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The PS Group B Examination is scheduled to be held on 03.06.2012. But the vacancies for the Examination is yet to be notified by the Directorate. Department has taken decision to conduct PS Group ‘B’ exam on 3rd June, may be under old recruitment rules only.

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Government constituted a Committee on Human Resources issues of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) under the Chairmanship of Dr. A.K. Khandelwal, who has submitted its report. The Committee made 105 recommendations on matters related to Manpower and Recruitment Planning, Training, Career Planning, Performance Management, Reward Management, Succession Planning and Leadership Development, Motivation, Professionalisation of HR, Wages, Service Conditions and Welfare, etc. As 49 recommendations required further deliberations, the remaining 56 recommendations were forwarded to PSBs with the request that an HR Plan for each Bank be prepared and got approved by the respective Board of Directors.

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With the approval of the Secretary a Committee for Organizational Restructuring in the Department of Posts has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashutosh Tripathi, CPMG, Madhya Pradesh Circle. The Terms of Reference of the Committee are:

a) To revisit the norms for creation of new Postal Divisions and Regions as well as up gradation of Class II Division into Class I Divisions;

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New Delhi, May 10, 2012(PIB): Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance’s Memorandum of even no. dated 24th April, 2012, attached the Tables of Benefits for the savings fund of the Scheme for the year 2012 based on a subscription of Rs.10 per month from 1.1.1982 to 31.12.1989 and Rs.15 per month w.e.f. 1.1.1990 on wards and table of benefits based on a subscription of Rs 10/-p.m throughout.

Owing to certain inadvertent error in the tables dated 24th April, 2012, the revised and corrected tables are issued vide No.7(l)/EV/2012 dated May 9, 2012 which is placed below. The earlier tables circulated with the OM under reference have been cancelled and accordingly, its have been withdrawn.

The payments already made on the basis of earlier tables may be revised in accordance with the revised and corrected tables given below. Excess payment made, if any, should be recovered.

Click here for Corrected table of CGEGIS for the year 2012.

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C.O (TN) issued the Circle Gradation List of PA, LSG, HSG II & HSG I cadre in SBCO as on 01.07.2011. CO Memo No : STA / 76-2012 / GL / SBCO Dt. 07.05.2012.

Please Click Here to download the Excel file.

Pl check the correctness & if any discrepancy, inform to CO on or before 14.05.2012.

Courtesy : http://tnipasp.blogspot.in/

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Postal Manual Volume VI
PART I

1.         Sunday and other post office holiday Night post office will be done

a)                 Booking of the Regd article, including VP article
b)                 Sell postage stamps
c)                  SB transaction only
d)                 Above A&B only                                                                                           Ans:d(2/1)
2.         Memorandum distribution of work ( MS-11) is issued by
            a)         Head Post Master                                        b)         Inspector of Post
            b)         Senior Supdt of post office                                    d)         Divisional Supdt      Ans:d(4)

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(Postal Manual Volume VI Qn 51 to 75)

51.       Preliminary sorting of mails is done by
            a)         Mail Office                                         b)         Returned Letter Office
            c)         Post Office                                        d)         Head office                           Ans:c(84)
52.       The postman returns undelivered unpaid articles to
            a)         Treasurer                                           b)         Deposit PA
            c)         The Postmaster                                d)         Delivery PA                           Ans:c(123)

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Frequently Asked Questions - Sanchay Post Version 6.6.1

1. After entering the details in SB >> ECS Debits & Credits form, the transactions are not reflected in LOT.
After entering the details in the COUNTER login, the transaction should be authorized by the Supervisor. Only after the transaction is authorized by the supervisor, it will be reflected in the LOT.
2. Cleared RD PRSS/agent cheques are not shown in ‘RD PRSS Post Entries’ form for selection.

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please click here to read the Service Tax Document release of CEPT, Mysore

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latest sanchay Post patches dated 08.05.2012 released.

Links below
FAQ : http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/faqsp66.htm
Patches dated 08.05.2012: http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/patches/SOSB.zip
Latest DB analyser exe http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/xfiles/DBAnalyzer.zip

Source : SDC, Chennai

http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/patches.htm

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1. Indian Republic is not the product of—
(A) Political Revolution
(B) Discussion
(C) Made by a body of eminent representatives of the people
(D) All the above

2. For the first time, British Parliament enacted which laws for the British Government to govern in India—
(A) Govt. of India Act 1857
(B) Govt. of India Act 1858
(C) Govt. of India Act 1891
(D) Govt. of India Act 1888

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Shri Kapil Sibal ,Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology today inaugurated the two day annual conference of Heads of Circle of the Department of Posts. A special cover to mark 25 years of Speed Post was also released by the Minister on the occasion. The Minister gave away prizes to top three Postal Circles for generating highest rate of revenue growth in Speed Post during 2010-11, on the occasion.

While Karnataka Circle walked away with the first prize and DG Post’s Rolling Trophy, Jammu and Kashmir Circle and Jharkhand Circle secured the second and third position respectively. Speed Post is the premium Express Mail Service of India Post. It was launched in August, 1986 to meet the “felt-need” of the developing Indian economy. It offers a time-bound and assured delivery of letters, documents and parcels up to 35kg across the nation and around the world.

The Speed Post network is the largest Express Service Network in India. It covers all major towns & cities. Web-based Track and Trace service is provided for Speed Post articles on the India Post website (www.indiapost.gov.in). Insurance facility is also available for sending valuable items under Speed Post, Regular customers enjoy free pick up, credit facility under Book Now Pay Later Scheme and attractive volume based discounts.

Over the past 25 years, Speed Post has steadily continued to grow in terms of volumes with monthly volumes exceeding 2.5 crore articles in 2011-12. The Department of Posts set-up a Business Development Directorate in 1996 which was re-organized as Business Development & Marketing Directorate in 2005, to provide impetus to business activitie4s concerning Speed Post and a number of other business products.

The last 25 years have been a journey of success for Speed Post with economical rates, safety and reliability as the hallmarks of the service.

Source PIB Release 7th May, 2012

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India Post is seeking a consultancy to assist it in setting up a new Post Bank of India to provide banking services with a particular focus on rural areas.

The proposal is at a conceptual stage, with the Indian government aiming to set up a new platform to provide a broader range financial services in all post offices.

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We wish to inform you that the following books for POSTMASTER GRADE-I examination are available with us.

1. Guide to Postmaster Grade-I Paper I & II (with MCQ) by V.K.Balan. Price Rs.800/-

2. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK MANUAL VOLUME I (2012Edn) by Kawaljit Singh. Price Rs.400/-.

3. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK MANUAL VOLUME II (2012Edn) by Kawaljit Singh. Price Rs.200/-.

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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission will open 25 examination centres in Chennai for the forthcoming examination in July. Earlier, there were only four centres.

TNPSC chairman R. Nataraj told The Hindu that the number of examination centres has been increased to 245 from the earlier 104 to cover all the taluks.

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Panaji, Citizens will soon be able to book railway tickets from the post office. In a bid to make ticket bookings more accessible for the public, Indian Railways have tied-up with India Post for this initiative.

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Moving a step closer to setting up a banking business, the Department of Posts has started scouting for a consultancy firm to prepare a road map for the proposed ‘Post Bank of India’ (PBI).

The Department has already carried out a feasibility study for setting up the Post Bank of India and has invited expression on interest from consultancy firms — domestic or foreign — to finalise the plans for the bank.

The DoP, according to an official document, “intends to obtain approval from the Cabinet and licence from RBI for creation of a full-fledged bank (PBI).”

The consultancy firm will provide inputs on issues like the organisational structure of PBI, requirement of seed money and its relationship with post offices.

The proposed PBI will provide banking services, including accepting of deposits from the public for the purpose of lending or investment.

The PBI will aim to “provide banking services with special focus on rural areas...ride on the Core Banking Solution which is proposed to be provided in all the post offices.”

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It is reported that the following guidelines have been sent by Ministry of Finance vide letter dated 3rd May, 2012, to all PS Banks for implementation :-
Taking into consideration the academic session and other relevant factors, it has been decided that the process of regular transfer of officers is also completed at the beginning of the year so that the staff is not put to undue inconvenience.

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Postal Network to be Leveraged to Financially Include BPL Households Given below is a brief summary of significant events pertaining to Dept of Posts for the month March ,2012.

Department of Posts have disbursed wages amounting to Rs. 540 crores to 5.45 crores MGNREGS account holders across the country (except in Bihar Circle) during February this year.

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INTRODUCTION OF FACILITY OF TRANSFER OF QUARTERLY INTEREST OF SCSS ACCOUNTS TO ANY BANK ACCOUNT THROUGH ECS

INTRODUCTION OF FACILITY OF TRANSFER OF QUARTERLY INTEREST OF SCSS ACCOUNTS TO ANY BANK ACCOUNT THROUGH ECS - RELEASE OF ECS FOR MIS & SCSS VER 2.5.5 AND VER 3.1.5 BY SDC KOLKATTA

Please click here to view S B Order No. 6 / 2012 issued vide Directorate's letter No.113-01/2002-SB, dated 03.05.2012

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One good news. Selvi S. ArunaDevi, a GDS BPM Uralpatti BO A/W Komaralingam SO Under Udamalpet HPO has come out successful in all forms of IAS Examination ( Preliminary, Main and Interview ) in a

single attempt.

She did her school studies in a rural school and college studies in a private College at Udamalpet. She is brought up in a poor family background. She prepared for the IAS on her own without any coaching. A very poor GDS from a rural background , studied not in reputed city institutions and without any coaching, coming out successful in IAS is a great achievement. Please Congratulate her and exhibit this news in our circle union website.

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Following are the important highlights of the Civil Services Examination, 2011, for which final result has been declared today.

Ø The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2011 was conducted on 12thJune, 2011. A record number of 4,72,290 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 2,43,003 candidates have actually appeared.

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Postal department invited Expression of Interest from the Bidders to submit Detailed Project report to Create Post Bank Of India. The last date for submitting the applications are 24/05/2012 and the bids will be opened on 25/05/2012. In the tender document it is clearly mentioned the objectives for setting up the Post Bank Of India are as follows:

(i) Provide banking which means the accepting, for the purpose of lending or investment, of deposit of money from the public, repayable on demand or otherwise, and withdrawal by Cheque, draft, order or otherwise. PBI will be engaged in various types of banking as mentioned in Section 6 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

(ii) Provide banking services with special focus on rural areas.

(iii) Provide means of additional revenue generation for the DoP .

(iv) Ride on the Core Banking Solution which is proposed to be provided in all the post offices.

(v) Provide a platform for financial inclusion.

(vi) Provide higher order value added services to over 250 Million existing Post Office Savings Bank account holders.

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Chief PMG(TN) has ordered the following Regional allotments in PS Gr B Cadre from other Circles.

01. Shri.S.Krishnamoorthy, SRM, Guwahati, Assam Circle allotted to CR.

02. Shri.J.Samuel Jawahar Raj, AD, CO, Guwahati, Assam Circle allotted to SR.

03. Shri.E.Durairajan, AD, CO, Srinagar, J & K Circle allotted to CCR.

04. Shri.G.M.Ramalingam, SRM, Jammu, J & K Circle posted as Manager, SPCC, Chennai vice transfer of Sri.S.G.V.Raman Iyer.

CO Memo No : STC / 1-6 / Re-allot / 2011 Dt. 03.05.12.

Dte Memo No : 9-3 / 2011 - SPG Dt. 30.04.12.

Source : http://tnipasp.blogspot.in/

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Government has directed its employees to avoid maintaining close liaison with foreigners as they could be spies wanting to extract classified information from them.

In a letter to Secretaries of all ministries and departments, the Home Ministry asked them to sensitise officers and other employees to avoid such contact with foreigners as they could be moles of foreign intelligence agencies working against India's interests.

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Postal manual volume V

176.     Pin code system was introduceda)          Mar 1999                                                    b)         Jan 2004
c)         15th Aug 1972                                             d)         Aug 2002                   Ans:c
177.     E Post Service Commenced
a)          2nd Aug 2001                                               b)         Jun 2005
c)         1st Apr 2001                                                   d)         Aug 2002                   Ans:a

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Free : ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA READY REFERENCE CD-ROM!

Hi Manorama year book readers...

Welcome to our Manorama Year Book 2012 blog. In this blog, we update the details about Manorama yearbook Tamil language edition and when its going to release. This blog post was created especially tamil manorama year book 2012.

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Compendium on Processing and disposal of Public Compalints

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Release of Revised MNOP Script (dtd 01/05/2012) is available in the following link

ftp://ftp.ptcinfo.org/MNOP_Hubs_UpdationScripts_POS_SpeedNet/

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INCULAB ZINDABAD

MAY DAY GREETINGS TO ALL

May Day is the first day of the month May. So that this day will be a remember able day for you. In the nineteenth century working conditions were too much severe and working hours are from 10 to 16 hours a day so a movement starts by the worker that there must be a rule that working hours are just 8 hours a day, 8 Hours Rest, 8 hours Sleep, so that is the reason that this day is also known as the International workers day. starting May is the time when flowers are start to blossom and summer is on its way. Starting of May is said to be a time for love and romance and people enjoy this summer vacation. As there is many reasons to celebrate the May day which includes the Welcoming summer season, May Day is Spring Season, and workers day

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Many of the PM Cadre officials are joined together in facebook and they are giving their valuable views and comments about PM cadre and PM cadre examinations. Here in the following post Postmaster cadre website is consolidated those posts of FB about the attractiveness towards PM cadre examination and future of Postmaster cadre. Please create the account in Face book and be united. After created the facebook account join in any one of
Following are the useful Facebook groups for Postmaster cadre

1. All india group of Postmaster Cadre
2. Great Postmasters
3. Grade Postmasters Infact Great Postmasters
4. Postal officials in india

Views of PM cadre officials in Facebook..........

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1) Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme - 1980 - Tables of Benefits for the savings funds for the period from 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2012

Click here to view order - No.7(1)/EV/2012 Dt. 24.04.2012.

2) Clarification in respect of Recruitment Rules of PA/SA

Click here to view Order - No. 37-47/2010-SPB-I (Pt.)

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F.No.14014/2/2009-Estt.(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

North block,
New Delhi

Dated the 3rd April, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Compassionate appointment – Clarification regarding regulation of conditions and admissibility of various allowances after implementation of Sixth CPC recommendation – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 11.12.2009 on the subject mentioned above and to state that large number of references have been received from various Ministries/Departments regarding regulation of various conditions on compassionate appointment and admissibility of different allowances allowed to person appointed on compassionate grounds. Doubts raised by various authorities have been processed in consultation with Department of Expenditure (I.D. No. 22/02/2009-IC-II dated 27th February, 2012) and are clarified as under :-

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THIS PATCH IS A MUST TO BE EXECUTED AT ALL OFFICES using BNPL and Collection Agent Module.

(To update the Base Value of Speed post tariff for One India - One Rate Scheme in BNPL and CA Module)

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POST OFFICE GUIDE PART I
(RULE &REGULATION RELATING TO INLAND POST)

1.         Night Post Office may extend up to and by

a)         0830 pm ,DG posts                b)       0700pm,HOC
c)         1000pm, PMG                         d)       0600pm,SSP
           Ans: a

2.         Franking machine has

a)         Value die                               b)         License die
c)         Both a&b                               c)         None of this
             Ans :c

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1. Understand that no e-mail communication is 100% secure. We can do our best to make the percentage close to that, but sometimes - if the information is extremely important - you should consider ditching the e-mail option and deliver it in person (if possible). Avoid sending credit card or social security numbers via e-mail. It's also a good idea not to send user names and passwords for accounts you don't want to see compromised.

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The payment of commission to agents of Public Provident Fund (PPF) Scheme and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme has been discontinued, with effect from 1st December, 2011. Commission under all other schemes (except MPKBY Agents) has been reduced from 1% to 0.5%. However, commission to Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojana (MPKBY) agents will continue at the existing rate of 4%.

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Postal Directorate has revised the rates of Honorarium in connection with conducting of Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations Vide letter no A.34020/17/2008-DE dated 26.04.2012. The revised rates will apply to all Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations to be held on or after 26.04.2012.

The revised rates for various activities are as follows.

Sl no	Activity	Present Rate	Revised Rate
1	Setting of Question Paper	Rs 280-00 Rs 210-00	Rs 1000 per paper
2	Preparation of Key	25% of the rate of Setting	25% of Rs 1000
3	Evaluation of Answer Scripts	Rs 7 / 5.60 / 4.20	Rs 25 per Answer Script
4	Supervision for conducting LDCE	Rs 30 per session Rs 50 per Day	Rs 400 per session Rs 600 per Day
5	Invigilators appointed for conducting LDCE	Rs 20 per session Rs 30 per Day	Rs 250 per session Rs 350 per Day
6	Clerical Staff brought on Duty	Rs 25 per Day	Rs 150 per session Rs 250 per Day
7	Gr D (MTS) assistance	Rs 15 per Day	Rs 150 per session Rs 200 per Day

Please click here to view the original order

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Previous year PM cadre Exam held on 12/06/2011 Paper II question and its keys are published here

Click here to view and download the paper II

Click here to view and download the key

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Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980 - Tables of Benefits for the savings fund for the period from 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2012.

Click to download the CGEGIS Table 2012

http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/cgegis/CGEISTable24042012.pdf

Source: www.finmin.nic.in

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The revised rates of Professional Tax in Tamil Nadu.

Professional Tax is collected from the employees as per the table, which is given below.

Half year shall be from the 1st day of April to the 30th day of September and from the second half year 1st day of October to the 31st day of March of a year.

The professional tax amount will be deducted from the salary of August and January

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Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

25-April-2012 17:57 IST

The Government plans to set up 1000 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and carry out computerization of Post Offices in the country as part of its ongoing modernization and upgradation drive.

The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Shri Sachin Pilot informed the Lok Sabha today that the Department of Posts proposes to set up 1000 ATMs. 820 Head Post Offices have been identified for setting up ATMs across the country. Shri Pilot said that remaining 180 Post Offices will be identified during implementation phase. Of these a maximum 100 ATMs would be set up in Andhra Pradesh.

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(Postal Manual Volume V Qn 126-150)

126. The maximum weight limit for a bag conveyed by the railway mail service is

a) 28 Kg b) 30 Kg

c) 14 Kg d) 37 Kg Ans: d(135)

127. The very purpose of posting trial cards will be defeated if the following columns are not properly filled in by the supervisor of the receiving unit

a) Column (1) & Column(2) b) Column (3) & Column(4)

c) Column (1) & Column(3) d) None of these Ans: a(139)

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New Delhi, April 24, 2012(PIB): India Banks’ Association (IBA) has circulated revised Model Educational Loan Scheme to its member banks. Banks can adopt the scheme with discretion to make changes as deemed fit. The scheme is for all students including students from minority communities.

Indian Nationals who have secured admission to professional/technical courses in India or abroad through an entrance test/merit based selection process are eligible for educational loans under the scheme.

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SB Order No.05/2012
No.113-01/2011-SB
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001.
Date: 19.04.2012

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions
Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Revision in Interest Rates of Small Savings Schemes w.e.f 1st April 2012.

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It has been decided by the Ministry of External affairs New Delhi that the present modality of delivering the speed post artilce containing Pass port "either to the addressee or his/her authorised representative on behalf of the addressee" is the most viable one and will be continued for Passport delivery system. The said decision has been comminucated vide Department of Posts OM no: 57-01/2010-BD & MD dtd 11-04-2011.
CLICK HERE
http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Pdf/Circulars/No.57-01-2010-BD-MD_11-04-2012.PDF
to view the said OM in original.

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To view Directorate's Order No. 57-02/2010-BD & MD, dated 13th April, 2012,
please click here.

The order is effective from 1st May, 2012.

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latest sanchay Post patches dated 08.05.2012 released.

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