Post office guide part i - India Post

frequently utilized denominations for sale to the rural public. They also, keep a stock of the
commonly required postal forms like acknowledgement forms. Money Order forms may also be
obtained from them on payment of ten paise for each form. Village postmen are, also, authorized
to book registered letters and post cards tendered to them for dispatch for which a receipt will be
issued by them and to collect letters tendered to them for dispatch.
92. Issue of Post Office Forms. – The forms prescribed for the various transactions can be
obtained from the Post Office. Post Offices will issue only the reasonable requirements of the
forms actually needed for immediate postal transactions. For the convenience of firms and other
institutions requiring large quantities of Post Office Forms in connection with their business, books
of the more commonly used forms are available for sale at a nominal price at all principal Post
Offices. Forms of acknowledgement for registered articles are supplied in books of fifty forms at
nominal price.
93. Services which cannot be claimed. – Post Office officials are absolutely forbidden to
affix stamps to letters, or other articles brought to the Post Office. They are not bound to give
change or to weigh for the public, letters or other articles, except (1) registered articles and parcels
which are weighed before being accepted and (2) articles for the surcharged air mail service
whether registered or not.
94. Acceptance of cheques. – (a) Cheques will be accepted from the public in any Postal
transactions, provided that –
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
the cheques are drawn on banks situated in the same place as the Post Office at
which they are presented and those banks are included in the list of banks furnished
by the respective Heads of Circles to the post offices where cheques are presented;
the amount of each such cheque is not less than Rs. 20; and
the bank concerned gives a guarantee on a stamped paper and in such form as
prescribed by the Director General ( a specimen copy is given below) renewable
every three years to the effect that all cheques drawn in favour of the Postal
Department by particular drawees therein will be honoured by it.
NOTE 1: Cheques drawn on banks whose guarantees have expired will not be accepted until they are renewed
by the banks in which their accounts stand.
NOTE 2: Postmen are not authorized to accept cheques which will be accepted only at the counters of the post
offices.
EXCEPTION 1:
EXCEPTION 2 :
The conditions of this clause do not apply to the Telephone subscribers who may at their
discretion pay the bills on account of rent of telephone lines; and instruments and trunk call
fees by cheque drawn on any known bank together with commission sufficient for
clearance if the cheque is drawn on an outstation bank.
The conditions of this clause do not apply to cheques presented for the purchase of National
Plan Savings Certificates or for deposit in Post Offices Savings bank Accounts. Cheques
drawn on local or outstation banks for this purpose will be accepted subject to the