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 126. PA Exam Materials – Volume VI Part I & Miscellaneous Rules - 7
B.Rameshu, Divisional Secretary, AIPEU Group C, Tiruppattur Division

Check on Clearance of Letter Boxes
• The Postmaster should test the punctual clearance of outside letter boxes by mailing test letters addressed to themselves and recording the outcome in their order book.
• They must ensure that hour plates are changed punctually and correctly.
• The Postmaster should occasionally check articles cleared from letter boxes by the letter box peon/MTS/GDS to detect instances of stamp removal or the use of used or faked postage stamps.
• If any article is found with removed, used, or faked postage stamps, an immediate investigation should be launched to identify the offender.
• The Postmaster should frequently check the office letter box to ensure punctual clearance.
• They should ensure that letter box attendants leave the office for their beats and return at fixed times.
• The Postmaster must insist that the Sorting Assistant strictly adheres to the rules for immediate stamping and removal of cleared articles to the Sorting case.

Article Reposted by the Public
• If a delivered article is reposted with a revised address within the local limits of the post town of delivery, or returned unopened to a postman/village postman, it is to be treated as a redirected article, and no additional postage should be charged.
• If an article has been opened and then reposted or returned to the postman, or if it is reposted outside the local limits of the post town of delivery, it should be treated as a wholly unpaid article and taxed accordingly.
• Postal articles reposted long after delivery without any address change, especially postcards, should be thoroughly examined during the sorting of letter box clearances.
• If a postal article (especially a postcard) is found to have been delivered earlier and reposted without any address change (within or outside local limits of delivery), it should be treated as an unpaid article and delivered to the addressee after being duly taxed.

Window Delivery Tickets
• Window delivery tickets (Form M-24) permit the holder to receive delivery at a post office window, in a locked bag, of all fully prepaid, unregistered letters, postcards, newspapers, and packets addressed to them.
• The prescribed fee should be collected from the applicant and credited to the office's "Unclassified receipts" account.
• Particulars of window delivery tickets must be entered in the register of window delivery tickets (Form M-23), and the tickets should be numbered consecutively.
• Each ticket must legibly record the holder's name and address, the issue date, and the assigned register number.
• Before window delivery is provided, the Head Postmaster (HPM)/Sub Postmaster (SPM) must verify that the correct fee has been credited and accurate entries are made in the register, then initial the remarks column of the register.
• Applications for window delivery tickets received at subordinate offices will be forwarded to the Head Office (HO), with an entry in the SO/BO daily account.
• Upon receiving an application from a subordinate office, the Head Postmaster should complete and sign the ticket form and dispatch it, entered in the SO/BO slip, for delivery to the purchaser.