Copy of Directorate letter no 137-8/2009-SPB.II dated the 08 December, 2010 addressed to all Chief Postmasters General
Subject: - Syllabus for Departmental Examination in respect of Post Master Grade- I in Postal Wing.
Sir/Madam,
I  am directed to refer to Directorate’s letter No. 13-2/2010-PE.I, dated  03.02.2010 whereby a separate cadre of Postmasters has been constituted  in the grades of Senior Postmaster, Postmaster Grade-III, Postmaster  Grade –II and Postmaster Grade-I, by carving out the posts from existing  General Line posts in Postal Wing.
2.  Reference is also invited to Directorate’s letter of even number dated  22.11.2010 forwarding therewith copy of Recruitment Rules, namely,  Department of Posts, Senior Postmaster (Group B Gazetted), Postmaster  (Grade- ‘III and II’ – Group B non-gazetted) and Postmaster (Grade- I  Group C non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2010, dated 9th September,  2010. It was stated inter-alia in the said letter that initial  constitution of the various Grades of Postmasters shall be done by  inviting options/applications from the existing incumbents of LSG,  HSG.II, HSG.I in Post offices and PS Gr, ‘B’. In case, after filling up  the posts as per the provisions of the Recruitment Rules certain number  of posts still remain unfilled, the same would be filled up as per the  provision contained in col. 12 of the respective Recruitment Rules.
3.  The Recruitment Rules for the Grade of Postmaster Grade-I provides for  filling up of the vacancies by promotion through Limited Departmental  Competitive Examination from amongst the Postal Assistants working in  Post offices with five years of regular service in the grade. Thus, the  unfilled posts, after the initial constitution, if any, and regular  vacancies subsequently will be filled up on the basis of Limited  Departmental Competitive Examination. The Pattern and scheme for Limited  Departmental Competitive Examination decided by the Competent Authority  to fill up the vacancies in the grade of Postmaster Grade-I is  forwarded herewith as in the Annexure.
4. It is requested that the provisions of the Recruitment Rules and the Syllabus may be brought to the notice of all concerned.
Encl: As above
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(Suraj Bhan)
Assistant Director General (SPN)
ANNEXURE
Syllabus for Departmental Competitive Examination for the post of Post Master Grade-I in Post Offices
The examination for Postmaster Grade – I will consist of two papers of 100 questions; 90 minutes duration each.
The questions will be on the pattern of objective type Multiple Choice Question (MCQ).2. Syllabus for these two questions papers is given as under:
PAPER – I
(i) Customer Service & Grievances
a)      Post Office Guide – Part I
b)      Compendium of Processing and Disposal of Public complaints
c)      Knowledge about DOPG, DOARPG and RTI cases
d)      Consumer Forum/Post Forum/Citizen Charter
e)      Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules,
f)       Conduct Rules
g)      General Financial Rules
(ii) Postal Operations
a)      Postal Manual Volume V
b)      Postal Manual Volume VI (Part I, II & III)
c)      FHB Volume II
d)      POSB Manuals (Volume I, II and III) OR compilation of POSB Manual Volume I & II written by Kawaljit Singh, AD (FS) Department of Posts
e)      Project Arrow-Blue Book
PAPER – II
a) Knowledge of products and services of Departments of Posts
b) Marketing: Principles of marketing assessment of related products and services
c) PLI/RPLI,  Post Office Insurance Fund Rule, outline knowledge about Insurance  Schemes, Mutual Fund and other financial products and services in the  market.
d) General Awareness and current affairs including  general mental ability test covering logical reasoning (verbal and non  verbal), numerical analysis (arithmetic) and basic mathematical  equations and statistical tools like mean, median, mode, graphical  representation of data, comprehension and basic language skills.
e) General principles of technology;
Basic technology requirement – computer, server, laptop Connectivity of computers.

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