Benefits in Inspector of Post Cadre

 Job profile Inspector of Post

Promotions:

You will be eligible for departmental promotion exam after completion of 5 years to become an Assistant Superintendent of Post (ASP) which is a Group B non-gazetted post.

The hierarchy is as follows:

• Assistant Superintendent of Post
• Postal Superintendent
• Senior Superintendent of the post with a Grade Pay of Rs. 5400
• Senior Superintendent of the post with a Grade Pay of Rs. 6600.
• It’s a good post for promotions.

Salary and Allowances:

• You will be given separate office and a monthly allowance for internet and telephone (Rs 750).
• Also, You will be provided with a laptop.
• Your travelling expenses will be reimbursed.
• Pay Band of 9300-34800.
• Grade Pay - 4600.

Broadly, they can be classified as follows-

• In Circle / Regional Offices to assist the Chief Postmasters General I Postmasters General in the discharge of their duties
• Appointing and Disciplinary Authority for all Gramin Dak Sewaks (GDS) except GDS BPM
• Disciplinary Authority for Postman and Multi-Tasking Skill (MTS) staff and writing of APAR
• Investigation into all loss and fraud cases and filing of FIR
• You will be assisted by two Mail overseers and one Postal Assistant in your work.
• Mandatory inspections of Mukhya Dak Ghar (MDGs), Sub Post Offices, Branch Post Offices, Railway Mail Offices (RMS), Railway Mail Sections & submission of Inspection Reports within stipulated time
• Assisting Senior Officers in carrying out Inspection of Head Post Offices, Divisional Offices, Regional Offices, Circle Offices, Postal Accounts Offices etc.
• Surprise Visits to Post Offices, verification of cash and valuables and second inspections.
• Verification of passbooks of all types of Savings Bank schemes in case of fraud in Head Post Office (HO)/ Sub Post Office (SO)/ Branch Post Office(BO).
• Conveyance of Heavy Cash(in terms of lakhs) to sub Post Offices and Branch Post Offices especially in cases like payments of wages to MGNREGA workers, payment of Social Security Pension in remote viliages etc. with or without escorts.
• Achievement of targets in procurement of new PLI/ RPLI Policies through vigorous marketing strategies of this cadre.
• Marketing of different premium products, supervision & after sale service.
• Credit verification in r/o RPLI premium collected by BOs
• Verification to ensure justification of existing Post Office (PO) & creation of new PO
• Verification of statistics relating to work load of all grades of Supervisors in Post Offices, Postal Assistants, Sorting Assistants Postman, MTS GR-C, Branch Post Master and other GDS.
• Invigilation, observer and Control room duties during departmental examinations.
• Settlement of pending SBCO objections / minus balance cases.
• Verification of cash withdrawal of Rs 10000 and above from Savings Bank Accounts
• RPLI incentive bill verification
• Postal Life Insurance (PLI) Rural Postal Life Insurance(RPLI) death claim verification & processing of cases.
• Collection at verification of Pension papers of all cadre staff in the department.
• Collection and verification of papers for compassionate appointment cases.
• Functioning as Inquiry Officer(IO) and Presenting Officer(PO) in quasi-judicial inquiries relating to all cadre staff including GDS
• Functioning as Ad-hoc disciplinary authority.
• Preparation of special report for departmental selection committee. Checking of Franking machine used in the department and licensed to private users with regard to it’s security seal, Meter reading etc.
• Checking of passbooks of various Savings Bank schemes/ money order payments
• Attending court cases to represent the Department in CDRF, State Commission, National Commission, CAT, Dist. Court, High Court, Supreme Court and meetings with AGP/PP/Govt. counsels.
• Checking of punctual clearance of letter boxes by Posting “Test letters”
• Conduct Live Mail Survey
• Being the member of checking squads for detecting the leakage of revenue or any other specific purposes.
• Imparting training to supervisory staff, PM/ SA/ GDS /Postman / MTS Gr-C
• Monitoring of web related services and Project Arrow post offices daily.
• Conveyance of State Govt. Public Service Commission,’ SSC I UPSC examination materials in postal bags to respective head quarters under police protection/ escort.
• Monitoring of IT Modernisation Project of the DoP, which envisages migration of POSB accounts into the Core Banking Solution, Networking of Post Offices into a Single WAN, supply of Rural ICT to Branch Post Offices and conduct of training to employees.
• The Inspectors Posts also occupy other positions like Office Supervisors / Assistant Superintendents (Head Quarters) in Postal I RMS Division, Investigating Inspectors/ Assistant Superintendent (Investigation), Assistant Superintendent (Vigilance), Assistant Superintendents (Court), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (Establishment), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (Complaints), Inspector / Assistant Superintendents (Technology), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (Financial Services), Inspector 1 Assistant Superintendent (Business Development), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (Core Banking Solutions), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (Savings Bank), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (PLIIRPLI), Inspector / Assistant Superintendent (Marketing), Manager in National Sorting Hubs, Manager in Business Post Centres etc.
• Hope it helps.