AIAPS-TN has submitted the letter to the Tamilnadu Circle administration to the immediate supply of fake note detector cum currency counting machines.

 To,

          The Honorable Chief Postmaster General,

          Tamilnadu Circle,

          Chennai 600002.

Respected sir,

        Subject: Requesting Fake note detector cum currency counting machines to all LSG/HSG-II/HSG-I and identified Postmaster Grade offices.

          Reference: SB order number 12/2016 dated 08.11.2016

          Vide above reference, post offices are directed to accept the withdrawn old 500/1000 notes to curb out the black money and fake currencies.

        Every day in average Rs.35lakhs/50 lakhs/75 lakhs currencies are being received at LSG/HSG-II/HSG-I offices respectively. While accepting those currencies there is no fake note detector machine in almost all the offices, resulting officials are suffering like anything. Many of the post offices are reported by the Head post offices and banks as fake note received offices only after received the remittances by the head offices and banks. As a result unable to recover the amount from the public after working hours and officials are bonded to pay those amounts.

        This association is receiving so many objections from the members because of the non-availability of fake note detectors and currency counting machines.

       

        There are nearly 400 LSG/HSG-II/HSG-I offices are in Tamilnadu circle and as per the approved vendor Silver Line Security systems (Contact number: 0452-2342299, Mobile number: 9843077127) Fake note detector cum currency counting machine cost is Rs.6500/per unit. With the above cost the following offices may kindly be supplied with the following units of machines to the better implementation of the government initiatives.

Office status	No of offices	No of machine(s) required	Per unit Cost (in Rupees)	Approximate cost is involved
Postmaster       Grade I offices	267	1	6500	17,35,500
Postmaster Grade II offices	52	2	6500	6,76,000
Postmaster Grade III offices	50	2	6500	6,50,000
Left out LSG offices	20 approximately	1	6500	1,30,000
Left out HSG-II/HSG-I offices	10 approximately	2	6500	1,30,000
Approximate amount involved :				3321500

        The above quotation is just purely to the approximate visualization to the early action in this regard. Some other vendors are also may kindly be consulted by the circle administration for the better cost and better quality comparison.

This association requests the honorable CPMG sir, to supply the fake note detector cum currency counting machines immediately to the above offices on war foot basis to the better implementation of government initiatives without any monetary loss to the officials concerned.

Tiruvallikeni 600005

12.11.2016                                                             Yours faithfully,

                                                                              (K. Ayyavoo)