WHAT A BRANCH POSTMASTER SHOULD NOT DO

WHAT A BRANCH POSTMASTER SHOULD NOT FAIL TO DO

1. Do not fail to examine seal card label and condition of the B.O. Bag received before opening. (Rule 52).

2. Do not fail to stamp the mail lists received and sign them. (rule 55).

3. Do not fail to examine the cash bags received, ascertain the correct weight, and compare it with the weight noted in the Branch Office slip. [Rule 167 (1)].

4.Do not fail to sign and date stamp the B.O. slips and file them in monthly bundles. [Rule 167(3)].

5. Do not fail to check the Book of B.O. Receipts as soon as it is received from the account office to see that the receipts are in order. [Rule 23(3)].

6. Do not fail to make the remarks “Re-entered” (with date) against the last previous entry in respect of accountable articles which are reissued after having been kept in deposit. (Note below Rule 169).

7. Do not fail to show the accountable articles in deposit at the close of the day noting them in red ink between two lines drawn in red ink after the last entry of the day in the journal. (Note 3 below Rule 169).

8. Do not fail to sign and stamp the registered lists or parcel lists or B.O. slips with which the registered articles are received. [Rule 86(1)].

9. Do not fail to submit the Monthly Abstract of B.O. transactions to the account office on the 1st of each month. (Rule 178).

10. Do not fail to maintain an error book and to report important irregularities immediately. (Rules 36 and 37).

11. Do not fail to sign the check slip in full. (Rule 64).

12. Do not fail to ask the delivering official to attest with his signature the thumb impression of the addressee on the receipt for the registered article. (Rule 91).

13. Do not fail to ascertain the weight of the insured article received and note it below the entry of the weight recorded by the account office in the registered list or the B.O. slip [Rule 97(1)].

14. Do not fail to note date of despatch of the delivered V.P. receipt to the account office against the entry corresponding to the article in the Registered or parcel list or in the B.O. Slip with which the V.P. article was received. [Rule 103(3)].

15. Do not fail to obtain the signature of witness in attestation of all payments of money orders paid in villages whether the payee is illiterate or not. [Rule 112(1) (g)].

16. Do not fail to record the words “Too late” on the B.O. receipts and counterfoil when a money order is booked after the despatch of the branch office bag. [Rule 104(2)].

17. Do not fail to weigh the cash bag containing remittance before despatch and note the weight in words and figures in the remarks column of the B.O. Account and on the label of the cash bag and in the B.O. daily account. [Rule 171 (3)].

18. Do not fail to keep under safe custody cash received from account office, or collected at B.O. as you alone are responsible for it in case of its loss or theft. (Rule 11).

19. Do not fail to pass receipts for accountable articles immediately. (Rules 81, 90, 104 and 129).

20. Do not fail to make immediate entries in the B.O.S.B. journal and S.B. pass book and return the later to the depositor unless it is required otherwise in which case a receipt should be given immediately. (Rule 131).

21. Do not fail to check up the visit book maintained by the village postman or GDDA and to ensure that all villages are visited on due days. (Rule 9)