Dept of Posts Postman and Mail Guard (Group ‘C’ post) Recruitment Rules, 2018
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF POSTS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th September, 2018
G.S.R 899(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Department of Posts (Postman and Mail Guard) Recruitment Rules, 2010 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 post of Postman and Mail Guard in the Department of Posts, Ministry of
Communications, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Department of Posts Postman and Mail Guard (Group ‘C’ post) Recruitment Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of posts, classification and level in the pay matrix.—The number of posts, its 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 living; 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 there are other ground for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
5. Recruitment to serve in the Army Postal Service.—Any person appointed to the posts specified in the Schedule shall be liable to serve in the Army Postal Service in India or abroad, as required.
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, 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. Savings.—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-Servicemen, 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.
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