Government of India

Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts

NOTIFICATION NO: No.17-31/2023-GDS Dated: 20.05.2023

'Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Online Engagement-Special Cycle, May, 2023

Online applications are invited from the eligible applicants for engagement
as Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) [Branch Postmaster (BPM)/Assistant Branch
Postmaster (ABPM)] in Branch Post Offices (BOs) created in the year
2023. Applications are to be submitted online at
https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in/. Details of the vacant posts are given in
Annexure-I.

2. ENGAGEMENT SCHEDULE IS AS UNDER:

Sl Activities Schedule
No.
(i) Registration and submission 22.05.2023 to 11.06.2023
of online applications by
candidates
(ii) Edit/Correction Window for 12.06.2023 to 14.06.2023
Applicants:

3. EMOLUMENTS: Emoluments in the form of Time Related Continuity

Allowance (TRCA) plus Dearness Allowance thereon are paid to the GDS. The
applicable TRCA to different categories are as under: -

Sl. Category TRCA Slab

i. BPM Rs.12,000-29,380
ii. ABPM Rs.10,000-24,470

4. BRIEF JOB PROFILE AND RESIDENCE /ACCOMMODATION:

(i) BRANCH POSTMASTER (BPM)

The Job Profile of Branch Post Master include:

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 a) Day to day postal operations of Branch Post Office (B.O) and India
Post Payments Bank (IPPB) in the manner as prescribed by the
Department from time to time.
b) Marketing and promotions of products and services being provided by
the Department and operating various services in the Customer Services’
Centres (CSC) of the Department etc.
c) In the single-handed BOs, BPMs have the overall responsibility of
smooth and timely functioning of the Office including mail conveyance and
mail delivery.
d) In the BOs other than single-handed, the BPMs may be assisted by
ABPM(s). However, BPM will be required to do combined duties of
ABPM(s) as and when ordered or in the case of non-availability of ABPM
(s). Any other work can also be assigned by superiors like Mail Overseer
(M.O)/Inspector Post (IPO) / Assistant Superintendent of Post (ASPO)/
Superintendent of Post offices (SPOs) /Senior Superintendent of Post
Office (SSPOs) etc.
e) Residence/Accommodation: The applicant selected as GDS BPM
will have to provide accommodation for Branch Post Office after
selection but before engagement. A declaration to this effect with
details of accommodation is to be submitted before engagement.
The applicant so selected will be required to reside in Post village
(the village in which the BO is functioning) only. The accommodation
should meet the standards as prescribed by this Directorate letter
No. 17-02/2018-GDS dated 08.03.2019 as amended from time to time.
(ii) ASSISTANT BRANCH POSTMASTER (ABPM)
The Job Profile of Assistant Branch Post Master include:
a) Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery of mail at
doorstep, exchange the mail with account office etc.
deposits/payments/other transactions of IPPB.
b) To assist BPM in postal operations in a manner as prescribed by
the Department from time to time.
c) Marketing and promotions of products and services being provided by
Department and operating various services in the Customer Services’
Centres (CSC) of the Department etc.
d) ABPM may also be required to do Combined Duty of BPM as and
when ordered in case of non-availability of BPM in addition to his/her
regular duties.

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 e) Any other work assigned by superiors like IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs
etc.
f) Residence: ABPMs are required to reside within the delivery
jurisdictions of the Post Office (HO/SO/BO) concerned.
5. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (FOR ALL POSTS):

5.1. AGE Limits:

(i) Minimum age:18 years

Maximum age:40 years
[subject to relaxations as per sub para (a) below]

(ii) Age will be determined as on the last date of submission of

applications, i.e., 11.06.2023.

(a) Relaxations in upper age limit :

Sl. Category Permissible age
No. relaxation
1. Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years
2. Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years
3. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) No relaxation
4. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) 10 years
5. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + OBC 13 years
6. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + SC/ST 15 years

(b) Process of Certification and Format of Certificates: Applicants,

who wish to be considered for reserved vacancies or seek age relaxation,
will have to submit the requisite certificate from the competent authority in
the prescribed Format. In case of failure to do so, their candidature will be
cancelled.

(c) There will be no relaxation in upper age limit to EWS applicants.

However, the persons belonging to EWS who are not covered under the
scheme of reservation for SC, ST and OBC shall get 10% reservation in
engagement to the GDS posts.

5.2. QUALIFICATION AS ON THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

(1) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

(a) Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10 th standard

having passed in Mathematics and English (having been studied as
compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of

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 School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union
Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all
approved categories of GDS.

(b) The applicant should have studied the local language i.e. (Name
of Local language) at least up to Secondary standard [as compulsory or
elective subjects].

(2). OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:-

(i) Knowledge of computer

(ii) Knowledge of cycling
(iii) Adequate means of livelihood

6. RESERVATION:

(a) Engagement of GDS will be subject to the instructions issued by the

Department of Posts regarding the reservation of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD
categories. The applicants may go through the following instructions available on
the official website of the Department:-

(i) No. 19-11/97-ED & TRG dated 27.11.1997

(ii) No. 17-08/2017-GDS dated 26.02.2019
(iii) No. 17-08/2017-GDS dated 02.06.2022
(iv) No. 17-09/2019-GDS dated 26.02.2019

(b) The permissible disability for PwD applicants is as under:-

Sl. Name of the Categories of disability suitable for the

No. Posts post.
1 BPM/ ABPM a) Low vision (LV);
b) D(Deaf), HH (Hard of hearing);
c) One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy
Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim and
d) Specific learning disability /Intellectual
disability.

Multiple disabilities from amongst disabilities

mentioned at (a) to (d) above except Deaf
and Blindness.

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7. HOW TO APPLY:

Applications are to be submitted online only at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in

Applications received from any other mode shall not be entertained. Brief
instructions for registration, payment of fee, documents to be uploaded with
application, selection of posts etc. are given in Annexure-V.

8. SELECTION CRITERIA:

(i) The applicants will be shortlisted for engagement on the basis of a

system generated merit list.

(ii) The Merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained/
conversion of Grades/Points to marks (as explained in sub paras - iii to
ix below) in Secondary School Examination of 10th standard of approved
Boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals. Passing
of all the subjects as per the respective approved board norms is
mandatory.

(iii) For applicants where their Secondary School Examination of 10 th

standard mark sheet containing the marks as mentioned in each
subject or marks and Grade/Points both, their total marks will be worked
out by taking into account the marks obtained in all compulsory and
elective/optional subjects (other than extra subjects, if any). This will
ensure that applicants with higher marks get selected.

(iv) Applicants having both marks and grades in the marks sheet have to
apply with marks only. In case any applicant applies with grades instead
of marks, his/her application will be liable for disqualification. However, if
for any particular subject (s) only grades are mentioned in the mark
sheet then for that subject (s) grades can be mentioned and the
same need to not to be converted to the marks by the candidates.

(v) For applicants having only grades subject-wise, marks will be arrived
for each subject (compulsory and elective subjects but not extra subjects),
by applying the multiplying factor of 9.5 in the following manner:-

Grade Grade Point Multiplication factor

A1 10 9.5
A2 9 9.5
B1 8 9.5
B2 7 9.5

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 C1 6 9.5
C2 5 9.5
D 4 9.5

(vi) In case of the marks lists containing the Grades/ Points, marks will
be reckoned by taking conversion of Grades and points with the
multiplication factor (9.5) against the maximum points or grade as 100.

(vii) Where Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is also provided,

the marks will be arrived at by multiplying the CGPA by 9.5. Where
individual grades in each subject as well as CGPA is given, the higher of
the two marks will be taken. It is to clarify that the candidates are not
required to convert their points/grades into marks and are required to
mention the grades/points only, while filling up the online
applications. The conversion of grades/points to the marks would be
carried out by the system before declaration of result for the purpose
of arriving at the merits.

(viii) In case of tie amongst applicants, the merit would be decided on the
basis of following priority order:-

“DOB (Older in age), ST trans-woman, ST female, SC trans-

woman, SC female, OBC trans-woman, OBC female, EWS trans-
woman, EWS female, UR trans-woman, UR female, ST trans-male,
ST Male, SC trans-male, SC Male, OBC trans-male, OBC male,
EWS trans-male, EWS male, UR trans-male, UR male.

The Department would have the liberty and sole right to

introduce any additional criteria in case ‘Tie’ to determine the
merit. The decision of the Department shall be final.

(ix) Applications submitted without complete data will be rejected. In

case an applicant uploads wrong documents/information and unnecessary
documents, his/her candidature will be rejected.

(x) At the time of verification of documents upon shortlisting of an

applicant if the data/marks fed in the Portal are found mismatched
with original documents, his/her candidature will be rejected even if there
is small spelling error in name of applicant, father/mother name etc.

(xi) Shortlisted applicants will have to submit an undertaking in the

format annexed as Annexure-VI, regarding liability in case of furnishing
fake/incorrect information/details in the form.

9. COMMUNICATIONS OF SELECTION:

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(i) The list of applicants shortlisted for engagement will be released by
the Department on its website and GDS Online Portal. Applicants are
advised to visit the website/Portal on regular basis for latest updates.

(ii) The selection of the applicants will be subject to verification of the

original documents by the verifying Authority chosen by the applicant at
the time of application. This is further subject to verification by the
Engaging Authority, if it is different from the Verifying Authority. The
Engaging Authority for BPM is the Divisional head while Sub Divisional
head the Engaging Authority in case of ABPM.

(iii) Upon declaration of the result, the shortlisted applicants will be

informed through SMS on his/her registered mobile number/email about
the dates for physical verification of the documents.

(iv) Shortlisted applicants while attending for the documents

verification, with the Verifying Authority will bring original documents as
listed in Annexure-VII and two sets of self-attested photocopies for
submission. The shortlisted candidates will be allowed total 15 days to
submit the documents for verification, i.e., the system will initially provide
10 days for submitting the documents and thereafter a reminder for the
same will be generated to submit documents in extended period of 05
more days. If the verification is successful, the offer of provisional
engagement will be given, else, his/her candidature will be rejected. If a
candidate fails to report to the Verifying Authority within prescribed
period of 15 days, he/she will be treated as ‘Non-turned up’ candidate
and his/her candidature will be rejected out rightly.

(v) The offer of provisional engagement will be issued thorough system

itself (on registered SMS/Email) based on successful document
verification. The applicant will be required to approach the designated
Engaging Authorities within a period of 15 days, i.e., system will initially
provide a period of 10 days for reporting and a reminder for the same in
extended time of 05 more days from the receipt of offer of provisional
engagement, if the Verifying Authority is not itself the Engaging Authority.
Engaging Authority will also verify the documents and upon successful
verification, the candidate will be required to undergo the pre-engagement
formalities, including prescribed training. In case of unsuccessful
verification by the Engaging Authority, the candidature will be cancelled.

(vi) If the applicants fails to report the Engaging Authority within

stipulated 15 days period, his/her candidature will be rejected.

(vii) The Department will continue to issue supplementary lists of

shortlisted applicants against non-turned up and rejected candidates in

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 due course, who will have to undergo the same process for verification of
documents/pre- engagement formalities. No further list of shortlisted
applicants will be issued after 30.11.2023. Applications pending after
this date shall not be considered for engagement. The department
may at its discretion modify/extend the date after which no such list
is to be issued without assigning any reason and its decision in the
matter will be final.

10. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) The Department and engaging authorities of each post reserves

the right to modify, cancel the notification or revise the number of posts
at any time without assigning any reason or to stop ongoing process
altogether.

(b). Department is not responsible for non-receipt of email/SMS by the

applicant due to any specific reason or without any reason arising out of
network services providers and other dependencies.

(c). Department does not make any phone calls to the applicants. The
correspondence, if any, will be made with applicants through respective
Engaging Authority only. Applicants are advised not to disclose their
personal information/registration number/ mobile numbers/email ids to
others and be guarded against any unscrupulous phone calls.

(d). Applicant can view his/her application status on the website by

providing the registration number and mobile number till the results are
announced.

(e) For any Queries, Division wise helpdesk and mobile numbers are
provided on the website. The Department would not entertain any query
on any other number, other than the help desks. The Department
would also not entertain any communication regarding acceptance
of applications in any other form and any such communication will
be filed.

(f) After closing date for submission of online applications

(11.06.2023), a three days window has been kept for
modification/editing the same. During this three days window, the
candidates may modify/edit applications, however, if the
modifications involve any change in category requiring fee to be
paid, such modifications will be allowed only if the candidate
deposits the fee as per the prescribed procedure. Upon
modification, the previous online application would be treated as
null and void and merit would be decided based on the modified
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 application.

Important Note:-

Note 1: GDS are holder of a Civil posts but they are

outside the regular Civil Services of Union of India and
governed by GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020
issued vide OM. No. 17-30/2019-GDS dated 14.02.2020 as
revised from time to time available on the website
https://www.indiapost.gov.in/.

[Refer to Para-3]

Note 2: OM. No.17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018 related

to payment of TRCA and other allowances to all approved
categories of GDS is available on
https://www.indiapost.gov.in/.
[Refer to Para-3]

Note-3: The selected candidates will have to submit an

undertaking to the Engaging Authority regarding knowledge
of Computer, Cycling and having adequate means of
livelihood prescribed formats (refer to Annexure II, III & IV
respectively) at the time of engagement.
[ Refer to Para 5.2(2)]

Note: 4 (i) No person holding an elective office will be

considered for engagement to the post.
(ii) The applicant selected as GDS shall not engage in any
activity with any outside agency, which would be detrimental
to the business or interest of the Post Office/IPPB.
(iii) Past experience or service of any kind will not be
considered for selection.
[ Refer to Para 5.2(2)]

(Ravi Pahwa)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)

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 ANNEXURE-I

Gramin Dak Sevak Vacancy Position for________ Division

Sl Name of Name of TRCA No. of Account Taluk/Tehsi District

Post Office posts office/Record l
Office

Community-wise Consolidation of Posts:-

Community No of Posts
OBC (As per state reservation %)
PwD(Low vision (LV) - 01 %)
PwD(D(Deaf), HH(Hard of hearing - 01%),
PwD(One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy Cured,
Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim - 01%)
PwD(Specific learning disability/Intellectual
Disability -01%)
ST(As per state reservation %)
SC (As per state reservation %)
EWS -10%
UR
Total

ANNEXURE-II

UNDERTAKING

I________________son/daughter/wifof____________________ hereby
undertake to declare that, I will be able to use smart phone/laptop/handheld
device supplied by the Department from the first day of engagement.
2. Further, I also hereby declare that I am computer literate.

Place:

Date:
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 Signature_______
Name of applicant/applicant:_______
Address______________________

ANNEXURE-III

DECLARATION

I_____________son/daughter/wife of___________________ hereby declare

that, I am able ride bicycle for performing my duty as a GDS BPM/ABPM.

2. Further, I also hereby declare that I have knowledge of riding a scooter or

motor cycle.

Place:

Date:
Signature_______
Name of applicant/applicant:_______
Address______________________

ANNEXURE-IV

UNDERTAKING

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I_____________________son/daughter/wife of____hereby undertake to declare

that, I will have other sources of income besides the TRCA and allowances to be

paid by the Government to support livelihood for myself and my family, in the

event of my engagement to the post of Gramin Dak Sevak BPM/ABPM."

Place:

Date:
Signature_______
Name of applicant/applicant:_______
Address______________________

Annexure-V
Instructions for applicants
(For registration and submission of application form)

1. REGISTRATION:

(a) Applicant will have to first register himself/herself on the GDS online
Engagement Portal at the link https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in/. details to
obtain the Registration Number.-
(b) For registration on the Portal, the applicants must have their
own active email id and mobile number. All the important, including
declaration of result of shortlisting, offer of provisional engagement etc. would
be sent on the registered mobile number thorough SMS/Email only. The
Department will not communicate with applicant in any other form.
(c) Once the applicants registered the same mobile number will not be allowed
for any further registrations of any other applicant. In case any duplicate
Registration is found by altering the basic details, the candidature of all such
registrations will be removed from selection process. Any applicant who forgot
the registration number can retrieve the registration number through option
‘Forgot registration’.

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2. PAYMENT OF FEE:
(a) Fee: A fee of Rs.100/-/-(Rupees one hundred only) is to be paid by the
applicants for all posts notified in choice of Division. However, payment of fee is
exempted for all female applicants,SC /ST applicants, PwD applicants and
Transwomen applicants.
(b) Applicants, except exempted category of applicant, may make payment of
the fee through any of the online mode of payment using the link provided for
payment. All recognized Credit/Debit cards and Net Banking facility/ UPI can be
used for this purpose. Charges applicable for usage of Debit/Credit cards and
net banking, as per the rules from time to time will be levied to the applicants.
(c) Applicants are advised to note their Registration number at a secure place
for making the payment of fee.
(d) Fee once paid will not be refunded. Hence candidate is advised to ensure his
eligibility for applying to particular Division before making the fee payment.
(e) Applicants who are exempted from payment of fee may apply online
directly.
3 ONLINE APPLICATION:
3.1. SELECTION OF DIVISION AND EXERCISING REFERENCES:
An applicant can only apply one or more vacant posts of GDS in only in
one of the selected Divisions. Before selecting Division option, applicant has to
validate his/her details by giving Registration number and OTP sent to the
registered mobile number. On selecting the Division, a list of all eligible posts
(based on the community and Age) will be displayed against which applicant
has to give preferences. Applicant will not be considered for a post, for which
he/she has not given/indicated his/her preference(s). However, if shortlisted,
only one post only will be offered for engagement and his/her rights for all other
posts will be forfeited.
Example: - If a applicant opts for five posts in a Division with preference post1,
post2, post3, post4, post5 etc. and selected as meritorious in more than one
post, the first post in the order of preference, against which he/she is found most
suitable, will be offered and the candidature for all the remaining posts will be
forfeited.

3.2. UPLOADING OF DOCUMENTS:

The applicant is required to upload only the following documents at the time of
submitting online application in the formats and sizes as prescribed. Hence, it is
advised to keep the scanned documents ready in softcopy form before applying
online: -

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Sl. Name of the Uploading Permitted file Is the upload
No. Document file format size mandatory or
not
1 Recent .jpg/.jpeg Not exceeding Mandatory
Photograph 50kb
Not exceeding Mandatory
2 Signature .jpg/.jpeg 20kb

3.3. SELECTION OF VERIFYING AUTHORITY:

The selection of the shortlisted applicants will be purely based on the marks/
data fed by an applicant at the time of submitting the final online application.
However, selection will be subject to verification of the original certificates/ mark
sheet etc. with the data /marks fed in the online application. Therefore, the
candidates have to select a Verifying Authority for verification of document at the
time of submission of application form itself. The candidates are advised to
select the Divisional head of the Division in which he/she is applying to expedite
the verification of documents at later stage. However, at his/her option any other
Divisional head may be selected near to his/her place for the purpose.

3.4. WINDOW FOR APPLICATION FORM CORRECTION:

(a) After closing date for submission of online applications, a three days
window has been kept for modification/editing the same. During this three-
day window, the candidate may modify/edit applications, however, if the
modifications involve any change in category requiring fee to be paid,
such modifications will be allowed only if the candidate deposits the fee as
per the prescribed procedure. Upon modification, the previous online
application would be treated as null and void and merit would be decided
based on the modified application.

(b) Before submission of the modified application, applicants must check that
they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After the expiry of
‘Edit/Correction Window', no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed
in the application under any circumstances. No request in this regard in any
form like by post, fax, email, by hand, etc. shall be entertained by the
Department and the same will be filed without assigning any reason.

Note:-

(1) Applicants are advised in their own interest to submit the

online application much before the closing date and not to wait till the
last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to
login to the website on account of heavy load on the website during the
closing days.

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 (2) The Department will not be responsible for the applicants not being
able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the
aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the
Department.

(3) Before submission of the online application, applicants must check

through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in each
field of the form.

ANNEXURE-VI
Undertaking

I ________ of_____________________ hereby undertake to declare that, the

details furnished by me (i.e. Age/Address/Educational qualifications /Computer

knowledge/EWS/PwD/Caste etc.) on the basis of which I am applying for the

posts of GDSBPM/ABPM are true to the best of my knowledge and belief . I

also undertake that, in case, any detail submitted by me is found to be false at

any stage of the engagement process/during engagement, my candidature shall

be liable to be rejected against all the vacancies, applied for, or after my

engagement, I shall be terminated under GDS (Conduct and Engagement)

Rules. I also understood that I shall be liable for criminal/legal action for

producing any of false details/documents etc.

Place:

Date:
Signature_______
Name of applicant/applicant:_______
Address______________________

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 Annexure-VII

Provisionally shortlisted applicants must report for document verification

alongwith following original documents and two sets of self-attested photocopies
of each document: -

⦁ Original marks/Board sheet.

⦁ Original community/Caste/EWS certificate.
⦁ Original PWD certificate.
⦁ Original Transgender certificate.
⦁ Original Date of Birth Proof.
⦁ Medical certificate. Medical certificate should be from Medical officer of
any Government Hospital/Government Dispensaries/Government Primary
Health Centre etc. (Compulsory).
⦁ Original _____________________________ document.

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