Final Exam touch for IPO, PM Grade-I and LGO

Paper-I

POST OFFICE GUIDE PART-I

The entire country has been divided into 23 Postal Circles

Night Post Offices-

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.

Franking Machine :- For being recognized valid, the impressions of ‘frank’ should consist of the following dies :- 

(a)Value Die and (b) Licence Die.

The holder has to pay License Fee of Rs.375 for a period of five years. The holder must reset the EFM when the amount at Credit falls to Rs.100.

Delivery of parcels and period of their detention at the office of delivery –

parcel which does not exceed 10 Kg. in weight (except Value-payable parcel and those addressed to Poste Restante) will be issued for delivery only once

Delivery of insured articles. – An article insured for any sum not exceeding Rs. 500 will be delivered in the ordinary manner. An article insured for more than Rs. 500 will be delivered only at the Post Office window.

Post Boxes. Rs.150 yearly and Rs.50 qrtly PO Box & Bag Rs.250 yrly. Rs.80 qrty,

Identification Cards. – Fee Rs.9/- in the form of postage stamps.

Disposal of Poste Restante Articles. – (1) A Poste Restante article (except valuepayable) is kept in the post office to which it is addressed for a period not exceeding one month.

Re-direction fee on parcels. – A parcel re-directed to any place served by the inland post will except where the original address and the substituted address are within the delivery area of the same post office or are within the same post town, be chargeable in respect of each redirection with further postage amounting to half the prepaid rate. Such re-direction is not, however, undertaken unless the addressee or his agent gives written instruction in the matter.

Letter

Rate of Postage -Rs5/-for every 20 grams or part thereof

The communication is enclosed in an envelope and addressed.

Maximum weight 2 kilograms

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