POSTMASTER CADRE

Number of posts to be carved out of LSG, HSG-II and HSG-I of Postal Wing and designated as Postmaster Gr. I, II and III respectively

No. 13-2/2010-PE.I

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(Establishment Division)

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Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001

Dated: 25^th November, 2010

ORDER

In continuation of this Department’s order of even number dated 03.02.2010, it has been decided by the Competent Authority in the Department to carve out the number of posts of Postmaster Gr. I, Postmaster Gr.II and Postmaster Gr. III from the existing General Line Cadre posts for various Postal Circles as given in the Annexure.

2. Chief Postmasters General of respective Circles shall accordingly identify the Head Post Offices/Sub Post Offices to the extent of number indicated in the Annexure where the Postmasters of the respective grades in each of the identified offices are to be deployed.

3. As per the information furnished by the Circles, it is anticipated that there would be sufficient number of Higher Selection Grade-I and Lower Selection Grade Head Post Offices/Sub Post offices to identify the Offices for deployment of Postmaster Gr. III and Postmaster Gr. I respectively. While identifying the Offices, preference may be given to Head Post Offices, Mukhya Dak Ghars, Offices identified for Core Banking Solution (CBS), major delivery offices and offices located in prime locations serving as face of India Post. In case of such circles where sufficient number of Head Post Offices/Sub Post Offices of the level of HSG-II is not immediately available for deployment of Postmaster GR.II, the Chief Postmaster General of the concerned Circles may identify major Lower Selection grade Sub Post Offices to deploy them, While identifying LSG Sub Post Offices care may be taken that such offices are identified which are located in prime locations and have the potential to generate more business in future.

4. After the Head Post Offices/Sub Post Offices are identified and notified for deployment of Postmasters, the information regarding name/status of the identified Head Post Offices/Sub Offices should be furnished to the Directorate as per the attached proforma. The Decision once taken by the Chief Postmasters General would be final and no change in future would be permissible without consulting the Directorate.

5. The Posts will be deemed to have been designated as postmaster Gr. I, Postmaster Gr. II and Postmaster Gr. III w.e.f the dated those are filled up.

Sd/-

(Raj Kumar)

Director (Estt. & DE)

ANNEXURE

Number of posts to be carved out of LSG, HSG-II and HSG-I of Postal Wing and designated as Postmaster Gr. I, II and III respectively:

Sl. No.	Name of the Circle	No. of posts of Postmaster Gr. I	No. of posts of Postmaster Gr. II	No. of posts of Postmaster Gr. III
1	Andhra Pradesh	140	35	34
2	Assam	34	12	10
3	Bihar	70	25	25
4	Chhattisgarh	20	04	03
5	Delhi	42	10	10
6	Gujarat	145	40	40
7	Haryana	40	07	06
8	Himachal Pradesh	35	07	07
9	Jammu and Kashmir	13	04	04
10	Jharkhand	30	07	05
11	Karnataka	170	50	50
12	Kerala	125	36	35
13	Madhya Pradesh	70	13	12
14	Maharashtra	300	60	58
15	North East	25	05	05
16	Orissa	60	18	18
17	Punjab	70	15	14
18	Rajasthan	60	15	15
19	Tamilnadu	270	52	50
20	Uttar Pradesh	196	40	38
21	Uttarakhand	32	06	06
22	West Bengal	150	50	50
	Total	2097	511	495

PROFORMA

Details of Post Offices identified for deployment of Postmasters Grade-I:

Sl. No.	Name of Post office	Category and Status of Post Office			Whether it is a [(Please tick the appropriate box(es)]
		HO	SO	Status (HSG.I/HSG.II/LSG)	MDG	CBS	Located at Prime Location	Major delivery Office

Details of Post Offices identified for deployment of Postmasters Grade – II:

Sl. No.	Name of Post office	Category and Status of Post Office			Whether it is a [(Please tick the appropriate box(es)]
		HO	SO	Status (HSG.I/HSG.II/LSG)	MDG	CBS	Located at Prime Location	Major delivery Office

Details of Post Offices identified for deployment of Postmasters Grade-III:

Sl. No.	Name of Post office	Category and Status of Post Office			Whether it is a [(Please tick the appropriate box(es)]
		HO	SO	Status (HSG.I/HSG.II/LSG)	MDG	CBS	Located at Prime Location	Major delivery Office

Note: Please give the information as per the above proforma in separate sheets for each grade of Postmasters viz Grade-I, Grade-II and Grade-III.