In January, 1985 Railway Service Commissions were renamed as Railway Recruitment Board's (RRB's). In the year 1998 all RRBs came under the control of the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB) which was set up in the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), New Delhi to coordinate and streamline the working of RRBs. With reorganisation of Zonal Railways, in year 2002 RRB -Muzaffarpur became part of East Central Railway and RRB-Gorakhpur only is catering to the requirement of North Eastern Railways.
RRB-Gorakhpur carries out recruitment of Group 'C' staff of H.Q. Offices. Izatnagar Lucknow and Varanasi divisions of North Eastern Railway and for Research Designes & Standards Organisation (RDSO) - Lucknow. The RRB is headed by Chairman, assisted by Assistant Secretary, with a small team of Group 'C' & Group 'D' staff to run the RRB Office.