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1. POST
BOX
“41
Paisa
per
day,
secure
your
privacy
each
day”,
avail
the
Post
Box.
!
————-­‐
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2. My
Address
a:er
I
have
a
PO?
“YOUR
NAME”
Post
Box
No
......................
Post
office
of
Delivery
.......................
Postal
Index
Number
(PIN)
……………………
!
!
Isn’t
it
cool!
Now
let
us
see
how
you
can
get
a
Post
Box
from
India
Post.
Le>er
box
Vs
Post
Box?
Are
they
same?
NO.
LeHer
Box
is
for
outgoing
mails
whereas
Post
box
is
for
incoming
mails.
You
deposit
your
mails
in
the
‘LeHer
Box’
addressed
to
somebody
else
whereas
“Post
Box’
is
your
private
address
on
which
others
send
you
the
mails.
‘LeHer
Box’
is
iden7fied
as
typical
red
colour
boxes
placed
across
the
city,
whereas
‘Post
Box’
can
only
be
seen
inside
the
wall
of
a
post
office
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3. something
similar
to
the
bank
lockers.
Why
rent
a
PO
Box?
•
Privacy
–
Your
home
address
is
just
that,
your
home.
With
a
PO
Box,
you
can
keep
your
home
address
private.
PuZng
your
private
home
address
on
forms,
applica7ons,
Internet
orders
and
so
on
compromises
your
privacy
because
the
address
can
be
added
to
searchable
databases,
mailing
lists
and
other
publica7ons
without
your
knowledge.
By
using
a
post
box
address
instead,
you
safeguard
your
private
home
address.
RTI
and
Post
Box:
In
the
recent
decision
of
Avishek
Goenka
Vs
Union
of
India,
High
Court
of
Kolkata
in
writ
pe77on
No.
33290
of
2013
dated
20.11.2013
has
“allowed
the
use
of
Post
Box
in
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4. filing
RTI
which
shall
enable
contact
of
a
user
with
the
authority
without
revealing
personal
details
of
the
informa7on
seeker”.
•
ConfidenKality
–
Since
you
have
control
of
the
keys
to
your
PO
Box,
important
documents
and
personal
communica7ons
stay
confiden7al.
With
a
post
office
box,
your
mail
cannot
be
tampered
with
or
stolen
like
it
can
be
in
a
mailbox
at
your
home.
Since
you're
the
only
person
who
has
a
key,
you
can
maintain
complete
confiden7ality.
•
Efficiency
–
A
PO
Box
makes
it
easy
to
separate
business
mail
from
personal
mail.
The
Post
office
shall
accept
packages
for
you,
so
you
don’t
have
to
worry
about
missing
a
delivery.
If
you
move
(within
the
city),
you
won’t
have
to
change
your
address
or
anything
that
has
your
business
address
on
it.
•
Accessibility
&
Security
–
Control
when
and
where
you
get
your
mail.
A
PO
Box
gives
you
an
easy
way
to
control
who
sees
your
delivered
mail.
Many
Post
Office
loca7ons
have
extended
business
hours.
Eligibility
for
a
Post
Box?
• Any
person
(including
a
firm
or
other
body)
can
avail
this
service;
•A r 7 c l e s
a d d r e s s e d
t o
legi7mate
personnel
of
a
firm
ren7ng
a
post
box
and
ar7cles
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5. addressed
to
family
members
and
guests
of
the
renter
can
also
avail
this
facility.
• The
post
box
holders
who
receive
a
large
quan7ty
of
mail
which
cannot
be
conveniently
put
into
the
post
box
may
rent
an
addi7onal
post
box
on
the
same
terms
and
condi7ons
but
with
the
same
post
box
number
so
that
the
en7re
mail
may
be
placed
inside
post
box
instead
of
keeping
a
por7on
of
the
mail
under
or
above
or
away
from
the
Post
Box
cabinet.
What
does
Post
Box
Delivers?
• Only
leHers,
inland
leHer
cards,
postcards,
aerogrammes,
registered
newspapers,
books
of
the
post
bearing
the
Post
Box
No.
are
delivered
through
post
box.
•Registered,
insured,
V.P.
ar7cles
as
also
money
orders
addressed
payable
to
the
par7cular
person
or
firm
in
whose
name
the
post
box
stands
registered
will
be
delivered/paid
through
the
postman,
so
long
the
person/firm
rents
the
Post
Box
!
Where
is
the
Post
Box
available?
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6. • Post
Box
is
available
in
most
of
the
delivery
post
offices
across
India.
A
delivery
post
office
is
the
one
from
where
the
Postman
come
out
for
delivery
of
leHers.
Very
broadly
Head
Post
Offices
or
the
HSG
Sub
Post
Offices
of
a
District
may
have
the
Post
Box
facility.
• It
can
also
be
ascertained
from
outside
the
post
office
wall,
as
at
some
place
the
wall
shall
have
the
boxes
where
the
keys
can
be
placed
(Something
like
a
bank
locker).
• The
decision
of
which
post
office
shall
have
Post
Box
facility
rest
with
the
State
(In
Postal
Department
they
are
called
‘Circle
Head’)
Head,
i.e.
Chief
Postmaster
General.
He
sits
at
the
state
capital
and
can
be
contacted
in
case
of
further
informa7on.
Which
Post
Box
to
choose?
• You
should
primarily
be
given
a
Post
box
in
the
jurisdic7on
of
post
office
who
deliver
mails
at
your
address.
Therefore
you
should
have
a
postal
address
in
the
delivery
zone
of
the
par7cular
post
office
where
you
have
rented
a
post
box.
NOTE
:-­‐
In
towns
where
there
is
more
than
one
delivery
office
and
the
Post
Box
facili7es
are
not
available
in
all
delivery
office
Post
Box
may
be
rented
in
any
post
office
where
such
facili7es
may
be
available
irrespec7ve
of
the
considera7on
of
the
delivery
jurisdic7on.
If
and
when
Post
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7. Box
facili7es
are
provided
subsequently
at
other
offices
the
holders
of
Post
Box
facili7es
will
have
the
op7on
to
shin
the
Post
Box
facili7es
provided
in
their
own
delivery
jurisdic7on.
• You
do
not
have
any
choice
in
the
number
alloca7on
of
a
Post
box.
How
to
rent
a
Post
Box?
• You
should
submit
an
applica7on
in
wri7ng
in
the
form
prescribed
for
the
purpose
to
the
Postmaster
concerned;
• You
should
specifically
state
in
the
applica7on
the
exact
nature
of
the
business
which
should
be
duly
cer7fied
by
two
respectable
gentlemen
not
connected
with
you
in
any
way
and
furnish
full
par7culars
of
your
business
address.
(This
will
not
be
insisted
upon
in
case
of
Government
and
semi-­‐Government
ins7tu7ons
and
such
private
par7es
as
are
either
known
to
the
Postmaster
or
have
otherwise
established
their
iden7ty
to
the
sa7sfac7on
of
the
Postmaster.);
• When
the
Postmaster
allots
a
post
box
to
a
renter,
the
laHer
is
supplied
with
a
delivery
7cket
which
will
be
produced
by
him
or
his
messenger
on
demand.
The
7cket
bears
the
same
number
as
that
alloHed
to
the
post
box
and
is
not
transferable.
• Post
boxes
are
available
on
rent
at
most
of
the
Delivery
Post
offices
(where
the
postmen
goes
out
of
delivery)
in
the
town
areas.
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8. • The
prescribed
rent
is
to
be
paid
in
advance
along
with
the
applica7on
for
ren7ng
a
post
box
or
for
renewal
thereof.
As
of
now
the
rent
to
avail
Post
Box
is
Rs.
150/-­‐
per
year
or
50/-­‐
per
quarter.
• You
can
clear
your
post
box
at
any
7me
during
the
business
hours
of
the
post
office.
CondiKons
of
Post
Box?
• If
any
informa7on
furnished
by
you
is
found
to
be
incorrect,
or
if
it
is
found
that
the
Post
Box
is
being
misused
your
services
can
be
terminated;
• In
case
you
are
changing
your
business
address
or
shining
office
to
another
place,
you
should
invariably
inform
the
Postmaster
of
the
change
within
seven
days
of
such
change;
• The
period
of
rental
of
a
post
box
commences
from
the
first
day
of
month
in
which
the
post
box
is
alloHed
and
the
period
of
renewal
of
rental
commences
from
the
first
day
of
the
month
immediately
succeeding
the
period
of
previous
rental.
• If
the
renter
of
a
post
box
does
not
clear
it
for
a
week,
a
no7ce
requiring
him
to
clear
it
for
a
week,
a
no7ce
requiring
him
to
clear
it,
will
be
sent
by
the
Postmaster
by
registered
post;
and
when
the
ar7cles
are
not
cleared
even
aner
this
no7ce,
they
will
be
delivered
through
the
postman
if
the
postal
ar7cles
bear
the
address
of
the
renter
or
he
has
given
instruc7ons
to
this
effect.
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9. • If
for
any
reasons
the
ar7cles
cannot
be
delivered
through
the
postman
in
the
normal
manner,
they
will
be
treated
as
undeliverable
and
disposed
of
in
the
manner
prescribed
for
such
ar7cles.
!
References:
• Post
Office
Guide
Part
-­‐
1
(Downloaded
from
India
Post
website,
available
here:
hHp://
www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Manuals/PO_Guide_Part-­‐1.pdf
)
• www.r7india.org
for
DoPT
Circular:
hHp://r7.cc/postbox
• The
Indian
Post
Office
Act
1898
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