55. Post Boxes:-
Post Boxes are available on rent at certain
Post offices as may be determined in this behalf by the Head of Circle
Only fully prepaid
unregistered articles of the letter mail,
namely letters, inland letter cards, postcards, aerogrammes, registered
newspapers, books, of the post bearing the Post Box No. are delivered through
post box.
RENT
Post bag & post box if taken separately
One financial year
Rs.150/-
Three calander months or part thereof
Rs.50/-
Post box and Post bag combined together
Rs.250/-
with the same number or different No.
Three calander months or part thereof
Rs.80/-
Mail addressed to :
* legitimate personnel of the renter firm.
* family members and guests of the renter
* wards, trainees or inmates of renter
institution
is also delivered through the Box of the renter.
The renter can get delivery of mail addressed to
other allied concerns of which he is the proprietor or agent, through the same
Post Box on payment of a separate fee in respect of each such concern.
Post Box holder who receives a large quantity of
mail requiring additional space, may rent an additional Post Box number so that
the entire mail may be placed inside the Post Box.
Registered, insured, V.P. articles as also money
orders addressed/payable to the particular person of firm in whose name the
post box stands registered will be delivered/paid through the postman, so long
the person/ firm rents the Post Box. If it is found that there is no Post Box
in the name of the addressee/payee, or the addressee has ceased to be a renter
of the Post Box, the article will be returned to the sender/remitter.
Application
Application in the prescribed form should be made
to the Postmaster, together with the prescribed fee.
The exact nature of the business should be stated,
if the applicant is in business, duly certified by two respectable persons not
connected with the applicant in any way; this certificate is not required in
case of Government and Semi-Government applicants and such other applicants as
are either known to the Postmaster or have otherwise established their identify
to the Postmaster.
After Postmaster has allotted a Post Box,
no claim for refund of the rent will be entertained.
The prescribed deposit is to be paid, following the
allotment, before the key of the Box is made over to the renter.
On payment of deposit, Window Delivery ticket is given
to the allottee. It should be produced by the renter or messenger, on demand.
The period of renting is from the first day of the
month of allotment and the renewal commences from the first day of the month
following the previous renting.
The Post Office reserves the right to withdraw the
Post Box without notice or without assigning any reason, if any information
furnished by the applicant is found to be incorrect or the Post Box is being
misused by the renter. In the event of renter changing his business address or
shifting his office to another place, he should invariably inform the
Postmaster of the change within seven days of such change. In case of failure
to do so, the Post Box is liable to be withdrawn without notice and without assigning
any reason.
If the lock or key is not functioning, the renter
has to credit the cost of both the lock and the key, and if the key is lost,
the cost of the key. A new lock and key, or key alone, as the case may be, will
then be provided by the Postmaster.
Application for renewal of rental should reach the
Postmaster before the expiry of the period of renting. Application received
within 15 days of the expiry of the renting may also be entertained if the
Postmaster is satisfied with the reasons for delay. If the same Box is not
available, the application, in that case, will be considered as a fresh one.
Unless the lock and the key are surrendered within
15 days of the expiry of renting, in case renting is not renewed, the deposit
will be forfeited.
It is open to the renter to clear this Post Box at
any time during the business hours of the Post Office except during the half
hour before the time fixed for each delivery.
If any mail addressed to a Post Box, because of its
size or for want of space in the Box, cannot be placed therein, an intimation
slip to this effect will be placed in the Post Box, and that mail will be kept
in the delivery department for collection by the renter.
When the renter is unable to clear his Post Box
on account of loss of the key or otherwise, mail
addressed to the Post Box will be delivered to him or his messenger at the
counter during the hours prescribed for window delivery on presentation of the
Window Delivery ticket.
If the renter does not clear the Post Box for a
week, a notice, requiring him to clear it, will be sent by the Postmaster by
registered post. If the mail is not cleared in spite of this notice, it will be
delivered through the postman in case the mail bears the address of the renter
or the renter has given instructions to that effect. If, for any reason, the
mail cannot be delivered through the postman in the normal manner, it will be
treated as undelivered.
When a Post Box is no longer required by the
renter, he should surrender the lock and the key to the Postmaster and the
latter, thereafter, will refund to him the deposit or such portion of it as is
permissible.
POST BAG
The system of delivery of postal articles in Bag
which, along with a lock and keys in duplicate, is to be supplied by the
renter, is available at all delivery Post Offices.
Provisions relating to Post Box apply mutatis
mutandis to Post Bag except:
locked Post Bag with the postal articles inside is
handed over to the renter or messenger over the counter on production of the
Window Delivery ticket during the hours prescribed for making window delivery.
Bag, unless rented in combination with a Post Box
of the same number, may be used by the renter for despatching to the Post
Office fully prepaid unregistered letter, newspaper and Book, Pattern and
Sample packet for posting.
WINDOW DELIVERY
Where Post Box facility is not available, addressee
can collect his mail loose from the window of the Post Office during business
hours. For this, a written request is to be made to the Postmaster to keep the
mail in the Post Office.
Rent for Post Boxes/Post
Bags:
1. Post Box/ Post Bag
separately
One financial year Rs. 150.00
calendar months or part thereof Rs.50.00
2. Post Box/ Post Bag together
One financial year Rs. 250.00
calendar months or part thereof Rs.
80.00
Prescribed rent should be paid in advance.
Necessary deposit towards cost of lock and key plus Rs.2 paid on allotment of
PB.
In case of loss of key, the renter will be responsible for it.
Renewal should be done before the expiry of the rental period.
If the PB is not renewed, the key should be returned within 15 days of the
expiry.
PB can be cleared at anytime during the business hours of the PO.
There must be PB numbers on the articles to be delivered through PBs.
If the PB is not cleared for
a week, a notice will be sent by Regd post to the renter. Even then if it is
not cleared, the articles will be delivered through Postman.
Post Bag:
The system of delivery of postal articles in a bag is available at all delivery
Post Offices whether PB system is available or not.
The renter arranges for a bag
with duplicate keys, one is kept in the PO.
The rules of Post Box are applicable to the renting of Post
Bags also.
The locked bag with fully prepaid unregistered articles is
handed over to the renter or messenger during the working hours.
The same bag
with the exception of those rental in combination with post box may be used by
the renter for dispatching to the Post Office, fully prepaid
Unregistered
letters, postcards, inland letter cards, newspapers and packets for posting.
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