Government of lndia

Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(GDS Section)

NOTIFICATIONNO:No.17-31/2023-GDS Dated: 20.05.2023

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

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

2, ENGAGEMENT SCHEDULE IS AS UNDER:

st Activities Schedule
No.
(i) Registration and submission 22.05.2023 lo 1 1 .06.2023
of online applications by
candidates
(ii) EdiUCorrection Window for 12.06.2023 to 1 4.06.2023
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. TRCA Slab

lCategory
t. IBPM Rs.12,000-29,380
[. 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 lndia Post
Payments Bank (IPPB) in lhe 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) ln the single-handed BOs, BPMS have the overall responsibility of smooth

and timely functioning ofthe Office including mail conveyance and mail delivery.

d) ln 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)/lnspector
Post (lPO) / Assistant Superintendent of Post (ASPO)/ Superintendent of post
offices (SPOs) /Senior Superintendent of Post Office (SSPOs) etc.

e) Residence/Accommodalion: The applicant selected as GDS BpM will

have to provide accommodation for Branch Post Office after selection but
before engagement. A declaration to this effecl with details of
accommodation is to be submitted before engagement. The applicant so
selected urill 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. l7-0212018-cDS dated
08.03.2019 as amended from time to time.

(ii) ASSISTANT BRANCH POSTMASTER (ABPM)

The Job Profile ofAssislant 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 BP[,] in postal operations in a manner as prescribed

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 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.

e) Any other work assigned by superiors tike IpO/ASpO/SpOs/SSpOs etc.

0 Residence: ABpMs are required to reside within the delivery

jurisdictions of the Post Oftice (HO/SO/BO) concerned.

5. EltctBtLtw cRtTERtA (FOR ALL POSTS):

5.1. AGE Limits:

(i) Minimum age:18 years

Maximum age:40 years

lsubject to relaxations as per suh para (a) below]

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

i.e., 11.06.2023.

(a) Relaxations in upper age limit:

st. Category Permissible age

relaxation
No.
1 Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years

2 Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years

3 Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) relaxation

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4 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) 10 years

5 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + OBC 13 years

6 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) .r 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. ln case of failure to do so, their candidature will be cancelled.
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 There will be no relaxation in upper age limit to EWS
applicants'
(c)
However, the persons belonging to EWS who are
not covered under the
scheme of reservation for SC, ST and OBC shall
get lO% reservation in
engagement to the GDS Posts.

5.2. QUALIFICATION AS ON THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

(1) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFIGATION:

having
(a) Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10ti standard
or
passed in Mathematics and English (having been studied as compulsory
elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board
of School Education
in lndia
by the Government of lndia/State Governments/ Union Territories
categories of
shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved
GDS.

applicant should have studied the local language i'e

(Name
(b) The
compulsory or
of Local lanouaqe) at least up to Secondary standard [as
elective subjectsl.

(2). OTHER OUALIFICATIONS:-

(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

ofiicial website
applicants may go through the following instructions available on the
of the Department:-

0 No. 19-11/97-ED & TRG daled 27.11.1997

(iD No I 7-08/201 7-GDS dated 26.02.201 I
(iiD No '1 7-08/201 7-GDS daled 02.04.2022
(iv) No 1 7-091201 9-GDS dated 26.02.201.9

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 (b) The permissibte disability for pwD applicants is as underr

st. Name of the Categories of disabil itv suitable for the

Posts post.
No.
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PM/ ABPM ) Low vision (LV);
) D(Dea0, HH (Hard of hearing);
) One Arm (OA), One teg (OL),
ured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim and
) Specific leaming disability /tntellectua
isability.

ultiple disabilities from amongst disabilities

ioned at (a) to (d) above except Deafand
Blindness

7. HOW TO APPLY:

Applications are to be submitted online only at www_indiapostgdsontine.gov.in

Applications received from any other mode shart not be entertained.
Btief
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 wi be shorflisted 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

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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.

(iiD For applicants where their Secondary School Examination of lorh

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

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 (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
marks'
with marks onlv. ln case any applicant applies with grades instead of
his/her application will be liable for disqualification' However' if
for any
particular subject (s) only grades are mentioned in the mark sheet then
not to
for that subject (s) grades Gan be mentioned and the same need to
be converted to the marks by the candidates'

(v) For applicants having only grades subiect-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 faclor

A1 10 9.5

M 9 9.5

B1 8 9.5

82 7 9.5

c1 6 9.5
9.5

D 4 9.5

(vi) ln 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. lt 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 rvould be carried out by the system before
degjaration of result for the purpose of arriving at the merits.
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 (viii) ln case of tie amongst applicants, the merit would be decided
on the basis
of following priority orderi

"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 determlne the merit. The
decbion of the Deparlment shall be final.

(ix) Applications submitted without complete data will be rejected. ln 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 shorflisting 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-Vl, regarding liability in case offurnishing fake/incorrect
information/details in the form.

9. COMMUNICATIONS OF SELECTION:

(i) The list of applicants shorflisted for engagement wi be released by the

Departrnent 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 subjectto verification ofthe 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 Verirying Authority. The Engaging Authority for BpM is the
Divisional head while Sub Divisional head the Engaging Authority in case of
ABPM. II

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(iii) will be informed
Upon declaration of the result, the shortlisted applicants
the dates for
through SMS on his/her registered mobile number/email about
physical verification of the documents'

verification'
(iv) Shortlisted applicants while aftending for the documents
wiit the Verifying Authority will bring original documents as listed in
The
Annexure-Vll and two sets of self-attested photocopies for submission
shortlisted candidates will be allowed total days to submit the documents
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for verification, i.e., the system will initially provide days for submitting the
'O generated to submit
documents and thereafter a reminderfor the same will be
documents in extended period of 05 more da)6 lf the verification is
successful. the offer of provisional engagement will be given' else' his/her
candidature will be rejected. lf a candidate fails to report to the
Verifying
as 'Non-
Authority within prescribed period of 15 days, he/she will be treated
turned up' candidate and his/her candidature will be rejected out rightly'

itself
(v) The offer of provisional engagement will be issued thorough system
The
(on registered SMS/Email) based on successful document verification'
applicant will be required to approach the designated Engaging Authorities
period of
within a period of 15 davs. i.e., system wilt initially provide a
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days for reporting and a reminder for the same in extended time of 05 more
J"ii fior'tn" rJceipt of offer of provisional engagement, if the Verifying
also verify
Authority is not itself the Engaging Authority Engaging Authority will
be required
the documents and upon successful verification, the candidate will
to undergo the pre-engagement formalities, including prescribed training ln
will
case of unsuccessful verification bythe Engaging Authority, the candidature
be cancelled.

(vi) lf 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 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 pendlng afrer this date shall not be
considered for engagement. The dePartment may at its discretion
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assigning any reason and its decision in the matter will be final.

10. IMPORTANTINSTRUCTIONS:

(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 lhe 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.

(0 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 doposits the fee as perthe prescribed procedure. Upon
modification, the previous online application would be treated as null
and void and merit would be decided based on lhe modified application.

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Note 1:GDS are holder of a Civil posts but they are outside the regular
Civil Services of Union of lndia and governed by GDS (Conduct
and Engagement) Rules, 2020 issued vide OM. No. '17-30/201g-GDS
da:€d 14.02.2020 as revised from time to time available on the website
www.indiapost.gov.in.

lRefer to Para-31

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 www.indiapost.gov.in.

[Refer to Para-3I

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 ll, lll &
lV respectively) at the time of engagement.
I Refer to Para 5.2(2)l

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 ofthe
Post Office/lPPB.

(iii) Past experience or service of any kind will not be considered for
selection.

I Refer to Para 5.2(2)l

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Assistant Director ceneral (cDS/PCC)

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 ANNEXURE-I

Gramin Dak Sevak Vacancy Position for_ Division

SI Name of Name of TRCA No. of Account Taluk/Tehsil District

Post Office office/Record
posts
Offlce

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Community-wise Consolidation of Posts:-

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

son/d aughter/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 lam computer literate.

Place:

Date:

Signature_
Name of applicanUapplicant:-
Address
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DECLARATION

son/da ug hter/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 applicanVapplicant:_

Add ress
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UNDERTAKING

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 SeYak BPM/ABPM."

Place

Date
Signature_
Name of applicanUapplicant:-
Address-
 Annexure-V
lnstructions 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 www.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. ln 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'.

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 CrediuDebit cards and Net Banking facility/ UPI can be used for this
purpose. Charges applicable for usage of Debivcredit 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^he has not given,,{ndicated hisher
preferencefs,r. However, if shortlisted, only one post only will be offered for
engagement and his,,her rights for all other posts will be forfeited.

Example: - lf a applicant opts for flve posts in a Division with preference post1, post2'
post3, post4, posts 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:
 SI Name of the Uploading Permitted file ls the upload
Document file format size mandatory
No. or not
1 Recent jps/.jpes Not exceeding Mandatory
Photooraph 50kb
2 Signature .jps/.jpes Not exceeding Mandatory
20kb

3.3. SELECTION OF VERIFYING AUTHORITY:

The selection ofthe 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 ofthe 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 'EdiUCorrection
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.

Notei
(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.

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

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

through PrevieM Print option that they have filled correct details in each field
oI the form.
 ANNEXURE.VI

Undertakinq

of hereby undertake to declare that, the details

furnished by me (te. 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 procesyduring 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 applicanVapplicant:_
Add ress
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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