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Postal Manual Vol. VIII - India Post

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123. Relaxation of duties of delivery agents on <strong>Post</strong> Office holidays.—Where there<br />

will be no serious inconvenience to the public, the Superintendent may excuse postmen and village<br />

postmen attached to the post offices in his division from going on their beats to villages beyond the<br />

post-town on <strong>Post</strong> Office holidays.<br />

124. Beat instruction register.—The Superintendent may prescribe the use, in any head<br />

or sub-office, of a beat instruction register (M.-32) for the purpose of communicating addressees’<br />

instructions to the postmen.<br />

NOTE –The card-index system may, when justified, be adopted in place of the beat<br />

instruction register.<br />

125. Separation of articles placed in deposit.—In head offices where the large<br />

majority of the articles to be kept in deposit are unpaid vernacular articles, it is ordinarily<br />

unnecessary that the deposit case should be furnished with alphabetically-labelled compartments.<br />

The Superintendent may accordingly direct that in the case of any such head office, the<br />

alphabetical arrangement need not be adopted for articles marked “Not known and Left” and<br />

“<strong>Post</strong>e restante”.<br />

126. Use of deposit account by sub-offices.—The Superintendent may authorise any<br />

sub-office under his control to use the form of deposit account (ACG-45). Ordinarily, only the<br />

selection grade sub-offices should be so authorised.<br />

127. Payment of money orders by postmen and village postmen.—(1) All postmen<br />

and village postmen are authorised to pay money orders unless in the case of village postman, a<br />

Superintendent issues orders to the contrary. The limits of aggregate amount of cash and<br />

individual money orders that can be entrusted for payment of money orders by postmen, village<br />

postmen, and EDDAs are indicated below :-<br />

Aggregate amount to be entrusted for payment of<br />

money orders<br />

Category of Staff Normal Power of Power of Heads of<br />

SPOs Circles<br />

Rs. Rs.<br />

2,000 3,000<br />

(i) <strong>Post</strong>man and Class IV<br />

official doing delivery work<br />

in urban<br />

Unlimited power subject<br />

to prior consultate with<br />

police<br />

(ii) Village postman 600 1,000 -do-<br />

(iii) Extra Departmental Delivery 600 1,000 -do-<br />

Agent<br />

NOTE 1.—The amounts indicated refer to the aggregate which can be entrusted to a<br />

delivery agent and includes in addition to the amount of money orders payable, the value to be<br />

realised on V.P. articles and articles on which customs duty is payable, entrusted for delivery.<br />

In the case of Extra Departmental Delivery Agents alone the aggregate limit includes the<br />

value of insured articles given out for delivery also.<br />

NOTE 2. –The Divisional Superintendent and Heads of Circles may increase the limits laid<br />

down above keeping in view the prevailing conditions of security where he delivery agents,<br />

postmen or village postmen operate.<br />

NOTE 3.—If an escort is provided to any of the delivery staff for payment of money<br />

orders, the total amount that can be entrusted to the postmen / village postmen. Extra<br />

Departmental Delivery Agent should not exceed double the amount, sent with escort.

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