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maintenance of service postage stamp account will be as givenin Annexure-XX(B).43.10 Despatch of non-postal communications :(i)Non-postal communications should be sorted out according tothe location of the addressees, entered in messenger books andhanded over to messenger for delivery to the addressees.(ii)Messenger books should be numbered serially and an adequatenumber of such books allotted to each department/office orseveral departments/offices grouped conveniently according totheir location.(iii)Urgent communications should be despatched promptly. Thetime of despatch should invariably be noted in the messengerbook. The recipients should similarly be required to indicatethe time of their receipt. Ordinary communication should bedespatched at least twice a day at suitable intervals.(iv)Only urgent communications will be despatched outside officehours. No communication should be sent to an officer at hisresidence unless :(a) It is of such a nature that action thereon cannot wait tillthe commencement of the next working day;(b) It is marked ‘immediate’ and addressed to the officer byname; and(c) Its delivery to the officer’s residence has been authorisedby the Branch Officer concerned at the despatching end.(v)After the communications have been delivered, the despatcherwill examine the messenger books to see that all thecommunications entered therein have been duly acknowledgedby the recipients under dated signatures written in ink.Instances where the communications have not beenacknowledged will be immediately brought to the notice of theSection Officer of the Central Issue Section for investigationand further suitable action.43.11 Return of papers after issue :After issue of fair communications the despatcher will makeover office copies, together with drafts and relevant files, if any, to theclerk maintaining the issue diary. The latter will return the papers toPage 285 of 285