Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2023

Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2023: Department of Posts order dated 16.01.2023

F.No. 04-05/2015-SPN-I
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi- 110 001.
Dated 16th January, 2023

To,

All Chief Postmasters General / All Postmasters General
Director Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA)
All Director of Postal Training Centre

Subject: Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2023- reg

Madam/Sir,

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2023 notified in the Official Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide GSR No. 21(E) on 13.01.2023.

2. It is requested that the provisions of aforesaid Recruitment Rules may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

Yours faithfully,

Encl: As above

(Kanika Bansal)
Section Officer (SPN-I)

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Posts)
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th January, 2023

G.S.R. 21(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules to amend the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022, namely:-

(1) These rules may be called the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022 (hereinafter to be called as the said rules), in the short title, for the brackets, words and symbol “(Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant), the brackets and words ―(Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant)‖ shall be substituted.

3. In the Schedule to the said rules, in the posts against serial number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, in the entries under column (11), in Part (B),–

(i) before Note 1, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:–

“Provided that for officials holding post in Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the Pay Matrix, who have rendered regular service as Gramin Dak Sevaks on or before the commencement of the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022, the total regular service including the service rendered regularly as Gramin Dak Sevaks shall be five years.”

(ii) in Note 2, for the portion beginning with the words “Promotion shall be subject to completion of’ and ending with the words “appointment to the promotional post:”, the following shall be substituted, namely: —

“Promotion shall be subject to completion of ‘Induction Training’, conducted by the Postal Training Centre, within two years from the date of appointment to the promotional post:”;

(iii) in Note 3, for the portion beginning with the words and figure “Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service” and ending with the words “who have already completed such qualifying or eligibility service’, the following shall be substituted, namely:—

“Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, seniors shall also be considered, provided—”

(a) both the senior and junior were recruited through same mode of recruitment and were holding same feeder cadre prior to appointment to the present post on regular basis; or

(b) seniors are not short of the requisite qualifying or eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying or eligibility service or two years, whichever is less, and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have already completed such qualifying or eligibility service.”

[F. No. 04-05/2015-SPN-I]
SATYA NARAYANA DASH, Director

Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (1), vide number G.S.R. 459(E), dated the 17th June, 2022.

Source: Department of Posts