RESTRUCTURING OF THE EXISTING OPERATIONAL NETWORK AND PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT FOR 1ST CLASS REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED MAILS
As per Directorate O.M.No.30-7/2012-D dated 01-02-2012, Circle Office,
Tiruvananthapuram, vide letter No: Mails/ 310-131/ Vol II dated
09.02.2012, has issue
instructions regarding the restructuring of the existing operational network and
processing arrangement for 1st class registered and unregistered mails, which will be introduced w.e.f 15th February 2012.
A copy of the order is exhibited below:
No. Mails/310-131/Vol.II Dated at Trivandrum-33, the 9-2-2012
As per Directorate O.M.No.30-7/2012-D dated 01-02-2012 copy of which was already
forwarded to ROs vide this e-mail dated 02-02-2012, restructuring of the existing
operational
network and processing arrangement for 1st class registered and
unregistered mails should be introduced w.e.f 15th February 2012.
In
connection with the new operational arrangement, the following
instructions are being issued with regard to Registered and first class
unregistered mails:
1. TD and NTD concept
TD mails : Mails meant for delivery by the Post Offices mapped
to the own mail office(L1 or L2)
NTD mails : All other mails (outgoing) except TD
2. Closing of TD and NTD bags
Separate TD and NTD bags with registered and unregistered articles are
to be closed.
3. The registered bag for NTD should be included in the bag closed with unregistered
NTD contents. Similarly the registered bag for TD should be included in the bag closed with unregistered TD contents
4. Mail office should include account bag closed by the HOs to the SOs in the bag closed to the concerned Post Office.
5.
Account bag closed by a SO to its HO should be included in the TD bag
closed to its own mail office.6. The present system of routing account
bags by HOs to its linked SOs in account TBs addressed to their own mail
offices should continue.
7. Mail offices and Post offices may close plural registered bags, depending on the
quantum of mails.
8.
Post Offices would continue to retain station articles i.e., registered
and unregistered articles to be delivered from the same Post Office.
9.
The present system of sending articles through account bags from HO to
SOs and vice versa for delivery in those offices would continue.
10. Preparation of LBs/RBs
Mail offices (both L1 and L2), except the linked one, should prepare
LBs and RBs for the following HOs:
(a) TrivandrumGPO
(b) Kollam
(c) Alappuzha
(d) Kottayam
(e) Ernakulam
(f) Thrissur
(g) Palakkad
(h) Kozhikode
(i) Kannur
LB/RB
should invariably be prepared by one mail office (L1 or L2) for another
for which there is no bag closing. If there are more contents, the LB
should be closed in a bag clearly labelled to the mapped mail office
with the name of the LB in brackets. eg:" Tiruvalla RMS (LB for
Kayamkulam RMS)"
The
existing arrangement for bag closing at Business Post Centres and Mail
Business Centres handling outward bulk mails would continue for the time
being
Greeting and invitations are to be treated as first class mails in sorting and in transmission.
1. The Network
The existing mail offices have been classified into Level 1(L-1) and Level 2(L-2) mail
office.
Across India there would be 89 L-1 and 244 L-2 mail offices in the new
mail network for 1st class registered and unregistered mails. The
details of all the L1 offices, and the L2 offices under each L1 office,
in respect of Kerala circle are as follows:
Sl No.
|
Name of L1 mail office
|
Name of L-2 Mail office under the L1
|
1
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
NIL
|
2
|
Tiruvalla RMS
|
1.Kollam RMS
2.Kayamkulam RMS
|
3
|
Kottayam RMS
|
1.Changanassery Sorting
2.Thodupuzha Sorting
|
4
|
Kochi Sorting Air
|
1.Aluva RMS
2.Alappuzha RMS
3.Ernakulam RMS
|
5
|
Thrissur RMS
|
1.Irinjalakkuda Sorting
2.Shoranur RMS
3.Ottappalam Sorting
4.Palakkad RMS
|
6
|
Kozhikode RMS
|
1.Vadakara RMS
2.Tirur RMS
3.Thalassery RMS
4.Kannur RMS
5.Kasaragod Sorting
|
In the new arrangement a Post Office should be mapped to only one mail office ie.,
either L1 or L2. The all India list of L1 and L2 mail offices for 1st class registered and
unregistered mails in the new network arrangement is given as Annexure I &II
respectively.
2. Manner of closing of bags with registered and unregistered 1st class mails
(i)
In L-1 Offices: All L1 mail offices will directly close bags everyday
irrespective of the volume of the contents, to the following offices:-
(a) All the other 88 L-1 offices across the country
(b) All L-2 offices mapped to it, if any.
(c) All Post Offices mapped to it.
(d) Exceptional categories, pending approval from Directorate based on statistical
justification and delivery advantage:
(e) From L1 office to selected L2 offices of other L1
(f) For other L2 offices in the neighboring circles
(Proposal
has been submitted to Directorate for obtaining permission to close the
abovecategories along with justification. Approval, on receipt, will be
communicated).
(ii) In L-2 Offices: All L-2 offices will directly close bags on a daily basis to the
following offices:-
(a) Its own L-1 office.
(b) The other L-2 offices under the own L-1.
(c) All the Post offices mapped to it.
(d) Exceptional categories, pending approval from Directorate based on statistical
justification and delivery advantage:
(e) Selected L-1 offices.
(f) Selected L-2 offices under other L-1 offices
(g) L1/L2 offices in the neighboring circle.
(Proposal
has been submitted to Directorate for obtaining permission to close the
above categories along with justification. Approval, on receipt, will
be communicated)
(iii) In Post Offices: All Post offices will close:-
(a)
2 bags to its own mail office-one bag with TD( articles deliverable by
the POs of the own mail office L-1 or L-2) and the other with NTD( all
outgoing articles).
(b)
2 registered bags closed for TD and NTD on the above lines. They should
be included in the respective TD and NTD bags closed.
(c) Account bag to the HO should be included in the TD bag.
(d) BOs should continue to send all mails to the account office as per the existing
instructions in the account bag closed, subject to further orders.
3. Receipt of bags containing registered and unregistered first class mails
a)
L-1 Offices: Will receive bags from:-(i) All other L-1 mail offices
across India with mails for its L-2 offices and Post Offices
mapped to it.
(ii) 2 bags from each L-2 mail office- one TD and one NTD. The R bags will be included in the concerned TD/ NTD bags.
(iii) 2 bags each for TD & NTD mails from the own POs which contain the respective TD /NTD R bags.
b) L-2 Offices: Will receive the following bags from:-
(i) One from the mapped L-1 mail office with mails meant for own POs. It will also
contain the registered bag closed by its L-1
(ii) One bag from each L-2 office under the same L-1 with mails for own POs and also
the registered bag closed by that L-2
(iii) 2 bags, from each of the PO mapped to it-one with TD and the other with NTD
contents. Registered bags are to be included in the respective TD/NTD bags.
c) Post Offices: Each Post office will receive one bag from own mail office with the
contents for delivery by that PO and this bag will also contain the registered bag and the account bag.
4. Routing of 2nd class mails and Parcels
The present Network Redesign process to come into effect from 15-2-2012
is applicable only for first class mails. The existing system of
routing for second class mails and parcels will continue. Mail offices
will close parcel bags and a separate bag with 2nd class mails to other
mail offices, regardless of the L-1 and L-2 offices. Mail offices will
close separate bags, both for 2nd class mails and Parcels to its own POs
wherever there are such articles to be dispatched to these offices.
Post offices will also close separate bags, both for second class mails
and Parcels to its own mail office, if there are such articles
booked/posted in that Post Office.
Mail offices may close RP bags to other mail offices or to post offices
only if there are second class registered mails. First class registered
articles should not be included in the RP bag under any circumstances.
5. Routing of air mails
Air bags closed by Kozhikode RMS, Thrissur RMS, Tiruvalla RMS and Kottayam RMS
are to be routed through Kochi Airport TMO.Air bags, if any, closed by Kottayam RMS/2, after the dispatch through TV-28 OUT,
should be routed to TVM TMO through TV-28 IN section to avoid delay.
6. Handling of international mails
The
existing arrangement for the disposal of outbound international mails
through Kochi International Mail Centre /2 will continue. Each mail
office should close separate bags to Kochi IMC with outbound
international mails.Kochi IMC/I will continue to process the inbound
international mails and transfer the articles in LBs/RBs to Kochi Stg
Air/2 which in turn will include them in the respective bags closed by
it.
7. Role of Ernakulam RMS
At present Ernakulam RMS is dealing with 2nd class mails, parcels and ordinary 1st
class
mails. 5 Kochi TD Post Offices are mapped under Ernakulam RMS, which
seems to be a mismatch. The case has been taken up with the Directorate
to map those 5 POs to Kochi Sorting Air and to identify Ernakulam RMS
exclusively for dealing 2nd class mails and parcels. On receipt of reply
from Directorate, the decision will be communicated.
Please
note that the bags prescribed to be closed between L1 offices, between
L1 and L2 offices mapped to it and vice versa, and between L1/L2 offices
and POs mapped to them and vice versa, will be treated as due bags.
All
the arrangements ordered under Network Redesign are subject to further
modification based on review to be conducted after a month of
implementation.
Sd/-
( P.Suseelan)
Assistant Director (Mails)