Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2024

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01082024-255989 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 431] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024/ SHRAVANA 10, 1946 4781 GI/2024 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Department of Posts) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st August, 2024 G.S.R. 470(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 and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022, namely: – 1. (1) These rules may be called the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022, in the Schedule, – (a) against serial number 1, relating to the post of Postal Assistant (Circle Office and Regional Offices), under column (11), for Note 3, the following Note shall be substituted, namely: "Note 3: Where juniors who have completed qualifying or eligibility service are eligible for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination or Competitive Examination, their seniors would also be eligible for such examination provided they 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 subject to the condition that 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. This condition shall not be applied with reference to such junior officials who lost their seniority after availing transfer under Rule-38 of the Postal Manual Volume-IV."; (b) serial number 2, relating to the post of Postal Assistant (In the Foreign Post Organisations in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai), and serial number 3, relating to the post of Postal Assistant (Savings Bank Control and Internal Check Organisations) and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (c) against serial number 4, relating to the post of Postal Assistant (Post Office), under column (11), for Note 3, the following Note shall be substituted, namely: "Note 3: Where juniors who have completed qualifying or eligibility service are eligible for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination or Competitive Examination, their seniors would also be eligible for such examination provided they 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 subject to the condition that 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. This condition shall not be applied with reference to such junior officials who lost their seniority after availing transfer under Rule-38 of the Postal Manual Volume-IV."; (d) against serial number 5, relating to the post of Sorting Assistant (Railway Mail Service), under column (11), for Note 3, the following Note shall be substituted, namely: "Note 3: Where juniors who have completed qualifying or eligibility service are eligible for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination or Competitive Examination, their seniors would also be eligible for such examination provided they 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 subject to the condition that 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. This condition shall not be applied with reference to such junior officials who lost their seniority after availing transfer under Rule-38 of the Postal Manual Volume-IV.". [No. 04-05/2015-SPN-I] SATYA NARAYNA DASH, Director Note: - The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide G.S.R. 459 (E), dated the 17th June, 2022 and was amended vide G.S.R. 21 (E), dated the 13th January, 2023.