FLASH NEWS , ABOUT THE DEPT. OF POSTS

*According to A  Kumar, master cards of post offices will be different from debit cards of other banks. Postal master cards will be prepaid ones that can be refilled or renewed with maximum balance of Rs 50,000. One can withdraw Rs 10,000 only at a time. Maximum transaction including shopping and withdrawal can be done up to Rs 20,000. It can be used at the ATMs of the above three banks, post offices with ATM facilities and at points of sale for shopping purpose.

*"For this, we have tied up with IDBI, HSBC and ICICI bank and others will join us in near future," he said, adding they were not waiting for further tie-ups.


* Customers can also avail of ATM facilities at 31 head post offices  including Buxar, Nawada, Jamui, Banka, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Siwan, Marhaura (Saran), Biharsharif (Nalanda), and Jehanabad, along with the HOs where CBS is starting.


*"Before starting CBS facilities we are verifying and scanning the account details, signatures and photographs of customers, under 'know your customer (KYC) plan," director, postal services and marketing, Anil Kumar, informed.


*Head offices of post offices such as Patna GPO, Bankipore (Patna), Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Munger, Ara (Bhojpur), Chhapra (Saran), Motihari (East Champaran), Hajipur (Vaishali), Begusarai, Saharsa, Purnia, Katihar, Darbhanga, Laheriasarai (Darbhanga), Madhubani, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Bettiah (West Champaran) are going to start CBS facilities.


*Postal department is coming up with Core Banking Solution (CBS) at 20 post offices located in different parts of the state. These post offices will be inter-connected by April-end. Through CBS facility at these post offices, customers can access their accounts and carry out simple transactions from any of the member branch offices. CBS is a general term used to describe the services provided by a group of networked bank branches. 


*Pune region of postal department on Thursday unveiled 'Chotukool', a solid state cooler. Postal department will sale this product in Pune region along with Godrej.


(SOURCE:- Times of India)

JUST ONE CLICK TO FIND THE NAMES OF CBS POST OFFICE.

Directorate has identified 1000 Post Offices all over the country for ATM implementation.

Click here to view the names of the 1000 identified post offices for installation of ATMs.

The summary of ATM locations circle wise is as follows.

Sl. No.	Circle	No of HO	No of SO	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	95	0	95
2	Assam	19	7	26
3	Bihar	31	13	44
4	Chattisgarh	10	4	14
5	Delhi	12	14	26
6	Gujarat	34	7	41
7	Haryana	16	4	20
8	Himachal Pradesh	18	4	22
9	Jammu & Kashmir	9	4	13
10	Jharkhand	13	6	19
11	Karnataka	59	17	76
12	Kerala	51	5	56
13	Madhya Pradesh	43	9	52
14	Maharashtra	60	15	75
15	North-East	9	14	23
16	Orissa	35	9	44
17	Punjab	22	4	26
18	Rajasthan	48	16	64
19	Tamil Nadu	94	0	94
20	Uttar Pradesh	71	17	88
21	Uttarakhand	13	5	18
22	West Bengal	47	17	64
	Total	809	191	1000

Review of three years time limit for making Compassionate Appointment

F.No.14014/3/2011-Estt. (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi,
Dated the 26th, July 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Review of three years time limit for making compassionate appointment.

The primary objective of scheme for compassionate appointment circulated vide O.M. No. 14014/6/94-Estt(D) dated 09.10.1998 is to provide immediate assistance to relieve the dependent family of the deceased or medically retired Government servant from financial destitution i.e. penurious condition. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgment dated 05.04.2011 in Civil Appeal No. 2206 of 2006 filed by Local Administration Department vs. M. Selvanayagam ® Kumaravelu has observed that "an appointment made many years after the death of the employee or without due consideration of the financial resources available to his/her dependents and the financial deprivation caused to the dependents as a result of his death, simply because the claimant happened to be one of the dependents of the deceased employee would be directly in conflict with Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution and hence, quite bad and illegal. In dealing with cases of compassionate appointment, it is imperative to keep this vital aspect in mind”.

2. This Department’s O.M. No. 14014/6/1994-Esst.(D) dated 09.10.1998 provided that Ministries/Departments can consider requests for compassionate appointment even where the death or retirement on medical grounds of a Government servant took place long back, say five years or so. While considering such belated requests it was, however, to be kept in view that the concept of compassionate appointment is largely related to the need for immediate assistance to the family of the Government servant in order to relieve it from economic distress. The very fact that the family has been able to manage somehow all these years should normally be taken as adequate proof that the family had some dependable means of subsistence. Therefore, examination of such cases call for a great deal of circumspection. The decision to make appointment on compassionate grounds in such cases was to be taken only at the level of the Secretary of the Department/Ministry concerned.

3. Subsequently vide this Department’s O.M. No.14014/19/2002-Estt.(D) dated 5th May, 2003 a time limit of three years time was prescribed for considering cases of compassionate appointment. Keeping in view the Hon’ble High Court Allahabad judgment dated 07.05.2010 in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 13102 of 2010, the issue has been re-examined in consultation with Ministry of Law. It has been decided to withdraw the instructions contained in the O.M. dated 05.05.2003.

4. The cases of compassionate appointment may be regulated in terms of instructions issued vide O.M. dated 09.10.1998 as amended from time to time. The onus of examining the penurious condition of the dependent family will rest with the authority making compassionate appointment.

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(Mukta Goel)
Director (E-I)