DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF POSTAL ASSISTANTS

Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology,
Department of Posts
(Recruitment Division)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
21st February , 2014

DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF POSTAL ASSISTANTS/SORTING ASSISTANTS/POSTAL ASSISTANTS (SAVINGS BANK CONTROL ORGANIZATION)/POSTAL ASSISTANTS
(FOREIGN POST ORGANIZATION)/POSTAL ASSISTANTS (RETURNED LETTER
OFFICES)/POSTAL ASSISTANTS (MAIL MOTOR SERVICES) AND POSTAL
ASSISTANTS (CIRCLE AND REGIONAL OFFICES).

Applications are invited form the eligible persons for filling the vacancies of
Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants/Postal Assistants (Savings Bank Control
Organization)/Postal Assistants (Foreign Post Organization)/Postal Assistants (Returned
Letter Offices)/Postal Assistants (Mail Motor Services) And Postal Assistants (Circle And
Regional Offices) for the year 2013 - 2014 in 22 Postal Circles in the Country.

2. The details of category-wise vacancies in each cadre in each of the Postal Circles
is furnished under the link “VACANCIES” stating division wise vacancies for Postal
Assistants in Post Offices (PAPO) and Sorting Assistants in Railway Mail Services (SA
RMS)

3. The words PH-I, PH-II and PH-III shown in the vacancy position represents
Visually Impaired, Hearing Impaired and Orthopedically Impaired respectively

4. CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM PH CONCESSION.
(A) Visually Impaired: Categories of Visually Impaired persons suitable for the posts:
1. Blind. 2. Low Vision
The Blind are those who suffer from either of the following conditions:
- a. Total absence of Sight
- b. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting
lenses;
- c. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.