No. 6-4/2006 -PO(Pt) Government of Indi Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts PO Division Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg New Delhi 110001 Dated: /01/2015 OFFICE MEMORANDUM To All Heads of Circles Subject: Discontinuation of Central Recruitment Fee (CRF) Stamps The matter relating to phasing out of Central Recruitment Fee (CRF) stamps was under consideration of this Directorate in view of the substantially reduced usage of these stamps over the years. 2. It has been decided to discontinue the sale of CRF stamps across the country with effect from 1" April 2015. However, in view of the request from Union Publi¢ Service Commission (UPSC), it has further been decided to keep a reserve stock of 50,000 CRFs of denomination of Rs 200/- ( two hundred) only till 31/12/2015 for use with respect to Civil Services (Main) examination and Indian Forest Service(Main) examination conducted by UPSC. Afterwards, use of CRF stamps for examination ‘conducted by UPSC would also be discontinued 3. The Circle-wise stock of CRFs to be kept in reserve for UPSC referred to at Para 2 above is given at Annexure -1. Rest of the stock of CRFs available with the Circles at CSDs/Post Offices may be disposed off, ie., destroyed, in accordance with . the Provisions contained in Appendix 2, Part -Ill under Rule 46 of P&T Financial Handbook Volume-II regarding disposal of obsolete and unserviceable stamps. (Annexure-2) 4. There shall be no sale of CRF stamps from the post offices ( except for CRF of Rs 200/- denomination for the purpose of examination conducted by UPSC referred to above) with effect from 01.04.2016. 5. ___Anazction taken report on disposalidestruction of CRFs may be sent cordingly. This O.M, may be brought to the notice of all concerned and its receipt may be acknowledged to Sri. M.S. Rana, ADG(PO), Dak Bhawan, New Delhi 11000 ~TRishikesh Singh) Director (Postal Operations) Copy 1. PPS to Secretary (Posts) 2. PS to Member(PLI)/PS to Member(Plg)/PS to Member(HRD)/PS to Member(Oy/ PS to Member (P)/PS to Member(Tech) CGM(BD&MD))/CGM(PLI/Sr. DDG (VigJS&FA Director RAKNPA Ghaziabad All DDsG/GMs/Postmasters General All Recognized Federations OSD to Secretary (Posts) All Postal Training Centres Office Copy. OPNon awAnnexure -1 Details of Circle-wise Stock of CRF Stamps of Rs 200/ denomination to be retained for sale for UPSC exams until 31/12/2015, ‘SINo | Name of the Circie Quantity of CRFs of | denomination of Rs | 1200 to be kept in Ee ___|issue 1 Andhra Pradesh 4000 2 ‘Assam 1000 3 Bihar : _____ | 1000 4 Chattisgarh 4000 a 5 Delhi —___ [5000 6 | Gujarat 2000 7 | Haryana (000 8 Himachai Pradesh 1000 a Jammu & Kashmir ‘500 10 Jharkhand 500 44 Karnataka {4000 _ 12 Kerala ‘4000 a 13 Maharashtra [5000 44 Madhya Pradesh _ 2000 North East {500 Oshissa 14000 Punjab a= |/2000 eee —| Rajasthan 2000 ~ [Tamilnadu 4000 _| Uttarakhand 500 ittar Pradesh 4000 | West Bengal [4000 Total 50000om, u Pep Postage Stamps for s. A Fond me F Customs. Re venue Stamps 45A. Customs Revenue Customs Houses shall be obtained Without payment in excess Of the Value of Permanent ad, porary advances being adjusted When Treas. ANY Teopens by the rere of the stamps, or the PAYM2RE OF theit value, if sold, PART mt A. Disposay, °F Obsolete and Un serviceable Stamps 2 g 3 g 2 g 2 5 2 £ B be kinds i.e, belonging to the same Department or of the Postal Dep, Local or Branch, Depots, as the case ™ay be (i.e. National Savings Stamps can pe exchanged for postage Stamps), M1? in the plus and mings eemoranda. Damage Adhesive stamps in toose labels shall be pastod rhe Cattst Or sheets of papoe facilitate veritien the weet" transmission A the Controller, 7 ntroller shall, after snd Dg and veritying the stamps and “sat ng himself that they ar Benuine, destroy them ama Brant a destruction certificate clstruction certificate shen show the quantity ans the face vatue o stamps destroyed. At thy beginning of cach Month the Con~ 102 ous months to enable hin verify the entries, in the plus and minus memoranda. farmpa that are damaged eyond idontioation nd ‘cannot, wherefore, De checked bY sang, shall be disposed of syeording to the procedure {afd down in Rule S2B. oe A starap which does not eleaily indicate its value the remnant of © StO™P from ‘t eannot indubitably Pe * grified that itis all that avmains of a complete SSP shall be ‘ye stamp “that cannot PE anted or identified” fOr vine purposes of these TUES: 7. The State Governments consultation with the Comptroller and Auditer General sresoribe rules for he "Reposal of nonpostal Stal Ca are the propesty of the State paments and which are Gbeolete, unserviceable, OF spoilt or have been Pancelled on payment refund. In Union Territories, non-postal starps that are spoilt or unserviceable OF that are obsolete cannot be rendered sorviceable by overprinting sete, or that ave Beer ancelled om payment cauna stall be sent to the ble otter oF Stamps. THIS procedure shall also ‘pe foltowed in state and Union Territorict Conmapact of non-postal SANE ‘which are the Property: of the tral Government. ThE procedure Haid dows I Feule 46A_ shall be spsonved in the ease OF se stamps also- oss of Stamps during Transit °F from Stocks in the Contral Stamp Stores Local or Branch Depots, or Past Offices 4g. The terms of SUPPLY from the Central Stamp StO% are f.o.r. Nasik Road and once the amps are desptached fron ve Store they become the property of the ‘Department of Govern vont, which would be retitled to their proceeds OF fgale, When shortages Peour in the consign: nents of stamps despatched from the Central Stamp Store Sihether occasioned DY theft, acci~ Tent or other causes: the ft uttant toss represated) PY he manufacturing Value of the missing serps ef, 85 well AS UNS potential toss shall fait_on the Department ‘Government owning the stamps uness servous Sgptipence is established against the despatching OF receiving anency: Note 1. Losses io eansit of stamps returned 1 the Controlier of StamPs °F transferred from cone local of branch depot to another shall ‘Graitaly be borne BY HE Department OF Government concerned Note 2. Losses in transit Of non-postal stamps which °° te property of the Central Govern ont from the Central Seamp Store to a Vocal OF ‘branch depot oF from one local or branch depot to another mall after due investigation te written off by the Controller of Stamps VPRO Y fimit of Rs. 100 celoutated in terms of manufacturing cost 2 454 Fadividual cases YT the value of Mach Losses exoceds RS Yoo in terms of Manufacturing cost. TRE radtor shall be reported by the ‘Controller of Stamps “or dae investigation to the Central Board of Revensis: 49, The officer-in-charge of the local or branch depot halt carefully observe the instruc tions in Rule 20. Jn case of any iiserepancy between The quantity of stamPS received and that wn the invoice Re shall enter the shortage fn red ink on the i i actually received. He shall ficate in triplicate noting ‘therein the number and date of the ess face value of the ig eopancy and explain Ws Groamstances in whic ‘patly made out ‘has not been iaecepted in full, Debits ‘will be raised by the Controller of Starons against the marties concerned FOF Nhe manufactucing Value fof the stamps actually despatched 38 indicated ‘on the invoices (including the value of stamps fost im transit for which the resultant joss is tO ‘be borne by the ‘Department or Government entitled to the sale proceeds thereof Mader Rule 48 above put excluding losses im the process oF ‘manufacture of Shortages between the manufacturing and despatching stage in the Central Stamp ‘Store, ‘Nasik Road). Note 1. To the “ffces’s explanation shall ‘pe added answers t0 the totlowing questions =) twas the number Stencited on the ease 1 vipich the shortagd ¥A° found 2 2) Was Weg the caso snow SBN? of tamp yd the case SNOT ayn coats and ay imsett that i8