CHAPTER XVIl

E s t a b l i s h m e n t - P o s t
Officc and
Revision ofRailway Mail Service

General Rules
GHARGES
STABLISHMENT

FoR IncreASES IN
REsPoNsiIBILITY
PERSONAL revision of
the creation o r
for
sanctioning proposals and temporary
525. Before or for the employment of experimental the e s t a b l i s h -
establishments revise
fixed empowered to sanction or arc
establishments, the authority himsclf that they
scrutinise them and satisfy
on the subject.
ment must personally
with reference to the
standards and rules
fully justified EsTABLISIIMENTS
ReGarDING FixED
PREPARATION OF PRoPosaLs
revision or
letter proposal for the creation,
containing a
526. Every establishments should explain fully the grounds on which
abolition of fixed state the financial effect clearly,
that is to say,
it is based and, in addition, or portion of
the cost of the establishment
the letter should show present
number and pay of the appointments
establishmnent affected, details of the revision of the
add or modify, and the cost after
which it is proposed to of establishment concerned, the particulars being
establishment or portion
sce Posts and Tele-
exhibited in tabular form. (For further instructions,
raphs Initial, Account Code, Volume 1). For this purpose the establishment
shown below:-
charges should be taken to be divided into four portions, as

(a) In the case of a head office or a very large sub-office-

(1) establishment;
Postal Assistants
(2) Delivery establishment;
(3) Group D' establishment;
(4) Other items (e.g., contingent allowance of the office house
rent, etc.)
() In the case of a Railway Mail Service Division
(1) Sorting Assistants establishment;
(2) Mail Guards establishment;
(3) Group D' establishment;
(4 Other items (e.g., contingent allowance, allowance to atten
dants at rest house, etc.)
ERoeption,-When it is proposed to revise or abolish and
useTent charge, -or to incur a new one, details should be existing
espect of the items of house rent that are affected by the
given only in
proposal.
When
stabl it is proposed to transfer
ment charge from one office or divisionanto appointment or other
nder Submitted, (a) one for the abolition of the another,
unde two proposals
appointment or
pointment or charge under its new oflice or division. the creation charge
ntd otfhce or division, and (b) another for
of the
328. Canceled.
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529. In the case of au office, linc, appointment or

or other
other establin
for
charge which is proposcd only a portion of cach year or the
which is higher during a portion of a ycar than durin
year, one-twelfth of its total annual cost should be taken its
h
rest cot
as
monthi, he
SuBMISSION OF ProPosALS REGARDING FIxED EsTABL1SH Comt.
THE HEAD OF THE CircLE
TO
made by
530. Every proposal made by a Superintendent or Firat
Postmaster must be submitted to the 4Hecad of
of the
the Circ rst
Ofice which is responsible for the audit of the establishment
Circle throughClass
the
Head
Audit
least two months in advance of the date
and where necessary, it must be
from which sanction
supported by a statistical is
staCred
onceruedat
Form Est. 2, Est. 3 or Est. 3 (a) as the case may be. \
in
531. A value return in Form Est. 5 or Est. 6
should be submitted with every (), as
the case,may be,
proposal :
(1) in connection with experimental
post offices,
(2) for increasing the
establishment
(departmental and extra-departmental), charge of a
branch . ffice
(3) for converting a branch office into a
(4) for
sub-office,
closing an officc on the ground of its being
(5) for increasing the cost of those mail lines
unremunerative.
offices only. which benefit
branch
532. When a
a combined office, proposal involves a revision of the
it should be signalling charges of
the telegraph statistics and accoompanied
revenue of the
by an abstract
statement of
months. office for the
preceding six.
PROPOSALS FOR
TEMPORARY EsTaBLisSHMENTS
533. Proposals for the
employmentworkof temporary establishments
(including those required for telegraph
be submitted
by in combined
Head of the CircleSuperintendents and First Class Head Postmasters should
offices)
grounds direct, that is, not through the to the
on which
and the date îrom
the
proposal is based should Audit office. The
be clearly and
and the
be
required should be period for which the establishmentfully stated
is likely to
specified.
advance as possible of the Proposals should be submitted as far in
date from which sanction
desired. is
standsNoTE-When
it is
found that
in
need of
Head of the Circle revision, a fresh sanctioned temporary establishm t
a

proposal should be submittea

actually stating
sanction is the revised
needed. temporary establishment 0 hwhich
SANCTION T0
ProPOSALs REGARDING FIxED
ESTABLISHMENTS
AND TEMPoRARY
534. If a
of by him
andproposal
does notsubmitted to the compete
will issue an order require the sanct tent authority is approve
of sanction ction of a higher auth rity, he
sending simultaneously to the
officer who submitted the proposal,
master or copies of it to the
proposal wasSuperintendent Audit office and to the head post
submitted by that officer.)
Railway MailThe order of sanction *unless the
:

Service, concerned
will specily
RULE 33881 REVISION OF
ESTABLIS1IMENT-P.0. & R.M.3.
161
the date
eom which the
proposal should be carried into cffect
case
of a temporary blisl1ment, the period for which and,
it
in the
employed. may be
Tnder no
circumstanccs should cffect be
.1ish ment
fixed e s t a b l i s i from a
date earlier than tlhe one
given to
revision of
a

and it hardly be
cver specificed in the order
of
sanction
nccessary to carry it out from a later
cases where the latter
. In exceptiona, course is
must be submitted immediately to the competent authority stating thereport
date unavoidable, a
which the sanctionwill be carried out
and this date will, at the same
rhe intimated to
the other oiticers t0 whom copies of sanction werc
I f the sanciton tld0dEs an ncrease n exhenditure, the compelent authority
Sinform the Audt ojtce oJ the revsed dale of effect without delay, and if a
i s involved, he wrll t5Sue a revised sanction. Similarly, if it is found that
the beriod for wmcR a tenmporary establiskment has been sanctioned reguires

alteration,arebor must be submlled to the compelent authority without delay,

a t h e period for which Sanction as actually needed, and on receipt of this reporl
[Link] order veill be issued by him.
536. If a proposal which requires the Director-General's orders is
anproved of by him, the Head of the Circle will receive an order of
canction, in which the date from which the alteration in the fixed establish-
ment should be carried out or the period for which the temporary establish-
ment may be employed,
as
the case may be, will be specified. The
this order will be communicated by the Head of
necessary extract from
the Circle to the officer by to whom the proposal was submitted, and a copy
the Railway Mail
of it will be sent the Head Postmaster or wasSuperintendent, him). If, for
Service,
the proposal
concerned substituted by
(unless
the sanction to the revision of a
fixed establishment cannot
any reason, the Director-General or the
be carried out from the date specified by
establishment specified in his sanction
period of employment of temporary submitted at once to the Director
report must be
requires alteration, a date from which the sanction will be
carried out or
General stating the In the former case, the
sanction is actually needed.
the period for which Audit Ofice.
revised date of efect will
be communicated also to the
which has
a n increase in expenditure
536-A. A sanction involving of the sanction
within a year of the date of issue
not been car:ied out that the
no stipulation
in the sanction to the effect
provided there is of a speccified financial year,
should from the budget provisions by thhe
Cxpenditure of the financial year, requires renewal
in which case by the
close considered to have been
acted
The sanction will be
Sanctioning authority. in pursuance of the
in part has been made
whole or In cases when part
as
if payment in from the date of its issue.
$anction within 12 months time, the subsequent
payment
made within the stipulated
payment has been
sanction.
expenditure
without a fresh
0I the balance may be made
EsTaBLISHMENT
SaNCTIONED
REGISTER OF
of sanctioned
up a register keep
537. The Superintendent 19 (a) used for the
must
the Form A.C.G. is
for his Division in careful to see this register
aDlishments be
He must
ame in head offices.
purpose
kept corrected up-to-date. OrFICES AND
SECT1ONs

THE
WORK OF and
RevIEW OF
RIODICAL

best interests alike of

the Department
and the larger
538. in the offices
of 1s necessary,
concerned that the
work of head
e ohicials
M-1V-11
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L RUL
ULE 539
162 shall periodically be
shall

sub-offices and of mail

offices and
the strength
sections
of their establishmen
amon
brought
$0 as to
relation to with the amount of work in
under review
in c o m m e n s u r a t e

shall be
ensure that the staff
c a c h casc.
of the Circle wil1
539. (1) For
this purpose, the Head
s t a t i s t i c s of
the work ach head arrange to
office and
intervals, their Circles in the
form
ms
receive, at
of each of
fixed
the larger
sub-oftices in
ent according
according to
establishment
to the
th« Bewoor's Time Tests. orescribed
The
of
for revision
should ordinarily be
intervals
of the Calcutta,
Bombay and
(a) All departments Head Office and
and old Delhi
Madras [Link]., scale than the
sub-ofices on a higher
their town Every 2 years.
lower selection grade
and other
the gazetted grade
(6) All head offices in
sub-offices in non-gazetted higher
head offices and
selection grade
...
Every 3 years.
sub-offices in the lower
(c) All head offices and other
selection grade
Every 4 years.
I as defined in
(d)All other sub-offices in Class
Rule 2222 Every 5 years. ..

NOTE 1.-Register in the pro forma indicated below should be main.

tained to ensure that the prescribed review is carried out within the pre-
scribed period.
NoTE 2.-It would be sufficient to take up the periodical reviewof
a post office not with reference to the last periodical review but with
reference to the latest review taken when additional staff as justified was
sanctioned.

Name of office, the Strength of the office Work hours

periodical review of Circle office caseSupervisory Clerical
which is required to Mark
be carried out
2 3

Staff-lhous Date of Result of When next re- Remarks

review review
6 view due
7 8 9 10

(2) At the time of inspection of

Inspecting officers should every Head Office and
Su
office is adequate or requiresexamine
revision.
whether the existing stre ofthe
The Inspecting Oficer may direct
a
 pEVISION OF
ESTABLISHMENT--P.o. & R.M.3,
RLE 547]
163
o. Sub-postmaster to
is satisfied aftermaintain statistics
of the
the statistics delivery
P o s t m a s t e r

h and
the

ting
branches
ifhe examining
that
the office that the
the
of accounta-
es mentioned by there is some
ble articles
revision
of the existing strength.
oz
justification to take
the
up
540. Cancelled.

F41, On receiptot the statistical returns the Head of the Circle wil
fving himselt that the figures are reliable, consider the question
alter
the staff the office or section concerned.
ofretain
ot
Special tatistics must be aken between the periodical reviews if an
bnormal
rise o r fall in traffic makes such a course available.
a
Deleled.
542. & 543.
Post Office-Special Rules
RoAD EsTaBLISHMENT

544. The road establishment of cach mail line, i.c., the number of
on the length of the line
runners employed to carry the mails, will depend Wherever practicable,
ot mails ordinarily to be conveyed.
and the weight to carry mails in both directions over his
same runner will be required
the
Stage.
to the Head of the Circle any proposal
to
545. Before submitting of a mail line
of the road establishment
increase the permanent strength line is increased) the Superinten
where the length of the
(cxcept in cases himself that it is impossible by any arrangement
to

dent must first satisfy establishment He must

road equal to the work required. mail
cannot be done by revising the
make the existing this
whether
another line sending
the
carefully consider portion of the mails to
arrangements, diverting
a
the sizes of the bags,
mails in the s a m e bag, reducing or any
letter and parcel establishing sorting sub-oftices,
number of bags by
reducing the
other practicable device.
employed solely for the benefit
which runners are establishment of
in of the
546. In all
cases
sanctioned as part
must be
ol a single otfice, they
that office. Post Ofice
and Cost
of a
of Income
Calculation
Method for or
office, whether permanent
and cost of a post below under
the respective
547. The income
are made up of the items shown
pcrimental,
heads-
Income

Rur al Areas (including

servicepostage
articles
stamps * Foreign
of all postage Inland and
(a) 2/5th of the valu classes of
all
nps borne by
received for delivery. (including
service postage
articles
stamps * Foreign
I l a n d and
postage
(b) 7/20th of the value
va ofall
classes of
borne by all
posted for despatch.
 164 REVIS1ON OF ESTABLISHMENT-P.0. & R.M.s,
AULE 547
(c) 3/4th of the postage collected on unpaid and insufii.
articles delivered by the ofice. atly paid
(d) 1/8th of the postage due on unpaid and insuficiently na
posted at the officc. paid articles
Urban
Urban Areas:
Areas: For
For urban arcas, the income on the above itema
ura at 43/12Oth, 37/120th,
5/7th and 5/42th should be
(6), («), (d) respectively. for
for (a),
All Ofiees (Rural/Urban).
() 21/40th per cent of value of Money Orders (other than
service [Link].) issued by the office. (other than P&
(f)3/5th per cent of value of Money Orders (other than
P
service [Link].) paid by the office. &T
(g) 2/5th of the amount of commission realised on
Orders sold by the office. Indian Pas
(h) 2/5th of the amount of commission
on the Indian Postal Orders
that would have been realised
paid at the office.
(i) Add lump credit of 3% of the total income [total of
account of all agency and inter-service (a) to ()1 an
functions performed
the office. bu
*
NoTE l1.-In of foreign mail articles,
should be assumed respect
to be the same as for postage on such articles
articles notwithstanding the actual corresponding
postage affixed.
classes of Inland
NOTE 2.-In respect of
money order value, the
is a sub-oitice, M.0. commission should
not be included. If the
[Link]. in account with it post office transaction of the
may be excluded.

Cost
(a) Establishment charges of the
the charges which are office, or if it is a combined office,
treated as its
postal
purposes (Please see Note 1establishment
for administrative charges
(6) A fixed addition to the below).
Rs. 3.50 for establishment charges (Rs. 2 for
Departmental B.0 Rs. 6.50 for Sub E.D.B.O
() Fixed House Rent in the case office)
of the ofice if it is of rented
held in building or assessed rent
(d) Fixed stationery
a
departmental building.
() 2/3rd of the line
charges for the ofice.
for the benefit ofestablishment charges that are
the office
(See Note 2
maintained soley
A
sum of Rs. 2 per month as below)
running a branch office. Indirect overhead charges or
8 5% 0f the total
value of
Ior
costdespatch, to cover postage stamps borne Dy cles posted
cost of aeards etc»
and Audit. printing of stamps, postcaras
of Direction
NOTE 1-For
average cost of the calculation
time scale appointment or establishment
of the cost of appointments s shoul
the
amount of charges,
establishmen r the
betaken into consolidated or the actual
account. Allallowance-including
es should
ad hoc
allowances such as increaadmiss
D.A., HRA,
 -

REVISION or ESTABLISHMENT-P.0. & R.M.s.

RULE3517 165
should
sho
cost be taken into account while
calculating the
n
the
average
charges
at item (a) of cost abov
ablishment
cstab
2.-In cases where the line cstablishment is not maintained
efit of a particular office, the cost of line
Nor

solely for the divid

ided among the various establishment
ious
p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y
offices:
offices served by
De off their dio
distance from the place where
eharges may line in the proportion
ular e m a n a t e s .

ine
the
mail
T, No. 1-54/73 PRP, dated 3-10-741
P &
[D.G.,
548. Not Printed.

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING FxED EsTaBLISHMENT

SpEGIAL
S
Tn redard to the revision of establishment of post offices and
549. time-tests preseribed should be carefully observed.
Mail Service, the
to be provided for a combined office will be
(a) The clerical staff
for its total work after making the
E50. allowance for
which is sufficient
that working
hours.
its telegraph establishment of the Telegraph Branch
the purposes of sanctioning in Appendix 1 (XIV) of
For
the time factors prescribed
af combined
office,
from time to time will
be rigidly observed.
as modiied
Marathe Time Test the telegraph branch a
NOTE.-When calculating the work hours of at the rate of 7.5
be given
each phonogram should
time allowance for branch calculated accordingly.
strength of the telegraph
the
minutes and amended from time of
to

time factors laid down in M.T.T. as telegraph/branch

(6) While observed for sanctioning the staff of assessing for
time, will be as will serve a rough guide
combined offices
combined offices,
the following man the
personnel to
of signalling
total requirement
the or c i r c l e : than 10,000
in a division combined offices handling less
() One signaller for
messages, annually. messages
offices handling
combined
signallers for
(2) Two 25,000, annually.
between 10,000 and 20,000 messages
handling every
additional signaller for
(118) An
annually thereafter. the
the shortage of
instructions is to meet
and filling up
intention of above of the posts
sanction above
he between training. The
r e q u i r e m e n t s of
time lag t a k e n in
signallers caused by due to
time
the the
is ainly for assessing
the posts, which
above
of and
guide over

tandards will serve as a rough s i g n a l l e r s of 50%

s1gnallers (excluding the eserve planning for t r a i n l n g following
t i o n e d strength) for proper
the
combined
office,
for a conditions
:

providingm
messengers

551. () In under
ordinary
adult
messenger
will be regarded as rough
standards
foot-one
every
1
delivered
on for
to be ger
() When message
boy-messenger

one
and a
for every 20 messages messages
every
25
messages a day. messenger
for
used-one

(6) When a bicycle is

day.
 166 OF EsTABLISHMENT-P.0. & a.M.5.
REVISION

NoTE.-Boy peons may not be kept on duty for more than

RULE 351-A
six
day. hours a
(ii) Not Printed.

551-A. In the case of small combined olfices in which .

ment of a whole-time messenger is not justified by the volurthe employ-
extra-deepartmental messengers may be employed instead of_o traf
casual labour in the form of hired Mazdoors, provided that nployin
employing an extra-departmental agent is less than the estimatedt of
employing hired Mazdoors for the delivery of the messages received. cost of
552. In calculating the number of postmen and Group D' a r
are required for an office, having regard to all the circumstance that
locality, it must be remembered that ordinarily such an oficiathe
properly berequired to walk at least 16 kms. a day with a total attenday
ce
of at least 8 hours in one spell or 7 hrs. in case of split duty.
Mail peons
attending to night exchange of mails for full duty period shoul n
however, be given any other work in the Post Offices on the dav of.
exchanges and also periodic rotation of duty with other Group D
should be given at reasonabl intervals. In other cases Mail peons attendine
to night exchanges of mails for an hour or two should be considered
as on
split duty.
552-A.
For the purpose of
calculating the incomein ofRule
postman or village postman, the procedure laid down a permanent
569 below
for experimental and
postman village postman should be adopted.
553. Arrangements must be made to ensure the correctness of figures
in value returns and statistical
statements and to see that
been manipulated in they have not
an way.
SPECIAL InsTrUcTIONS REGARDING ExPERiMENTAL
EsTaBLISHMENTS
554. (a) No
experimental post office,
postman village or
may be sanctioned for a longer
period than six months at a timepostman
and no
extensions of
experimental periods
reasonable hope that the office or may be sanctioned unless there is a
at the end of
two years,, appointment will prove self-supporting
that is to say, the first
sanctioned unless during the period of the original extension may not bea
development of neww income of an appreciable amount experiment there was
cost, the second cxtension may not be with reference to
sanctioned
during first extension was appreciably in excess
the unless the income
of the original of that during the perio
experiment'and
unless the income during the second
the third extension
may not be sanctionea
of that
during
the period extension was
of the first appreciably eXCeS
in
cxtension.
the
NOTE.-The cost of an appointment of postman or village [Link]
pay of the
(6) Deleled.
appointment.
() Except in the
of case
olfice may beexperimental
o
experimental offices opened in large
covers its total cost plus 25 made permanent unless its total eomE
the per cent
Head Circle may sanctionofthethe cost. In special cases, t
of the
the
conditionthe of 25 per cent is not permanency of an
o
Covers total cost. The same satisfied provided that the torancome
experimental postmen or village rule applies to the making pet
postmen.
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RLE5577 167
NOTE. an arimental
experimentaj office in
villagc proves a
months, and co ation
after 24 of tho
to be n
unre-
office m a y he
even
ative
justified, the l and another Cxperimcntal
ad is not the samc total arca may
be opened in a Cxpcrimental
oero
olnco
ing ome iis anticiatccd
incomc
i m p r o v e m e t
in
by this step. ncighbouring village
f any of an experiincntal oltice opened in a
(4) In tho ase
large town, the
e:t) income is not ordinarily applicable. Before
condition a of s u an officc the Head of the Circle must
sanctioning
satisfy him-
the e is
p e r m a n e n c y

olfice is really required permanently in the locality in which it

selfthat
an
T h e Head of the Gircle must also in each such case
ion of existing offices near the proposed office with a view
scertain whether some duction in their cost is not practicable.

(e) Deleted.

N Arraagements must be made to ensure the correctness of figures in

that they have not been manipulated in any
alue returns and to see
PROPOSAL FOR OPENING Or ExpERIMENTAL PoST OFFIGES

555. If the Superintendent has reason to believe that a post office is

that the new income to be createdd
renuired in any particular locality and be sufficient to render it eligible for
by the opening ofRulethe office will soon
nermanency (see 554) he will have value returns kept in Form Est. 5,
where
of classes of articles received for and
for one month in respect theall the proposed office
DOssible, despatched from, locality to be servedinbythat
received for payment lo cality. The
as well as of money orders the parent office of the proposed office.
value returns will be kept by useful return of articles des
it will not be possible to make a
Frequently of a post office many of the
articles may
patched, before the opening
as letter-box ofa market
have been posted in a neighbouring
office or in the
town or have been given
into the hands of a village postman.
Form Est. 5,
these value returns, in
556. If the r e v e n u e shown by a proposal to
expectations, he will submit
confirms the Superintendent's of the office experi
sanction to the opening
the Head of the Circle for which will not be
the Head of the Circle, of the
mentally. The letter to will show the establishment
the Audit Office, the value returns
Submitted through by copies of
office and will be accompanied Form Est. 4, and a sketch map
proposed statement, in
above, a statistical ofice and the post ofice
Crred to of the proposed
30Wing the relative positions
together with the distances between
existing or proposed maj
neighbourhood,
in is immediate
Ces of any
as well as the position and length
line.
OFFICES
PosT
ExPErIMENT AL
OPENING OF
DANCTION TO
of Head the
proposal is approved, the opening of
the
Superintendent's sanctioning the
will issue an order to the Super six months and send copies ofthe
erintendent
Circle
the
propos of to the Audit Otice.
post office for a period concerned and which it
will be
order asimul to the Head Ofice
date from
specify the
neously
office be opened
Carder of sanction will invariably circumstances
must the
be opened
carried in ct and
under no
the office
cannot
sanction
will
trom an w rlier date. If, for anys p e c i a l date from
reason
which the Head
to the
by the date fixed, a report showing the the
Superintendent

De by
carried out :
ust be submitted at once
 168 REVISION OF ESTABLISHMENTP.0, xP.M.S.
ULE 558
of the Circle. This latter date will, at the same time, be intimated!
Superintendent to the Head Oflicc, and the head of the Circle will t h e
the Audit Ofice of the revised date witlhout delay. inform
STATUS Or ExrRRIMENTAI. POSr OFFOES

558. Experimental Post Ollices will bhe givcn the status of e

departmental branch ofliccs and placed iu communication onlv utra.
account ofice. Heads of Circles may, however, in special circumstanehe
open a departmental branch ofllice, or a dcpartmental or extra. ces
mental sub-oflice, on an experimental basis, and place it in
communication with the R.M.S. or with an oflicc which is not its acect
ofice. An experimental post oflice opened in a large town may ordinarl
be given the status of a sub-oflice, but eveu when it is a branch ofice
may be placed in communication also with the R.M.S. or with an aHi
which is not its Account ofice.
559. It will frequently be found that the residents of a
without a post oflice require eithcr greater facilities for sending
localite
monev
orders, posting parcels and registered and insured articles, and conducting
savings bank transactions, or an improved delivery. in the former case
it will generally be possible to meet the wants
ofthe residents by openine
an
office without a separate delivery agent, while in the latter case, the
employnment
be the
of an additional postman or village
postman will generally
appropriate remedy. Either of these measures is generally more
economical than opening at once a new office with a full delivery staff and
is frequently be
to
prelerred.
and
NoTE.-Experimental
aseal. On an
offices will be supplied with only date-stamp
a
office being made
and scal will be returned to the Stock
permanent, the experimental stamp
Depot.
VALUE RETURNs or ExPerimENTAL
PoST OFFicEs
560. For the of retention of an
oflice on realisationpurposes existing
of non-rcturnable
Form Est. 5 will be maintained contribution theexperimental post
value returns in
for the four alternate
nine months and drawn
up in Est. 6 (8). In
months of the first
post offices the value returns in Est. 5 respect of other experimental
month of cach should be maintained for the
in which the quarter of the year, the
year commencing from the first
experimental
mental post office in questionpost-ollice
was month
opened. Thus if the exper
returns will be
was
opened in the month of January, tne
October of the maintained for the months of
year. However for the January, April, July
returns for the first year of an office purpose of maintenance ot ana
the value returns should be valie
opened in the middle of the month,
the month of maintained for the complete
F'or example ifopening
and month followig
subsequently for the first month of each
the experimental office was opened quarter
value returns for one first say on 10th
February April, July and October.
year will be maintained for the January of
mont
The value returas in Est. 5
Ofice
he will(.e.,
should be maintained
Postmaster/Sub-Postmaster
be held Branch
responsible for their accuracy.
mental branch offices,
by the Heaa the
Postmaster) persona
nd
the Postmaster yri
In the case of experi
1na intain the value of the account
ot visits
and returns, of the said branch otice re
inspections, the Inspecting office. During
Officers will satisfy the c
tiemCiv
 or
RULE 5 6 3 ]
REVISION
ESTABLISHMENT-
T-P.0. & R.M.s
169
a we
maintained by
the in theOtices
yate. Value Va nreturns maintained Post Bran concerned
Orned and and theu
they
the first of the
tollowing month to which the
ollowineanch

in the
in the Btane
Branch Otfice
relate by entry claily account. The value
rns Ccount offi will send this
return

o ft h e
copy
him to the Supdt., onor
ot Postmaster
value returns together with
ding thesc value returns he should of the month the
betore C7tho m n a e month of
c e of the
o n e .

Branch
Post compare bothcopies
intimation
to the Postmaster anysuneracy
[Link]

inaccuracy in
f
under
the if in ctor and
them
ase returns of sub-office itselt, if n experimental
the sub-office itself,
before 7th ofeeach month immediatel,
or stage, should be
Va the Supdt., the value
on n immediately
Sent

onth to which
returns relate following
experimental office has been placed in communication
with
c e which
an
is not its account
office, that office as well as the
value returns under this rule in
office must keep office. respect of articles
the experimental
exchanged with
EValue returns of experimental office placed in communication
NoTA
with the Railway Mail Service need not be kept by the record or sub-
of the R.M.S.
record office
SUPERINTENDENT's RePorT ON ExPeRIMENT
62, The Superintendent will calculate the income of the experimen
tal office from the value returns sent to him. The figures in the value
office and its account office
returns kept separately by the experimental
the returns may be accepted as
should be compared, and if they agree,
not agree, the Superintendent must make enquiries
correct. If they do be
and satisty himself as to the figures that may
about the difference communication with
accepted as correct. If the experimental ofice is in
in the
an office other
than its account ofice, the corresponding figures
account oflice and by the
other office will be
value returns kept by the
added in making this comparison.
together
will prepare value returns in Form Est. 6 (a),
563. The Superintendent the
of the office, as calculated by him, during
income
showing the monthly to the experimental period. later
The consoli
experimental period and prior not than the
Head of the Circle
datedvalue return will be [Link] the letter in which the
month of the experimental
period with a conditions laid
f the
filth to the
whether, having regard
Pntendent will should be made permanent,
state
that the office
n Rule 554, he
recommends
or that the
experiment should be
reduced cost, not be
either
atits original or
at a Thc letter will
closed.
should be
Cxtended, or that the oflice
Slbmitted through the Audit Ofice.
value rcturns kc,t durjng
details of the for one month
comparison of the returns kept
thee
- A of the value
period with those the incoT parent
r t thcCntal office will show whether from the
opening of the t r a n s f e r of
traffic
ex
Cxperimentaloffice is due .merely to a new tran
the development of articles
Wnolly or partly to correct
r e t u r n of
by
borne
keep a
NOTE 2.--If it was
Was n o t possible
to
of postage
stamps
be the
same

taken to
value

spatched before the experiment,Such

the
will be in
articles
such
a
tne amount of postage due oil, * for delivery. If, office is very however,
much

that on sim lar article received erimeatal

Case, the delive jurisdiction of the exper

 REVTSION Or ESTABLISHMENT-P.0, & R.M.s
170
smaller than the area from which it receives despatches... RULE 364
a separate delivery agent,
g, in the
an ofice without cae of
between the return kept betore and during8,the experiment Contr
the new income must theretore be estimated on 'a carcful periodn
d, and
the details of the returas instead of heing taken to be the difter
the income shown by them.
consideratio
ce. betweenof
SANCTON o PERMANENGY OR
CLosURE OR
ExPERIMENTAI. PERIOD N OF

564. If having regard to the conditions prescribed in Rnlat

Head of the Circle decides that the office should
d be made le 533, the
that its experimental period should be extended, he will
priate order of sanction to the Superintendent, issue manent, or
sending copies ofth ppto.
$ame time to the Head Ofice concerned and
to the Audit Oice" he
Head of the Circle decides that the ofice
of the period for which it was should be closed on the the
but if
sanctioned, no further orders exp
necessary, the experimental period is to be curtailed, a Se
sanction to its closure will be issued and
concerned and to the Audit Office.
communicated to the Head O
tfice
565. (1) When an
has been sanctioned by the extension of the experimental
period of an ofice
Head of the Gircle, the
the sanction ofsubsequent
will be the same as that procedure
following
original opening and a similar procedure that authority to its
with cach
subsequent extension of its
will be followed in connection
(2) The
experimental
period.
permissible
limit of loss of
per annum per office. permanency
areas is Rs. 240 of post offices in
There is urban
stage prescribed for post offices in no
period of
areas which fulfil
the
urban areas. Post experimental
Offices in urban
and found to work
within departmentalstandards
the prescribed limit on minimum
work hours
be made under of loss for
the powers vested
with the Heads of permanency may
(3) Circles.
opened andExperimental
retained post offices in rural
on NRC in areas, except post otices
under the powers vested with 'limited-interest',
otices are found to work, as a the Head of Circles may be made
permanent
a loss
not result of two annual provided such post
exceeding Rs. 240 per annum consecutive reviews, a
per office.
Experimental
period of ten years post offices which have
review may be made completed the maximum al
Such provided the loss permanent
does not exceed on the basis of a single tra
experimental
permissible post
limit of lossoffices can be
Rs. 240 per
annum
an
office
made pc
exists within a distance of Rs. 360 per annum permanent higher
even wW t ofice
of less
than 4.8 provided no pfces
years and are kms.
but
Dut within
within R
the
Rs. 503
nearest post
n
per annum Experimental
working at a loss beyond p 50
office does not may also be made KS,
566. to 568. Deleted.
exist within a permanen
distance of less t kms.
OPENING Or
Posr OFFICES ON
RecEIPT OF
68-A. () If
existing post NoN-RETURNABL.
JTIONS
ag Rs. 240 per any of the
near future, the annum
be called State
and there is no office is
working ,
upon to Government
furnish a
or
prosp
spect
party,
of its its way in
who desirpaying ntion, shou
non-returnab able contribution, payable strictly im
 REVISION OF ESTABLISHMENT-P.o. &R.M.S.
RI'LE 5 6 8 - A 1
171
advance, sufficient to mect the full estimated loss on its working for one

year,

(ii)
Ahere a new post office or mail line is required solely to
Wh
ction of the public 8
of a small scct e.g.,, aa f a
factory or or mill, for
Government, o rpartly,
Governme .
i n t e r e s t s

te
State i c o l n m e n t , or to meet the
he a po lit
6.g.,
he sole interests of police, calor
military authorities, and is unlikely to require-
the
of
ments in the
r e m u n e r a t i v e .
near future,it may be
opened provided a non
ve
prove
ion to cover the whole of the estimated loss
returnat contributio1
on the
of the
ofice for one year is paid in advance.
working
NoTE.-Not Printed.

For the second and subsequent years of the post ofice the non
(ii) contribution should be equal to the amount of the loss on the
returnable
the office for the preceding year, based on value returns for
rking, of the
wOernate months from among the first nine months of the preceding
being maintained for each of these nine
eat yalue returns in Form Est-5contribution should be realised within the
months. This no-returnable
remaining three months.

When at any state in the existence of a post ofice originally

(i) or being retained, on a non-returnable contribution, such contri-
opened,
should be considered as an ordinary experimental
bution ceases, the office
ofice should be governd exactly by the
office. Further retention of the of the period for
as those prescribed for the extension
same conditions
offices.
keeping open experimental post
contribution may be
a non-returnable
() A post office opened ontime-limit so long as the equivalent of the
retained without observing any
non-returnable contribution.
loss is received as a
DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S INSTRUCTIONS

limit
beyond permissible
Experimental Post Offices working offices initially
of loss e ven after 10 years
of existence and post
the Sponsors.
is not n o w being paid by
opened on NRG where NRC
of post offices o n
NRC in general and
Matters relating the opening to
NRC eliciting post
offices in particular
lating to u n r e m u n e r a t i v e or n o n Board for some time.
The
the attention of the orders
P Deen engaging supersession of
all the existing
orders are issued n o w in
OWing
on the subject : interest on NRG.
be opened inlimited
Offices will not now
NRC in general interest
ranch
on
2. Offices can be opened to pay the
Branch concerned is willing
Government
Provided the State
NRC. NRC both in
on
to be opened
3. offices will continue
post interest.
limited as well as in general concerned
which are
offices are
4. post forthcoming
such branch NRC is not
as but for which existing
on NRC initiallythat all such offices which were Their closure
decided
t has been not be closed down outright,
the expansion
of postal
-31978 should
oshould c o n t e x t of
such post otti ces
about in the
be orought. office scheme, i.e., office 1s
under the mobile post where such a post
ities when the village
De closed only
a
172 REVISION Or
ESTABLISHMENT-P.0. & R.M.s.
existing is providecl counter service
office sinmultaneously with the through a 569
Eforts should continue t0
offices
closing mobile
of the original
recover the NRG due
post,brang
up 31-3-78 but thc
to
post office should notagainest offic
for want of NRC. ot be
5. In regard to Branch Post
Oflices which were
post Aoscd down
interest with or without o0enedd in general
for ten years on 31-3-78 NRC pene
but which
without NRC but have been in
existence without which existe
generating sufficient traffic so as tohave Deen ence
the permissible limit of loss, it in
offices has been decided
existing as on 31-3-78 should be that a me within
notclosed down outright. allowed to continach post
Such post offices
when counter will be and
clo
facility has been provided to closed only
taneously with the closing of the original
ffice Village simul.
a
6. As regards branch post offic in that
branch post offices post ollices opened on NRC villag
the existing Rule completing 10 years existenceafter 313.78
568-A of P&T Manual, Volume after 31.2.7
applied strictly. This means that IV shonla
after31-3-78 should be post offices opened on
forthcoming; post
closed
offices down if
and when NRC isNRg
after 31-3-78 but which
which have not complete 10 years existence not
traffic so as to come been able to generate
continued only on within the permissible limit of sufficient
such post offices recovery of NRC. If NRG is loss should be
should be closed down not
forthcoming
2. The net effect of
the
forthwith.
mental post above orders is that
should be offices as
embodied
in Rule 568-A rules
regarding experi-
strictly and
Amnesty has been grantedimpartially observed
of P&T
Manual Volume IV
with
explained above. to
post offices existing on effect from 1-4-1978.
limited interest onm Lastly, branch post offices 31-3-1978 to
be NRC. will not now be the extent
opened on NRC only when In-general interest opened in
the NRC is also, branch post offices can
concerned. No
offices on NRC restriction, however, paid by the State Government
both in applies
[D.G., P&T. No. general as well as in limited
to the
opening of Sub-post
27-3/77-PRP, dated
11-5-78. interest.
ExPERIMENTAL PoSTMEN AND
369. f
the VILLAGE PoSTMEN
Village postman isSuperintendent has reason to
be created by required in rural believe that
of the locality and that the newpostman o
a
the a
be sufficient employment
to render
postman or village incou
value returnsthe appointment
wll
have posi
received for for one self-supporting e 554) he
delivery and kept
area to be served month of all articles
estimating the income by the money orders received for classes o thin the
postage due on articlesof the proposed postman or pay
area, twice the village poStinas and and in
account, that is t0 say, thereceived for value of postage psor

arca will be postage delivery y within it will be taken:into In

receiyed for regarded respectivelypaid or due on articles ed om the
delivery
570. If the
within it.
as
being post
equal to that Ou * irticles

tendent's income shown

or the
for expectations,of thehehe will submit
the pectations,
letter toemployment
by nese
these value returns confrms the Super
the Head a proposal
j to the Head of the Circle
of the pos postman or village
Circle, which wil ill postman
not be suk experi entally. The
ted through tno
 OF
ESTABL1SHM MENT-P.0. & R.M.S. 173
R U L E5 7 2 - A ]
VISION
REVISION

RE
accompanie by copies of the value
returns referred
I f
ill be
t h e
ent's proposal is approved of, the pro cedure
S u p e r i n t e n d e ;

Office, followed mulatis mutandis.

A u d i t
will be follow
557
a b o v e .
Rule
[Link]
[Link] of the six months for which the appoint
cach ofthe ftor the of the postman or
jurisdiction
571. F tioned a v a l u c return
value a
m e n t 1s S a n d

bekept
in the manner described in Rule 569 by the
man must the office to which the postman or
i l l a g ep o s t m a
p0stmaster

or
branch The postage realised on unpaid articles
sub attached,

The value
head, postman
from
1s
village postman's register.
* the
and
village will be taken the Postmaster concerned
delivered will
will be signed by the succeeding
on the first of
month

for
cach to the Superintendent
return original
in
despato

month,

the instructions laid down

in
of the procedure,
the test bllowed mutatis mutandis.
As to
572.
565 will be foll
562 to full-time postmen is not
Rules employment of the
In cases where the may be employed on
572-A. delivery agents
extra-departmental
iustified,
us
following c o n d i t i o n s :

called upon to
furnish any security
be as have
should not generally Delivery Agents
(1) They Extra-Departmental
articles other than
but such
of those of delivery of to
been
entrusted with the workintimations, should be required
and can
articles
hundred only). They
fully pre-paid of Rs. 600 (six mentioned in Rule 194
furnish a security forms
the three
in any of II but Rule 193 (2)
furnish secruity Manual, Volume not be
Posts and Telegraphs Volume II will
of the Telegraphs
Manual,
have to
furnish
Posts and they will
of the their case, i.e.,
to say
applicable in amount".
the full furnish
security for who do not articles
Delivery Agents
The
Extra-Departmental

to deliver only
fully pre-paid
(2) should be
authorised
The
Extra-Departmental

security other articles.

as in para.
(1)
intimations regarding furnished the security
and who have
unpaid
pre-paid articles,
Delivery Agents
authorised to d e l i v e r fully
letters
and parcles
be articles registered
should pre-paid
25 o r less each
but excluding
to
is due) and
insuficiently Rs.
and articles of duty
V.P. customs
which to
including entrusted
articles and
articles o n
amount security to be
insured Orders. The aggregate
who has
furnished
pay Money Agent Money Orders
and payment of
Delivery
xEra-Departmental

exceed Rs. 2,000 should not be etected

sent
case payee
nould in articles
no
to a single the insured
than Rs. 500 v a l u e of delivery agent
more
rthrough him. The a g g r e g a t e extra-departmental

through
single a
delivery or
should not exceed
Rs. 50°. of
subsistence

means
addition to
indcpendent
income
in
give them a
some

(3) They should pos ossess

re time to carn
sufficient

Department
to
standard
should have spar obtain
from the to the
the allow ey a p p r o O x i m a t i n g

stats.

tal which is living wage of s i m i l a r

sum
departmental
employees
that is, they
PCSCribed for postnen, render
village and
mployed
as
same day
They should not be office the
insufficient
to the for delivery,
should invariably eturn to them
given
O n t
of the articles
 ESTAIISIEMENTP.G. & r.M.8,
174 EVISIO OP MULE S72-PB
fulfilment of the requirements
time to allow of the
dition (3)
(5) Nol Printed.
Delivery Agenis are er
Not.-1f Extra-Departmental
NoTE-f Extra*l" 0x attendants they hould be
required t
furnish security for Rs. 600.
(6) Whci an cxtra-departmcntal
delivery agent an extrs oi

mental mail carrier proceeds ofi lcave

thie substitute "part
that the official d by
him may be accepted providcd
furnishcs a declaration taking responsibilities for the wore
conduct of the substitute during his absence.
572-B. (1) Every delivery post office should have, as far as possible
at least onc delivery agent, whether departmental or extra-department
attached to it. This post should be considered as an integral
indispensable part of the office establishment and necd not be required to
satisfy the condition of self-support by itself.
(2) In offices where an extra-departmental delivery agent is the oni
member of the delivery staft, his post maY, 1 it does not satisfy the
conditions prescribed in Rule 572-A, be replaced by that of a departmental
postman or village postman, even if the latter host is not self-supporting
provided the office as a whole is working within the permissible 1imit of
loss.
(3) Additional posts of postmen or village postmen may, even if they
are not self-supporting, be created if justified by the amount of
work.
provided the office as a whole continues to be remunerative even after this
addition to its establishment.
ProPoSALs FOR MoNsoON ARRanGEMENTS
573. On the ist April of each year,
to the Head of the Circle a the Superintendent
must submit
report showing the alterations that are
nccessary in respect of the arrangements sanctioned for the
in order to render preceding year
them appropriate for the ensuing monsoon.
necessity for each The
alterations must be fully
increases and decreases in explained and the various
expenditure must be detailed. The charges in
respect of which no alteration is proposed need not
be mentioned.
EcoNOMY IN MoNsoON ARRaNGEMENTS
574. Each item of the
considered with reference
proposed monsoon charges must
be careiuuy
incurred and the
to the nature of the district in which it is to D
importance of the post offices or
villages to be served.
575. In
districts
be the duty of each where every family has one or more
own cost with postman and village boats,1
a small postman
dugout or boat whenever provide
to
hiins
delivery purposes. In other he for
districts
necessary for the deliveries in the the special requires are
regard for economy. The whole rains must be arrangements made with the ntrictest
village postman, including the change on account of any s ta or
with charge for his boat, must Pcessive
and areference
to the
value of the
postage on the articles tonot De ered:
village which cannot be visited
very important, be served as without a boat need not, ess it is
frequently as in the dry season.
 REVISION OF ESTABLISHMENT--P.o. & R.M.S
RULE582 7
175
charges for bamboo-bridges and private lorries must
Monsoo mportant mail line and they must never be
576i.n c u r r e d exc

not be
erye a village or group of villages temporarily cut off
me
incurred m erely

oticc.
Ordinarily the villages, if requested to do so, will
post e for
arrange for tthe passage of the village postman or fetch their
a
from the post office.
from
themselves

runner lines have to be replaced by

in the boat lines
When
will ordinarily be no increase in expenditure unless the post
577.
will
there
be served are For unimportant offices and
important ones.
a ins, to give in the rains a service which
generally be sufficient
oltices to
villages it will scason even though it may be some-
thaat the dry
as that during
as
the
same

on very portant lines, the same men will be

sts
what slower. Except
E
a n d as boatmen.
runners
as
employed
SANCTION TO MONSOON ARRaNGEMENTS

Head of the Circle is approved

proposal submitted to 'the the
578. If a
the s a nction
n c of Director-General, he will issue
not require of it simul-
ad does s a n c t i o n to he Superintendent, sending copies
order of the Audit Ofice. The
an
Postmaster concerned and to will specify
taneously to the Head a separate series,
will be numbered
which e s t a b l i s h m e n t in
order of sanction,
which the may be employed.
the period for is
D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l ' s order
which requires the in
579. If a proposal receive the order of sanction,
Hlead of the Circle will be employed will
approved, the which the
e s t a b l i s h m e n t may
latter to
during c o m m u n i c a t e d by the
which the period of this order will be
specified. A copy
concerned.
Postmaster
be Head
and to the
the Superintendent
ARRANGEMENTS

CARRYING OUr MoNsooN

out the
time to carry
must take steps in instruct the
Superintendent Division and
580. The for his beats
sanctioned
their respective
monsoon
arrangements
to be made in Superintendents
the a r r a n g e m ents
and followed.
regarding understood are
Overseers
his instructions are
to see that monsoon charges
that local inquiries,
and see also take
measures

omit to make
inspectors must must never
and punctually and
correctly and due payment.
paid to their required in
when travelling a s e s t a b l i s h m e n t is

unusual cause,
any Superintendent
to sanctioned, the
establishments have
owing any and
8 . Tf,those proposed the e x t r a
to the Head of
originally
employ
auation to otherwise result, a report
would sanctioned period needed and stating the
1 t delay e v e n beyond the is the
of this report, 1s
establishment

Continued the
De why On receipt he
the Circle xplaining fully to be required. himself if cost
establishment

which it is likely of its

period for the extra d i s b u r s e m e n t

will sanction authorise

the charge and
the Circle he will contingent
Competent to do so, otherwis as a
oncerned
total
sum
actually
office the
out of the cashb a l a n c e of theDirector-
to
r-General

obtain the nction of the

the
dates on
disbursed as soon as this is known.
and
dispensed with,
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t

to the Head
notify and to the
582. The overseer must are
employed
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t

longer
by the
e s t a b l i s h m e n t

employed
which the monsoon
ns0on
mmunicated

must
not be
period
for

imformation will be
entire
s for the
establishment

Office erned.
Monsoon
e q u i r e d - n o t
necessarily

than they are ually

 176 REVISION OF ESTABLISHMENT-P.0. &R.M.s,
which they sanctioned. If however, owing to
are 583 RULE
protractod
unusually prolonged floods, etc., the monsoon arrangements
continued even beyond the sanctioned period a report must h ed rains,
be snhave to be
once to the Head of the Circle
explaining the position and
sanction to the disbursement of the additional sums as submitted at
required asing for
charges. When the monsoon is ver, a supplementary state ngent
be submitted to the Head of the
Circle who will sanction, or ch ust
Director-General's sanction
to the additional
charges as case
Lse ma
may he
require.

Railway Mail Service-Special Rules

PRESs SoRTING OFFICE
583. Before a
proposal is made to
the following points should open
be considered:
a new Press
Sorting offic
offo
(1) Whether the proposed office is a real
Office point of view. necessity from the Post
(2) Whether the work cannot be
done at the nearest post office or
Railway Mail Service Office without the
staff. employment of any extra
(3) Whether the paper cannot be
hour as possible without allowed to be posted at as late an
extending the hours of business of
post office or of the Railway Mail Service Oftice to the
would be transferred. which the work
584. When an
received and the Head of application
for the
opening of a Press Sorting office is
necessary from the Post officethe Circle
concerned decides that opening is
provided that the Press concerned point of view, the office should
the necessary suitable places at the disposal of the be opened
accommodation for the office free of Department
an
undertaking in writing to that
discretion of the Head of the Circleeffect. The Press concerned may
rent and
gives
for the also be called at the
conveyance mails between the Press upon to bear the charges
post office. RailwayofMail
Service office newly
case may
be, and to deposit the Office, Section opened and the
the changes if the amount in advance
or
Railway station as the
Press
existing line or by a lineSorting Office cannot every month to meet
which may be conveniently
be served by an
585. Tf the subsequently opened.
is not Head of the Circle decides that
necessary from the Post Office the opening of the
the interests of the point of view ofice
ing conditions : Press, then such office should be and that its opening in
opened on the follow*
(1) The press should
rent place at the
such accommodation disposal of the
necessary forDepartment
opened. as is frec ot
the otfnce o
(2) That the
press should bear the
mails, between the Press ofice andcharges for the
Service Oice, Section, or the post office,conveyance o
(3) That it should
bcar
Railway station as the caseRailway
may De
a
the
in thecharges
may be
employed
(4) That the Press Press
on
account of
office as a resultadditiona S
sta that

gives in writing an of its opening

above-mcntioned and undertaking
determined by the Headdeposits every month to
pay nehe costrges
of the Circle. in advance*
 aEVISION OF [Link]--P.0. & R.M.s. 177
RULE 588]
1The cost of the statt should be calculated on the average
N O h ficial employed in the office plus 25 per cent for leave and
pay of each

pensionary charges.

Mars 2.-If the stait of the ofhce 1s merely to be transfcrred from

NoTE
o f i c e where the work is reduced as a result of the opening of
other
some
no charges
should be made for staff
new office,
the
ER6. No Press Sorting i i c e should beopened as an experimental
Should such an oifice be opened until the paper in question is
office 101 ed and there are reasonable grounds to believe that its
-established

circulations will be maintained at the existings figure which is high enough

astifv the establishment of a Pres Sorting Office on its premises.
to
for the Weekly Working hours in the R.M.S.
587. Standard Mail1
regulate the number of Sets in a Railway
Sorting Sections.-lo the hours is
of weekly working
Service Sorting Section basic standard
In the case of night working Sections or
maximum 36 and minimum s0. the night hours
working, partly, by day and partly by night,
of Sections to the principle indicated
into day hours according
should be converted the Time Tests in the Post
in Appendix
C-2 of Report o n the Revision of ihto day
for conversion of night hours
Office, 1930. The oco-eticient
r 6/5 i.e, one
hour of night duty will be counted as
hours will be 36/30 of day. In applying the principle
of con-
to l hour and 12 minutes and Day
equal be reckoned as commencing
at 20 hours
version Night' should
at 6 hours.
Record Office attendance
of half an hour for each
A flat allowance of each beat should be
for the exchage of Mails at the end If any official
and 15 minutes the weekly working
hours.
taken into a c c o u n t
in calculating
on duty
under proper orders of the
R.M.S. section is brought Time" of the section,
this
working in earlier than the "Running account in the weekly
competent authoritya t t e n d a n c e be taken into
Platform may also
additional
working hours.
defined as follows:
of section has been
The Running Time
a
of the
the time of arrival
stations, from
intermediate time of its arrival
(1) In the case of Station to the
train at the Railway
mail carrying
anad
at the end of the beat; half an hour
from
from a Station train to the
trains origínating
(1) in the case of of the mail carrying
scheduled departure
before the beat.
the end of the
time of arrival at
of a n R.M.S.
journey
of spare entire period
Gounting the period passenger.-The

0 in a Mail van o r a s a n
Officiali
ordinary
in
or
either a mail van

spare for the

R.M.S. official travelling count
towards duty
of a n allowed to
urney
passenger
should be one-half of the
period of journey
an ordinary but only as an ordinary
allowance, mail van or
pose of
out-station
either in a working
hours
otficial travelling
s p a r e
towards the weekly
4R.M.S. count sections.
should be allowed to in R.M.S.

A Er
fixing
number
the of sets
a1so towards

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178 REVISION OF ESTALISHMENT-P.0. & R.M.s. IRr
RULE 588-A
EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSIDIARY SoRTERS

588-A. When determining the establishment required for a

sortin
section, the number of sorting assistants needed in each set to dealwing
work throughout the trip-not at the stage where. 1t 1s
heaviest-must
taken into consideration. In the majority of sections, the work
varies atAt
different stages of thetrip, being lightat certain pointsand heavy at other
and cases of ers,
assistants wil
to meet this kind, subsidiary sorting
employed to assist the set where the work is heavy.
will be

588-B. The beats of subsidiary sorting assistants will

either end of the beat ofa section, where work as a rule, is
usually lie at
heavy but the
conditions of work in a section may necessitate the employment of subsi-
diary sorting assistants at other points than at the two ends. In submit.
ting proposals full particulars must, therefore, be given as to the stations
between which subsidiary sorting assistants are to travel and the
mail with
which they will have to detail.