Official postal articles

 

OFFICIAL POSTAL ARTICLES

 

ð All government officials are entitiled to use service stamp, except those who are on leave, or have retired from the service.

ð Official postal articles, whether the postage is prepaid or not, must bear the superscription “On India Government service”.

ð Articles be registered, insured, or sent value-payable are applicable also to official postal articles of the same classes.

ð Government Officials authorized to use service postage stamps or “On Service”.

ð signature and official designation to be entered in the lower left-hand corner.

UN PAID AND IN SUFFICIENTLY PAID ARTICLES :-

On an unpaid postcard, letter card, letter, or packet - The prepaid rate. On an insufficiently paid postcard, letter or packet - The deficiency.

NOTE : The prepayment of postage on parcels is compulsory                 

OFFICIALS ENTITILED TO USE SERVICE STAMPS :-

Persons are entitled to use service postage stamps on official postal articles sent by them provided the articles posted relate to the Government service /official duties/official business of that government/institution.

LOCAL FUND OFFICIALS :-

ð The President or Secretary of a Local Fund Committee, is not deemed official Correspondence within the meaning of these rules and may not be superscribed as “On India Government Service”

ð The Commissioner of a Division writing in that capacity to the Secretary of Local Fund Committee concerning its affairs may superscribe the letter “On India Government Service”.

ð Officer- in-charge of the post office at which the article was so posted to the notice of the officer concerned; and, if of frequent occurrence, to the head of the Circle. Letter, from Government Officer stop Private person and VICE-VERSA.

USE SERVICE UN PAID  :-

ð Court in regard to the dispatch of certified copies, to persons.

ð The dispatch of packets containing books or publications purchases from Government.

ð Letters, letter cards, postcards, and packets, sent by private persons to officers of the Government containing communications which the sender, is required by a law or rule to make, if superscribed “Service Unpaid”, If refused by official postage rate apply.

ð The prepayment of postage on parcels is compulsory.

 

 

POSTAGE DUE ON ARTICLES :-

ð Officers of the Government are bound to receive and to pay any postage which may be due on articles addressed to them under the above superscription and bearing the signature in full of the sender.

ð Service stamps will not be accepted in payment of postage due on such articles.

CAMP ARTICLES, SPECIAL BAGS AND CAMP BAGS :-

ð Convenience of the President, Vice-President, Ministers of the Central Government and certain high officers of Government when on tour or when their headquarters are changed

ð prepaid uninsured inland camp articles of the letter mail i.e., inland registered and unregistered letters, postcards, newspapers, and book and pattern packets (whether official or private) addressed “Camp” without the addition of the name of any post-town

ð Such articles are enclosed in special mail bags for each officer so long as he is absent from his head quarters.

 

SPECIAL BAGS :-

ð A special bag is used to enclose correspondence of the high officers of government, as entitiled to the privilege, and the correspondence of the director general of posts when on tour.

ð A special bag contains unregistered and registered articles of the letter mail.

ð Will be delivered on all days including Sundays and Holidays.

ð A registered list is placed in every special bag and in it are detailed the registered articles, if any, enclosed in the bag

ð Parcels, money orders, insured articles, value-payable articles and article son which any charge is due cannot be delivered in special bags.

CAMP BAGS :-

ð Camp bag is used to enclose the office files and other official papers, and is closed by the secretariat or head quarters of the office.

ð “Camp bag” being booked either at parcel, air parcel or letter mail rate.

ð The Camp bag booked as parcel will be sent by surface  route and will be charged with the postage payable on a parcel weighing 10 Kg.

ð Plus registration fee and incidental charge of Rs. 16/- irrespective of the weight of the bag, subject to a maximum of 10 Kgs.

ð In addition, a sum of Rs. 6 (rupees six) only as incidental charges for special arrangements.

ð The camp bag will be booked and delivered on all days including Sunday and P.O. Holiday. The camp bag should have two labels, viz., one address- label bearing the name and full address of the addressee and another tag- label.

POSTAL AUTHORITY TO BE FURNISHED WITH TOUR PROGRAMMES

The president and his council of ministers	Director general of posts
Governor	Post master general (concerned)
Director general of posts	All heads of the circles

 

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