Postal Manual Vol. VIII - India Post

(3) The diaries will be kept on record in the offices to which the Town Inspectors are
attached after action has been taken on the orders passed on them.
OVERSEER POSTMEN
318. Duties of Overseer Postmen – (1) Overseer postmen attached to offices where
Inspectors are employed will assist the Town Inspector in supervising and checking the work of
postmen, posting test-letters in unimportant localities and making enquiries into simple matters. In
offices where there is no Town Inspector, they should perform the duties prescribed for Town
Inspectors in rules 304 to 306 and 310 to 314 with the exception of inspection of town offices and
enquiries into important cases.
(2) He should also verify the payment of certain percentage as fixed by the Head of the
Circle, of money orders paid by the postmen attached to the offices in his jurisdiction but the
number should not be less than 50 in a month. Particulars of the money orders verified and the
result of the verification should be recorded in Inspector’s Diary (Genl.3) as also in the Monthly
List of money orders verified (Form Genl.-6) submitted with the diary on last working day of the
month.
319. Diaries of Head Postmen – (1) Overseer postmen should submit every evening to
the Town Inspector or, where there is no Town Inspector, to the postmaster, a diary of the work
done during the day in form (Genl.3) prescribed for Town Inspectors with necessary alteration in
manuscript. Those overseer postmen who do no work on Sundays and post office holidays should
not submit their diaries for those days to the officers concerned but should note the date followed
by the word ‘Sunday’ or ‘Holiday’ at the top of the diary of the subsequent day. With the diary of
the last working day of each month, the Head postmen will submit the monthly list of money
orders verifies (Form Genl.6) showing the particular of money orders verified during the month
and the result of such verification.
(2) The Town Inspector should scrutinise the diaries and submit them with his own to the
postmaster after checking each diary and recording his remarks will regard to the irregularities
brought to notice.
(3) Postmaster should dispose of the diaries of overseer postmen in the same way as those
of Town Inspectors.