NAMES OF CIRCLE AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE STATE/UT UNDER EACH CIRCLE

Sl.No. Name of Circle Name of State/ Union

Territory covered under
Postal Circle
Local language as for
the Postal Circle
1 Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh and
Yanam
Telugu
2 Assam Assam (Excluding Three
dists of Barak Valley and
Bodoland Territorial
Council Areas)
Assamese
Three Dist. of Barak Valley Bengali
Bodoland Territorial
Council Areas
Bodo
3 Bihar Bihar Hindi
4 Chhattisgarh Chhatisgarh Hindi
5 Delhi Delhi Hindi
6 Gujarat Gujarat
Dadra Nagar Haveli Gujarati
Daman and Diu
7 Haryana Haryana Hindi
8 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Hindi
9 J & K Circle J & K Urdu, Hindi
10 Jharkhand Jharkhand Hindi
11 Karnataka Karnataka Kannada
12 Kerala Kerala ,Lakshadweep and
Mahe
Malayalam
13 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Hindi
14 Maharashtra Maharashtra Marathi
Goa Konkani/Marathi
15 North East Arunachal Pradesh Hindi/English
Manipur Manipuri
Meghalaya Hindi/English
Mizoram Mizo
Nagaland Hindi / English
Tripura Bengali
16 Odisha Odisha Odia
17 Punjab
Chandigarh
(Chandigarh)
Punjab Punjabi
Chandigarh Hindi / English
18 Rajasthan Rajasthan Hindi
19 Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Tamil
Puducherry (excluding
Mahe and Yanam)
Tamil
20 Telangana Telangana Telugu
21 Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Hindi
22 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Hindi
23 West Bengal West Bengal (Other than
Darjeeling Postal Division)
Bengali
Darjeeling Postal Division
(other than GTA* Area)
Nepali/Bengali
Post Offices under GTA*
Area (Gorkha Territorial
Administration)
Nepali
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
Hindi / English
Sikkim Nepali/English
(iii) Basic Computer Training
The candidates for all approved categories of GDS referred to in (i) above will be required
to furnish Basic Computer Training Course Certificate of at least 60 days duration from any
Computer Training Institute run by Central Government/State Government /Universities /
Boards / Private Institutions Organizations.This requirement of basic computer knowledge
certificate shall be relaxable in cases where a candidate has studied computer as a subject
in Matriculation or class XII or any other higher educational level and in such cases, a
separate certificate will not be insisted upon.
VI. RESIDENCE
The condition of residence shall apply as stipulated in Rule 3-A (vii) of GDS (Conduct and
Engagement) Rules, 2020.The candidate who is applying for the post of BPM must
provide accommodation for Branch post office after selection but before engagement. The
accommodation should meet the following prescribed standards: -
(i) The building may be owned by a Gram Panchayat or Central government or by
State government such as school or offices or BPM’s own house or a proper rented
accommodation in a busy place of the post village.
(ii) Location- The Branch Office (BO) should be located in the main busy part of the
post village.
(iii) Size- The minimum size of Branch Post Office should not be less than 100 sq. feet
preferably in 10’x10’ dimensions and in ground floor.
(iv) Approach- The Branch Post Office should have direct access/approach from village
road and should be located in front portion of the building in which it is housed.
The Branch Post Office should not be housed in Verandahs, Courtyards, Kitchen,
SPWC under the stairs, bed room, damaged rooms, makeshift accommodations,
isolated buildings outside the village etc. which are difficult to access/approach by
the Customers.
(v) Structure - The Branch Post Office accommodation should preferably be a Brick
Mortar structure to ensure safety and security. The room should be properly
ventilated and lighted and should be properly maintained and neatly white
washed.
(vi) Power supply – The post office room should have electrical power connection for
charging of handheld devices and for fan, electricity bulb etc. It should have
suitable place to install solar panels.
(vii) The accommodation for the Branch Post Office should be exclusively available for
Post Office use. It may work from a village shop but Post office working from shop
should have an exclusive space to keep the registers, micro ATM or hand-held
device and other items apart from space for prominently exhibiting the signage etc.
giving due importance to Post Office.
(viii) At present DARPAN/ Computer/ Laptop devices are using all of the four Network
Service Providers(NSPs) viz, Airtel & BSNL for ensuring connectivity to Branch Post
Offices. While providing accommodation for Branch Post Office, it should be
ensured that, Network is available for any one of these NSPs.
Further, it is clarified that the candidate who has applied for BPM has to
provide the above prescribed standards of accommodation if got selection well
before engagement and if he is engaged as BPM will be entitled for the drawl of
Composite allowance @ Rs.500/-per month as prescribed in Directorate OM. No
17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018 & No 17-31/2016-GDS (pt) dated 28.09.2018.
Further, if the candidate selected and engaged as BPM provides accommodation
for Post Office in a rent free government accommodation and staying in the Post
village will be entitled for the Composite allowance Rs.250/- equal to that of BPMs
who provide non-standard accommodation (those who are not fulfilling above
standard are treated as non-standard accommodations), as prescribed in
Directorate OM. No. 17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018 & No 17-31/2016-GDS (pt)
dated 28.09.2018.
VII. Knowledge of Cycling
Knowledge of Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts. In case of a
candidate having knowledge of riding a scooter or motor cycle, that may be considered as
knowledge of cycling. The candidate has to submit a declaration to this effect.
VIII. Adequate means of Livelihood
The candidate applying for the post shall note that he/ she will have adequate means of
livelihood to support himself/ herself and his/ her family from other sources so as to have
to supplement his/her income. However, this shall not be a pre requisite for candidates for
the purpose. Selected candidate shall be required to comply with this condition within 30
days after selection but before engagement. The candidate shall furnish an undertaking in
the application itself that he/ she have other sources of income besides the allowances to
be paid by the Government for adequate means of livelihood for himself/ herself and
his/her family. The candidate after selection as Gramin Dak Sevak shall have to give the
undertaking again before engagement.
The condition of adequate means of livelihood shall apply as stipulated in Rule 3- A
(iii) of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020. However, this condition shall not be a
pre-requisite for candidates for the purpose of applying to the GDS post or selection there
to and the selected candidate shall be required to comply with this prescribed condition
within 30 days after selection but before engagement and will continue till discharge.
IX Furnishing of Security
On engagement as GDS, the person so engaged shall be required to furnish security in such
manner as may be prescribed from time to time. The existing security amount in case of
Branch Postmaster and other approved categories of GDS is ABPM & Dak Sevak is
Rs.1,00,000/. (vide Dte. lr.no. 17-18/2018-GDS dated 14.01.2020)
X. ACCOMODATION FOR LOCATING BRANCH POST OFFICE
The candidate selected for the engagement of BPM shall have to provide centrally located
accommodation in the Branch Post Office village within 30 days for use as Post Office
premises and the expenditure of the hiring if any needs to be borne by the candidates.
XI. No person holding an elective office will be considered for engagement to the post.
XII. The candidate selected as Gramin Dak Sevak shall not engage in any activity with any
outside agency which would be detrimental to the business or interest of the Post Office.
XIII. Past experience or service of any kind will not be considered for selection.
XIV. A Gramin Dak Sevak shall be outside the Civil Service of the Union and governed by GDS
(Conduct and Engagement) Rules 2020 as amended from time to time.
XV. Fulfillment of other terms and conditions
Terms and conditions of engagement to GDS posts shall apply as stipulated in the relevant
rules of GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2020.
XVI. Adequate representation of SC/ST/OBC, Persons with Disability& Economically Weaker
Sections (EWSs).
The instructions issued by the Department vide no.19-11/97-ED & TRG dated 27.11.1997,
No. 17-08/2017-GDS dated 26.02.2019 and No. 17-09/2019-GDS dated
26.02.2019providing for adequate representation of SC/ST/OBC communities, Persons
with Disability and Economically Weaker Sections ( EWSs) respectively will continue to
apply. Thepermissible disability for persons with Disability will be as given below in GDS
posts:-
(i)
Sl. No. Name of the Posts Categories of disability suitable for the post.
1 BPM/ ABPM/ Dak
Sevaks
a) Low vision (LV),
b) D(Deaf), HH (Hard of hearing),
c) One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy Cured,
Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim,
d) Specific learning disability.
Multiple disabilities from amongst disabilities
mentioned at (a) to (d) above except Deaf and
Blindness.
XVII. Production of SC/ST/OBC/Disability/ Economically Weaker Sections Certificate
Production of SC/ST/OBC/disability/EWSs certificate in the prescribed format would be
compulsory in case of such candidates.
XVIII.Method of Engagement
Method of engagement will continue to be as online engagement process for engagement
of all categories of GDS as notified vide Directorate Letter No 17-23/2016-GDS dated
01.08.2016.
Transgender: “Transgender person” means a person whose gender does not match with the
gender assigned to that person at birth and includes trans-man or trans-woman (whether
or not such person has undergone Sex Reassignment Surgery or hormone therapy or
laser therapy or such other therapy). Person with intersex variations,genderqueer and
person having such socia-cultural identiies as kinner,hijra,aravani and jogta.
(i) Exemption of fee for applying on GDS Posts
Applicant belonging to the category UR/OBC/EWS Male/trans-man have to pay a fee of
Rs.100/-(Rupees one hundred only) for each set of five options.Payment of fee is