Filling up of GDS posts in Branch Post Offices - review of guidelines regarding.

Copy of Directorate letter No. 17-103/2007-GDS dated 29th December, 2010 received from A. K. Sharma, Deputy Director General (Estt) addreseed to all CPMsG / PMsG & circulated vide CO Mumbai memo No. Estt/4-1/GDS/2007-2008 dated 05/01/2011 is reproduced below:

           Subject : Filling up of GDS posts in Branch Post Offices - review of guidelines regarding.

Sir/Madam, 

          Reference is invited to this Directorate letter No.even dated 14th Jul 2009 on the subject cited above which provides for the manner of filling up of GDS vacant posts in single handed branch offices and branch post offices having two or more hands. 

2.       Provisional appointment for a brief period may be resorted to only on account of sudden death, dismissal, removal, put off duty, absorption against the departmental posts of Gramin Dak Sevaks and unauthorized absence for long period in case regular arrangements cannot be made immediately. 

3.      In the case of posts falling vacant due to discharge from service of the GDS BPM or absorption of the GDS BPM on the regular departmental posts, efforts shold first be made to fill up the posts by adjusting identified surplus GDS fulfilling the prescribed qualification and other prscribed conditions failing which action should be taken in advance to fill the vacant post of GDS BPM on regular basis by following the prescribed procedure and following other conditions prescribed under letter NO. 17-103/2007-GDS dated 14 Jul 2009.  The list of all the GDS, category wise, due to be discharged from service in a calendar year may also be displayed on the Depaprtment's website in the month of January of each calendar year. 

        This issues with the approval of competent authority.