DEPARTMENTAL ENQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
REVISION OF DIMENSIONS SPECIFICATIONS. DESIGN OF INLAND LETTER CARD-AMENDMENT OF RULE 10 A OF THE INDIAN POST OFFICE RULES, 1933.
Dimensions
and specification of Inland letter cards have been revised amending Rule 10 A
of the IPO Rules, 1933 vide Extraordinary Gazette Notification GSR No. 400 (E)
dated 26.05.2008.
A
copy of the Notification GSR No. 400(E) is enclosed for kind information and
necessary action. This may be brought into the notice of all concerned.
G.S.R.
400 (E)- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 21, read with Section
74 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898(6 of 1898), the Central Government
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Post Office Rules,
1993, namely:
1.
i) These rules may be called the Indian Post Office Rules, 2008.
ii)
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
2.
In the Indian Post office Rules, 1933, in rule 10-A, in the proviso,
a)
In clause (a) for the words "three grams”, the words "five grams”
shall be substituted;
For
clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted namely:
The
dimension of the latter card including its flaps when unfolded or folded shall
respectively be as follows:
Unfolded:
Maximum
— 30 centimetres by 21 centimetres
Minimum
– 28.2 centimetres by 18.2 cms
Flaps
– Letter Card will have three flaps, one each on the left and right side not
exceeding 1.5 cms by 10 cms and another on the top side not exceeding 1.5 cms
by 21 cms. Flaps are not required if the Inland Letter Card can be closed by
any other effective process.
Folded:
Maximum
— 21 cms by 10 cms
Minimum
— 15.2 cms by 9 mcs;
After
clause(c), before the Explanation (i), the following new clause shall be
inserted, namely:
d)
Inland Letter Card shall be made of paper of minimum 70 GSM."
After
clause (d) so inserted, for Explanation (ii), the following Explanation 'shall
be substituted, namely;
"Explanation
(ii) Letter Cards of privato manufacture suitably folded and closed on all
sides through gumming or any other effective process may be conveyed by post,
provided the dimensions and other conditions mentioned in this rule are
compiled with."
(DG (Post) letter No.7-3/2004-PO dated 25th June 2008)
LOSSES TO TREASURERS IN POST OFFICES DUE TO DETECTION OF
COUNTERFEIT NOTES
The
matter has been examined in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India. The
Reserve Bank of India has intimated that according to the procedure prescribed
by them whenever a forged note is detected, it is required to be impounded and
forwarded to the Police authorities for investigations by the bank. Under no
circumstances the note can be returned to the tenderer or otherwise disposed of
by the bank officials. The amount of short-fall is either recovered in cash or
the amount is debited to the account of tenderer maintained with the bank. They
have further intimated that State Bank authorities do not destroy such notes.
The
matter was further examined with reference to the Departmental rules, In terms
of Rule 55 of F.H.B. Vol.-I acceptance of counterfeit coins or notes is
regarded as a loss of cash. Therefore, Rule 53 of F.H.B. Vol. I provide for
detailed investigation of such cases and the official concerned is asked to
make good the loss only when the lapse on his part is established. Hence it is
felt the present system is adequate to deal with such eventualities.
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