Post office guide part i - India Post

(6) (i) The prescribed rent is to be paid in advance along with the application for renting a
post box or for renewal thereof.
(ii) No renter is entitled to claim a refund of the whole or any part of the rent paid by him
in respect of the allotment of a post box. If any claim in writing for such refund
reaches the Postmaster before he makes such allotment, he may admit such claim in
whole or in part.
(iii) where rent is paid in respect of any post box, it cannot be adjusted in whole or in part
against the rent or deposit due in respect of any other post box.
(7) (i) The prescribed deposit is to be paid on the allotment of a post box and before the
key of the box is made over to the renter and except in the cases referred to in items
(iii), (iv) and (v) of this condition is payable only at the time a post box is rented for the
first time.
(ii) A deposit in respect of a post box cannot be adjusted in whole or in part against the
deposit or the rent due in respect of any other post box.
(iii) If at any time during the period of rental, the key of the lock or lock is lost by the
renter, or the key or the lock or both are not in working condition, it will be obligatory
on the part of the renter to bring the matter immediately to the notice of the postmaster
and to credit the cost of both the lock and key in case both the lock and key or only the
lock is lost or damaged or the cost of the key only in case the key is lost or damaged,
failing which the deposit made by him shall be forfeited. On the crediting of the cost
by the renter, he shall be supplied with a new lock and key or key as the case may be,
by the Postmaster. In addition to the cost of the key or both the lock and key, as the
case may be, the renter will have to pay postage charges, if any, and the money order
commission charges for remittance to the amount representing the cost of the key or
both the lock and key, as the case may be, the renter will have to pay postage charges,
if any, and the money order commission charges for remittance to the amount
representing the cost of the key or both the lock and key to the suppliers, if the
supplying firm or a branch thereof is not at the same station.
NOTE 1 : Failure to intimate the loss or damage will entail cancellation of the allotment of the post box.
NOTE 2 : In case of loss of or damage to the key, the renter, as a security measure, may, if he so desires, deposit
the cost of both the lock and key, in which case a new lock and key will be supplied to him.
(iv) If the lock and key are not surrendered by the renter to the Postmaster within 15 days
of the expiry of the period of rent or the renting of the box is not renewed within the
aforesaid period, the deposit will be forfeited.
(v) If the renter does not notify to the Postmaster his intention not to renew the rental of the