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A Head Post Office [H.O] is the controlling authority of All Sub Post Offices [S.O] in it's Area. A H.O may have upto 50 S.O’s of different PIN Codes under it. Each Post Master of S.O is controlled and answerable to H.O Post Master or Director.
A B.O(Branch Post Office) is under the same PIN Code of S.O of that Area and all Daily Mail, Speed Post, Registered Post, M.O are collected from B.O and sent to S.O Delivery of that Area. So a B.O Post Master is controlled and answerable to Post Master of S.O Delivery.
Generally A S.O can also be termed as Main Sorting/Delivery Office of that Area Pin Code, from where all incoming mail and outgoing mail are received and sent. All postmen delivering ordinary, Registered, Speed Post, Parcel Mail, serving a Particular Area PIN Code Report for Duty @ S.O Delivery plus keep their Bicycles, Motorcycles in it.
A Head Post Office [H.O] is the controlling authority of All Sub Post Offices [S.O] in it's Area. A H.O may have upto 50 S.O’s of different PIN Codes under it. Each Post Master of S.O is controlled and answerable to H.O Post Master or Director.
A B.O(Branch Post Office) is under the same PIN Code of S.O of that Area and all Daily Mail, Speed Post, Registered Post, M.O are collected from B.O and sent to S.O Delivery of that Area. So a B.O Post Master is controlled and answerable to Post Master of S.O Delivery.
Generally A S.O can also be termed as Main Sorting/Delivery Office of that Area Pin Code, from where all incoming mail and outgoing mail are received and sent. All postmen delivering ordinary, Registered, Speed Post, Parcel Mail, serving a Particular Area PIN Code Report for Duty @ S.O Delivery plus keep their Bicycles, Motorcycles in it.
All
B.O have short working hours as compared to S.O of that Area as they
have to send everything to S.O by close of Business Hours after which
one Mail Collection Van will carry everything from S.O Delivery to H.O
for reconciliations.
Delivery/Sorting
S.O have longer working hours for all activities like PO savings bank, registered mail, speed post,international mail.
This was the practice before B.O were computerized.
The above was the British system of double, triple, checks, invented to prevent frauds knowing the skill & capability of indians.
After
P.O Core System launch, all B.O’s have become as S.O’s non delivery in urban, metro cities or B.O’s delivery/Non-delivery in interior rural villages directly controlled and answerable to H.O without S.O delivery intervention through TCS core system integration for PoS & Infosys finacle software for Small savings accounts.
Example:A B.O can order Repayment Cheques for Small Savings NSC MIS KVP Directly from H.O without routing through S.O Delivery.
S.O
Delivery can keep stock of maximum cash of Rs 1,00,000/- in their
Strong Room British Era Iron Chests overnight till next day morning when
P.O opens for business whereas all B.O D/Non Delivery have to return
daily cash above Rs 10,000/- in sealed packets with weight back to H.O
by same day end evening.
An Example of My Own Area.
1-New Delhi G.P.O is H.O Pin Code-110001 i.e Director G.P.O New Delhi-110 001.
Under it there are about 25 or more S.O’s of different PIN Codes 110005,110008,110060,110012,110055.
My main delivery S.O is Karol Bagh, Gurudwara Road,New Delhi-110005. This
is 2.5 kms from my home situated in prime Central Delhi Karol Bagh
commercial area serving many biggest wholesale markets near it like mobiles & accessories, fancy shoes, gold silver ware jewellery, auto parts & accessories,school college books publishers, sellers etc !
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