2. Types of Offices – Post Offices are divided into three classes.
(a) Head Post Offices.
(b) Sub-Post Offices including E.D. Sub-Offices, and
(c) E.D. Branch Post Offices.
3.Night Post Offices-
- The working hours of the post offices are generally fixed by the Head of the Circle .
- The Director-General may extend the working hours of any post office up to 8:30 P.M. and keep them open on Sundays also.
- On Sundays and National Holidays as well as other P.O. holidays the night Post Offices function and observe restricted working hours. These offices work for one shift only from 10:00 to 17.00 hours.
- During the extended hours, these post offices will generally book registered articles including V.P. articles, issue T.M.Os, and sell I.P.Os. and postage stamps.
- Deposits into Savings Bank Account and sale of cash certificates will be available upto 7.00 p.m. on week days only.
- Payment of T.M.Os will also be effected upto 6 p.m.
4. Mobile Post offices –
- The Mobile Post Offices sell stamps and Postal stationery, grant certificate of posting, book surface and air mail registered articles of the letter mail (excluding insured and V.P.) and air parcels besides accepting unregistered articles of the letter mail for dispatch.
- The mobile Post Offices at Madras and Nagpur are also permitted to book money orders.
- Hours of business of a post office and RMS office shows -
ii. the times at which mails are delivered and dispatched
- Business done on Sundays and P.O. holidays Except the Night Post Offices all post offices Mobile Post Offices are generally closed on Sundays and PO Holidays.
- Registered newspapers and packets of registered news papers are accepted on Sundays and PO holidays without payment of any late fee in Press Sorting Offices, R.M.S. offices and at Night Post Offices.
Post Offices observe seventeen holidays in a year . Out of fourteen holidays are observed compulsory in all the circle and three holidays vary from circle to circle.
PAYMENT OF POSTAGE
- 9.Desirability of prepayment of postage –Unpaid articles or articles on which the postage is not fully prepaid are not afforded any greater security in transmission over other unregistered mail.
- Unpaidarticles are liable to detention for the purpose of taxing the postage due on them.
- Such article are not issued along with the special deliveries.
10. Postage Stamps and Stationery.
Philatelic Bureaux – In order to cater to the needs of philatelists and stamp collectors.
Post Offices sell Revenue stamps issued by the Central Government. These stamps cannot be used for payment of postage.
15. Packing. – (1) Every letter, packet or parcel has to be stamped with the date stamps of at least two post offices
16.Sealing
17.Posting of coints etc. – Coin, bullion, precious stones, jewellery, articles of gold or silver and currency or Bank Notes, can be sent by the Inland Post, only insured.
23. Manner of affixing postage stamps -
- Stamps affixed to a letter or packet must be completely adherent to the article itself and not to any part of its contents or any separate label or other device tied or attached to the article.
- The stamps should be affixed to the right hand top corner of the address side.
26. Particulars to be furnished –
- In the case of articles addressed to foreign countries, the address should be written in Roman letters and in Arabic figures.
- The address should be written parallel to the length of the cover and in the lower half and towards the right-hand side of the front of the article, sender’s address preferable in the lower left-hand corner on the address side
- In the case of articles entitled to concessional rates of postage or to be transmitted free of postage, the class of the articles, e.g., ‘Book-Post’, ‘Blind Literature’ should be clearly noted on the top of the address side of the article.
27.Mails for Defence Services Personnel serving in the Army and Air Force
28. Mails for Navy Personnel serving in INS Ships – Mail for Navy Personnel on board I.N.S. ships should be addressed c/o the Fleet Mail Office, Bombay.
29. Articles bearing indefinite addresses
30. Addition of sender’s address.
- Every article should bear on the bottom lower left hand corner the name and address of the sender including PIN in order that the post office may be able in case of non-delivery, to return it unopened and without delay.
31. Intimation of address to correspondents abroad. – The public are advised when furnishing their address to correspondents abroad, to mention the name of State in India in which they reside.
55. Post Boxe-
- we can get only fully prepaid unregistered article (Letter Mail) through Post boxes and post Bags.
- The render need not wait for Postman on his beat delivery.
- Letter can be collected anytime during the day and safety of the letter is ensured.
- Post office gets revenue by way of rent besides reduction in word load of the postman
- The renter is responsible for safe custody of key of post box given on rent to the renter
- The rent of post Box in a financial year - Rs- 150
- The rent of post Box in a quarter - Rs-50
56. Post Bags. –
- The system of delivery of Postal articles in a bag, to the renter in locked condition.
- The lock and Duplicate key is to be supplied by the renter
- This facility is available at all delivery post offices.
- The rent of post Bags in a financial year - Rs- 150
- The rent for post Bags and post box (bot) in a financial year - Rs-250
OFFICIAL POSTAL ARTICLES
198. Conditions-
Official postal articles, whether the postage is prepaid or not, must bear the superscription “On India Government service” when posted by Government Officials authorized to use service postage stamps or “On Service” when posted by all others authorized to use service postage stamps. This superscription must be supported by the signature and official designation to be entered in the lower left-hand corner other article of the officer who sends the article, or of the Head Clerk or Superintendent of his office or other responsible officer to whom the duty of dispatching is assigned
199. Unpaid and insufficiently paid articles.
On an insufficiently paid official article - Equal to deficiency (Postage chargeable on the delivery)
204.Postage due articles-
Postmaster or the other authorized officer of the office of the delivery is authorized to alter the amount due entered in the figure on official postal article.
205.”Camp articles”, special bags and camp bags.-
PROHIBITED ARTICLES
209. General Prohibitions. – The transmission by the Inland post of the undermentioned
articles is prohibited :-
(1) Anything which is sent in contravention of any enactment for the time being in force.
(2) Any indecent or obscene printing, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book or card, or any other indecent or obscene articles.
(3) Any letter, postcard, newspaper, packet or parcel having on it or on the cover thereof, any words, marks or design of an indecent, obscene, seditious, scurrilous threatening, or grossly offensive nature.
(4) Any explosive, inflammable, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance
(5) Any sharp instrument not properly protected.
(6) Any living creatures or other thing which is either noxious or likely to injure postal article in course of transmission by post or any officer or the Post Office
7.Ticket, proposal or advertisement relating to a lottery, or
(ii) Any other matter descriptive of or otherwise relating to a lottery which is calculated to act as an inducement to persons to participate in that lottery.
(9) Gold coin or bullion or both of a value exceeding Rs. 10,000.
210. Local Prohibitions. Certain articles are prohibited for transmission by India post in the certain localities between 2 places in India
211. Treatment of Injurious Article-
if the irregularity is detected at the office of posting- it is returned to sender
if found in course of transmission - it is sent to RLO
212. Treatment of prohibited or durable articles. –
- only suspected to contain such goods will be forwarded marked “Doubtful” to the office of destination where it will be opened in the presence of the addressee.
- Imported Postal article containing coin, bullion, precious stones, jewellery, article of gold or silver or other articles which are liable to customs duty will not be transmitted by post unless and until the customs duty payable has been paid.
213. Articles bearing thereon any matter which is prejudicial to the Maintenance of Law and Order, etc.
if article found in course of transmission, it will be sent to the Returned Letter Office for disposal.
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