Post office guide part i - India Post

(d) The delivery and re-direction of articles superscribed “On India Government Service”
or “On Service” are governed by the official designation (when given) of the addressee.
199. Unpaid and insufficiently paid articles. – (1) The postage chargeable on the delivery
of official postal articles, when the postage is not prepaid or is insufficiently prepaid, is as follows:
On an unpaid postcard, letter card, letter, or packet ……….
The prepaid rate.
On an insufficiently paid postcard, letter or packet ……….
The deficiency.
(2) In cases where it is not thought advisable to entrust postage stamps to a subordinate
official who has to correspond with, or to send returns to, a superior, he may be allowed by his
superior to post to him official articles, other than parcels without prepaying the postage : and the
same course may be adopted in other cases where it is found convenient or proper to make the
postage charge fall on the receiving office.
NOTE : The prepayment of postage on parcels is compulsory.
200. Officials entitled to use Service Stamps.- The following 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/particular
body :-
(a) All Government officials, except those who are on leave, or have retired from the
Service.
(b) The Vice-Chancellors and registrars of the Universities of Agra, Andhra, Allahabad,
Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Guwahati, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Lucknow,
Madras, Meerut, Mysore, Nagpur, North Bengal, Punjab, Patna, Poona, Rajputana,
Roorkee, Saugor, Travancore and of the Annamalai University at Annamalainagar,
Banaras Hindu University, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Muslim University,
Aligarh, Visva Bharati, Sri Venkateswara University at Tirupati, Shreemati Nathibai
Demodar Thackersey Women”s University at Bombay, Gujarat University, Utkal
University at Cuttack, Bihar University, Kurukshetra University, Vikram University,
Gorakhpur University and Sardar Valabbhai Vidyapeeth.
(c) The President of the District Educational Councils in the State of Tamilnadu and their
Secretaries.
(d) The Astronomer in-charge of the G.V. Juggarao Observatory, Vizagapatnam.
(e) The Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital for Mental Diseases at Ranchi
and the Superintendent of the said Hospital.