Office Memorandum
Subject: Reservation for Persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBDs) in the Engagement of Gramin Dak Sevaks.
This is in continuation of this office's letters of even No. dated 26.02.2019 and 08.03.2019, 02.06.2022 vide which instructions on Reservation for Persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBDs) in the engagement of Gramin Dak Sevaks were circulated.
2. Various references have been received for the inclusion of certain sub- categories in the engagement of GDS. The matter has been examined in line with the Review carried out by the Reservation Cell for various posts in the Department in compliance with existing guidelines for reservation of Persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBDs), and the Competent Authority has approved the following revision in the existing categories of disabilities for GDS as under: -
| Name of the Posts | Revised Sub Categories of disability suitable for the post. |
| Branch Postmaster (BPM)/Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM)/Dak Sevaks | a) Low Vision (LV) |
| b) D (Deaf), HH (Hard of Hearing) | |
| c) One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim, Both Leg (BL)*, Spinal Infirmity/ Spinal Deformity without any associated neurological/ limb dysfunction ** | |
| d) Specific learning disability/ Intellectual Disability | |
| e) Multiple disabilities from amongst the disabilities mentioned at (a) to (d) above, except Deaf and Blindness. |
Note 1: Both Leg (BL) only for Dak Sevak posts for stationery duties. Where BL candidates are selected for posts involving delivery/conveyance duties, transfer to suitable non-delivery assignments shall be ensured as per existing guidelines.
Note 2: Persons with Spinal Deformity and Spinal Injury (SD/SI) with any associated neurological/ limb dysfunction shall be covered under the respective subcategory, such as One Arm (OA), One leg (OL) for all categories of GDS and Both Leg (BL) in case of Dak Sevak only as specified in Note 1 above.
3. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority
To,
All Chief Postmasters General/Postmasters General.
Copy forwarded to
- PS to Hon'ble Minister of Communications/ Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications
- Sr.PPS to Secretary (Posts)/Sr.PPS to Director General Postal Services
- PPS/PS to Additional DG (Co-ordination)/Member (Banking)/Member(O)/Member(P)/Member (Planning & HRD)/Member (PLI)/ Member (Tech)
- Chief General Manager, BD Directorate/Parcel & CSS Directorate/PLI Directorate
- Director RAKNPA Ghaziabad/Chief General Manager, CEPT, Bangalore
- Addl. Director General, APS Bhawan, New Delhi
- Sr. Deputy Director General (Vigilance)& CVO/Sr. Deputy Director General (PAF)
- Director General P&T (Audit), Civil Lines, New Delhi
- Director General NICF, Ghitorni, New Delhi
- All the Deputy Directors General
- All General Managers (Finance) / Directors Postal Accounts / DDAP
- Directors, Postal Training Centres
- All Sections of the Postal Directorate
- All recognized Federations /Unions /Associations
- GM, Operations, CEPT, Bengaluru for making the necessary provision in the GDS online Engagement portal.
- Hindi Section, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi, for translation
- Guard File
- Spare copies.
- Reservation for PwBDs
- Gramin Dak Sevak engagement
- GDS reservation guidelines
- Persons with benchmark disabilities
- India Post PwBD policy
- Branch Postmaster eligibility
- Assistant Branch Postmaster reservation
- Dak Sevak disability categories
- Government of India disability reservation
- Postal Department PwBD rules
- PwBD reservation in postal services India
- Inclusive recruitment for Gramin Dak Sevaks
- Disability reservation in Branch Postmaster posts
- India Post PwBD engagement memorandum
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