Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022 – Notification dated 17.06.2022

HomePost officeCadre Restructuring

Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022 – Notification dated 17.06.2022

Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022 – Notification dated 17.06.2022

F.No. 04-05/20 15-SPN-I
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi- 110 001.
Dated 20.06.2022

To,

1. All Chief Postmasters General / All Postmasters General
2. Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA)
3. All Directory of Postal Training Central

Subject: Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022- reg

Madam/Sir,

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022 notified in the Official Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-ll, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide GSR No. 459(E) on 17.06.2022.

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

(Satya Narayana Dash)
Assistant Director General [SPN)


MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Posts)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th June, 2022

G.S.R. 459(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the posts of Postal Assistant (Circle Office and Regional Offices), Postal Assistant (In the Foreign Post Organisations in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai), Postal Assistant (Savings Bank Control and Internal Check Organisations), Postal Assistant (Post Office) and Sorting Assistant (Railway Mail Service) in the Ministry of Communications, Department of Posts, namely:-

1. Short title and Commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Department of Posts (Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2022.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.

2. Number of posts, their classification and level in the pay matrix. – The number of posts, their classification and level in the pay matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.

3. Method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications etc.– The method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.

4. Disqualification. – No person, –

(a) who, has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse; or

(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:

Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

5. Requirement to serve. – Any person appointed to the posts specified in the said Schedule shall be liable to serve anywhere in India including in Army Postal Services.

6. Power to Relax. – Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

7. Saving. – Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age-limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, ex-Serviceman, Other Backward Classes and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.

SCHEDULE

Name of post. Number of posts. Classification. Level in the pay matrix. Whether selection post or non-selection post
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Postal Assistant (Circle Office and Regional Offices) 2738* (2022).

* Subject to variation dependent on workload.

Note: The posts are distributed amongst 23 postal circles.

General Central Service, Group ‘C’, Non-Gazetted, Ministerial. Level 4 in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 25500- 81100)

 

Selection
2. Postal Assistant (In the Foreign Post Organisations in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai). 457* (2022).

* Subject to variation dependent on workload

General Central Service, Group ‘C’, Non-Gazetted, Ministerial. Level 4 in the Pay Matrix

(Rs. 25500-81100).

Selection
3. Postal Assistant (Savings Bank Control and Internal Check Organisations). 3265* (2022).

* Subject to variation dependent on workload.

Note: The posts are distributed amongst 23 postal circles.

General Central Service, Group ‘C’,

Non-Gazetted, Ministerial.

Level 4 in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 25500- 81100). Selection.

 

4. Postal Assistant (Post Office). 69996* (2022).

* Subject to variation dependent on workload.

Note: The posts are distributed amongst 23 postal circles.

General Central Service, Group ‘C’, Non-Gazetted, Ministerial. Level 4 in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 25500- 81100). Selection.
5. Sorting Assistant (Railway Mail Service). 17694* (2022).

* Subject to variation dependent on workload.

Note: The posts are distributed amongst 23 postal circles.

General Central Service, Group ‘C’, Non- Gazetted, Ministerial. Level 4 in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 25500- 81100). Selection.
Click to view/Download full Notification

COMMENTS

WORDPRESS: 0