Post office guide part i - India Post

in all delivery office Post Box may be rented in any post office where such facilities may be
available irrespective of the consideration of the delivery jurisdiction. If and when Post Box
facilities are provided subsequently at other offices the holders of Post Box facilities will have
the option to shift the Post Box facilities provided in their own delivery jurisdiction.
(13) The renter will not have any right to get delivery through the post box of any article
addressed to him without the Post Box No.
(14) (i) Where any postal article addressed to a post box number cannot, in view of its size
or for want of space in the box, be placed therein, the Postmaster will arrange an
intimation slip to this effect to be placed in the post box and the article will be kept in
the delivery department.
(ii) On the renter or his messenger presenting the intimation slip together with the delivery
ticket, the article may be handed over to him.
(15) When a renter is unable to clear his post box on account of the loss of the key or
otherwise, postal articles addressed to the post box will be delivered to him or his
messenger at the counter only during the hours prescribed for window delivery on the
presentation of the delivery ticket, provided the allotment of the post box has not been
cancelled under Note 1 of condition (7).
(16) If the renter of a post box does not clear it for a week, a notice requiring him to clear
it for a week, a notice requiring him to clear it, will be sent by the Postmaster by
registered post; and when the articles are not cleared even after this notice, they will be
delivered through the postman if the postal articles bear the address of the renter or he
has given instructions to this effect. If for any reasons the articles cannot be delivered
through the postman in the normal manner, they will be treated as undeliverable and
disposed of in the manner prescribed for such articles.
NOTE :
Failure to clear the Post Box, necessitating the issue of registered notices too often or requiring
the Post Office too often to redirect the articles addressed to the Post Box, will amount to misuse
of the Post Box within the meaning of sub-clause (4).
(17) When a post box is no longer required by a renter, he is required to surrender the lock
and key to the Postmaster and the latter thereafter will arrange to refund to him the
deposit or such portion of it as may be admissible under item (iv) or (v) of condition
(7). No refund will be granted if the lock and key at the time of surrender are not in
working conditions.
(18) The post box holders who receive a large quantity of mail which cannot be
conveniently put into the post box may rent an additional post box on the same terms
and conditions but with the same post box number so that the entire mail may be placed