Post Office (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2026

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-17082026-275494 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4357] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026/SHRAVAN 23, 1948 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Department of Posts) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th August, 2026 S.O. 4537(E) .— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Post Office Act, 2023 (43 of 2023), the Director General, with the prior approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Post Office Regulations, 2024, namely: - 1. (1) These regulations may be called the Post Office (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the 17th day of August, 2026. 2. In the Post Office Regulations, 2024, - for regulation 51, the following shall be substituted, namely: — (a)"51. Item addressed to a deceased person shall be returned to the sender, where the particulars of the sender are available on item, or where such particulars are not available, the item shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 65.", (b) In regulation 65, - (i) in sub-regulation (1), clause (c) shall be omitted; (ii) in sub-regulation (2), the words “or authorised person" shall be omitted. [F. No. 01-01/2025-PO-Part-(4)] DUSHYANT MUDGAL, Dy. Director General Note: The Post Office Regulation, 2024 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 5440 (E), dated the 16th December, 2024 and were last amended vide number S.O 4241 (E) dated the 31st July 2026 Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.