not yet received your refund, you should watch carefully for this SMS/Email and check whether your bank details need correction.

The Bank Account Rectification Link

To help affected candidates fix the problem, the RRBs will provide a Bank Account Rectification Link on the official websites of the RRBs. This link will be live from 03 June 2026 to 12 June 2026 — a ten-day window. Candidates must use this window to update and validate their bank account details so that the refund can be re-attempted successfully. The notice is explicit that this is the last opportunity, and that no further correspondence regarding the refund of examination fee will be entertained from candidates who fail to use this final chance. In other words, candidates who miss the 12 June 2026 deadline risk forfeiting their refund permanently.

Step-by-Step: How to Correct Your Bank Details (Aadhaar-Seeded Procedure)

The rectification process is built around an Aadhaar-seeded bank account to ensure the refund reaches the correct, verified account. The procedure works as follows.

First, the candidate opens the Bank Account Rectification Link on the official RRB website during the active window (03–12 June 2026). The candidate is then required to validate their Aadhaar number. Upon successful Aadhaar validation, the bank account already linked (seeded) with that Aadhaar is automatically displayed for the candidate's confirmation, and this account is what will be used for the refund. If the system finds no bank account seeded with the Aadhaar, the candidate is redirected to the NPCI portal for real-time Aadhaar–bank account linking, after which they are returned to the application page to complete the process. Finally, candidates who do not hold a bank account at all may provide a family member's Aadhaar-seeded bank account following the same prescribed procedure. This ensures every affected candidate has a workable route to receive the refund.

Why Aadhaar-Seeded Bank Accounts?

The use of Aadhaar-seeded accounts (linked through the National Payments Corporation of India, NPCI) is a deliberate safeguard. Many of the original refund failures were caused by manual data-entry errors in account numbers and IFSC codes. By routing the refund to the Aadhaar-linked account, the Railways eliminate the chance of repeated failure from mistyped details, since the account is fetched automatically from a verified mapping rather than typed afresh. This is the same Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism the government uses widely for subsidy and benefit payments, and it gives candidates the most reliable path to actually receiving their money.

What Candidates Should Do Now

Affected candidates should keep their registered mobile number and email active and monitored around 02 June 2026 to receive the failure intimation. Before the link opens, candidates should ensure their Aadhaar is linked/seeded with a valid, active bank account — and if it is not, be ready to complete Aadhaar–bank seeding through NPCI. When the rectification link goes live between 03 and 12 June 2026, candidates should log in, validate their Aadhaar, confirm the displayed account (or complete NPCI linking), and finish the process well before the last date. Those without their own account should arrange a family member's Aadhaar-seeded account in advance. Acting early in the window leaves room to resolve any technical hiccups before 12 June 2026.

Critical Warnings

List of RRB Official Websites (for the Rectification Link)

The rectification link will be hosted on the official RRB websites. Candidates should use the website of the RRB through which they applied. The major RRB websites include those for Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Jammu–Srinagar, Kolkata, Malda, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Prayagraj, Ranchi, Secunderabad, Siliguri, and Thiruvananthapuram, among others. The central RRB portal (rrbcdg.gov.in) typically carries links to all regional RRB sites.

Important Links

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What is this RRB notice about?
It is about correcting bank account details for candidates whose NTPC (Graduate) CEN 05/2024 examination fee refund failed.

Q2. Who needs to take action?
Only candidates whose refund transaction failed due to incorrect bank details; they will be intimated by SMS/Email on 02 June 2026.

Q3. When is the rectification link active?
From 03 June 2026 to 12 June 2026.

Q4. Where will the link be available?
On the official websites of the RRBs.

Q5. What details must I provide?
An Aadhaar-seeded bank account, validated through the prescribed Aadhaar verification procedure.

Q6. What if no bank account is seeded with my Aadhaar?
You will be redirected to the NPCI portal for real-time Aadhaar–bank linking, then returned to complete the process.

Q7. What if I don't have a bank account at all?
You may provide a family member's Aadhaar-seeded bank account following the same procedure.

Q8. What happens if I miss the deadline?
No further correspondence on the refund will be entertained — you risk losing the refund permanently.

Q9. Is this a recruitment or result notice?
No. It only concerns the refund of the examination fee.

Q10. Where can I get official updates?
From the central RRB portal and your regional RRB website.

Conclusion

This RRB notice dated 01 June 2026 is a crucial alert for NTPC (Graduate) CEN 05/2024 candidates whose examination fee refund failed due to wrong bank details. With the failure intimation on 02 June 2026 and the Bank Account Rectification Link active from 03 to 12 June 2026, affected candidates must act promptly, validate their Aadhaar-seeded bank account, and complete the correction before the deadline — because the Railways have clearly stated this is the final opportunity. Sarkari Nokrii will continue to post updates related to RRB NTPC and other Railway recruitment matters.