1. Establishment review

2. Establishment Review of Post offices- Objectives
To evaluate productivity
To examine statistical justification of existing manpower by assessing the work load
To examine the proposal for augmentation, reduction or redeployment of existing manpower by suitable rearrangement.
To examine utilization of surplus establishment for betterment of existing services and expanding services to new areas.

3. Establishment Review of Post offices- Objectives
To assess change in flow of traffic
To ensure that the staff provided in an office commensurate with the amount of work.
To facilitate Revision of Establishment of offices newly opened on an anticipated workload.

4. Establishment Review of Branch offices- Objectives
To examine available manpower in BO to achieve rationalization and for retention.
To bring mail conveyance work on common line establishment for operational efficiency and economy.
To examine assignment of delivery functions to GDS BPMs

5. Establishment Review of Branch offices- Objectives
To examine the revision of allowances to GDSs on justified parameters of workload.
Utilization of surplus establishment for betterment of existing services and expanding services to new areas.
To examine the justification for filling up of a vacant post

6. Fall out of Establishment Review
Abolition of Posts: When the staff strength is more than the work load.
Creation of Posts: When the work load is more than the staff strength.
Redeployment of Posts: From one office /Unit to other (from a surplus office to deficit office)

7. Fall out of Establishment Review
Redeployment of Posts:
This can take place from an existing post office or from a newly opened post office depending upon the workload.
In such a case the post will be abolished in the office where excess staff is there and created in another office simultaneously where excess workload is there.

8. Fall out of Establishment Review
Surplus Posts:
When the post(s) to be abolished can not be redeployed immediately to another office, they may be kept in skeleton form as surplus.
Such post are neither filled up nor taken in to account for calculation of vacancy

9. Periodical review of estt
Periodical review is carried out at prescribed intervals as below to assess workload
All GPOs/HOs/MDGs – Every year
All types of SOs – Every 3 years
Branch offices – Every 3 years (along with AO)
Statistics is maintained on the working of various branches
Submitted to DO in prescribed proforma (EST-2)

10. Periodicity of Establishment Review
The review of all the BO under the SO should be done simultaneously along with the SO concerned.
The Revision of allowances of the GDSs should also be done at the same time.

11. Collection of Statistics
Statistics are to be compiled over a period of one year based on actual data of selected quarterly dates
The divisional office will supply the required EST-2 and other formats in advance to the Postmaster
Dates for which statistics have to be compiled will also be informed by divisional office

12. Collection of Statistics
The PM/SPM refers to the statistical Registers maintained in each branch
or the statistical reports in Meghdoot/Sanchay Post to compile statistics.

13. Collection of Statistics
The statistics is collected for one month in each quarter calculated prior to the month in which the periodical review is due.
(E.g. If the review of the establishment of an office is due in the month of October 13, the statistics for the accountable articles will be compiled for the months of December 12, March 13, June 13, and September 13)

14. Collection of Statistics
Statistics of unregistered articles would be compiled for a period of six days in the middle of the month i.e. between the second and third weeks of these four months.
The income and cost statement should also be prepared for these months.

15. Compilation of statistics for various categories of staff
Clerical staff, the form Est-2 is used.
Delivery staff, the form Est-3 is used.
MTS, the form Est-4 is used.
The details of the contingent staff is furnished in the proforma of result of review.

16. Collection of Statistics for Est-2
The statistics for the Clerical establishment is collected in the Est-2 form from the following departments:
Registered Letter and VP Letter which includes INS also
Registered Parcel and VP parcel which includes INS also
General Statistics which contain No. of MOs/IPOs Issued and Paid
SB/RD/MIS/SCSS/PPF statistics
Cash certificates statistics
Treasury statistics from TCB or from SO Account
Sub Account branch

17. Collection of Statistics for Est-2
The statistics for the Clerical establishment is collected in the Est-2 form from the following departments:
Statistics for pension disbursement
Administration branch
Sorting
Delivery
Despatch
Sale of stamps if there is no separate stamp vendor. If there is separate stamp vendor it will be collected separately

18. Delivery Establishment:
The statistics are collected for six days in the middle of the month.
The statistics are to be maintained by the Postmaster of the office.

19. Collection of Delivery Statistics in EST-3
Sl no
Item of work
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 1
Unregistered articles 2
Unregistered mail in multi storied building 3
Unregistered mail in bulk 4
Registered letter and parcels 5
Registered letter and parcel special lists issued 6
VP & CD articles delivered 7
VP & CD articles returned 8
Money orders paid 9
Money orders returned 10
Unpaid articles 11
Speed Post articles delivered 12
Insured articles delivered 13
Insured articles returned 14
Delivery of A/c articles in Multi storied Bldg 15
Returns by Postman 16
Distance covered i) By foot
ii) By Bicycle

20. Delivery statistics for offices in which Postmen and GDS MD co exist
The statistics for the work hour of GDS MDs should be separately compiled
To help in assessment of his allowances

21. Collection of Statistics in EST-4
Sl No
Item of Work 1
Work connected with cleaning of stamps and seals and change of date and hour type 2
Exchange of mails including loose parcels 3
Opening of bags of all types 4
Closing of bags 5
i) Work connected with articles of unregd mail received for delivery
ii) Stamping of articles by hand/by stamp canceling machine 6
Work connected with article of unregd mail posted for despatch,stamping of articles
a) by hand
b) by stamp cancelling machine 7
Tying of bundles of unregd mail 8
Work connected with regd and VP articles booked 9
Work connected with regd/VP parcels booked 10
Sealing of Regd Bundle

22. Collection of Statistics in EST-411
a) Work connected with regd/VP letters received for delivery
b) Work connected with regd/VP parcels received for delivery 12
Stitching and stamping of lists etc 13
Stitching and stamping of vouchers etc 14
Stamping of money order issued 15
Work connected with payment of MO 16
Stamping of blank money order
forms for sale 17
Stamping of unpaid etc 18
Stamping of article prepaid with cash 19
Clearance of letter boxes
No of Street letter boxes;
No of Office letter boxes; 20
Transfer of regd/parcel etc

23. Collection of Statistics in EST-421
By hand transfer of telegrams etc 22
Transfer of TMO advice to telegraph branch 23
Pasting of economy slips 24
Periodical weighment of mails etc 25
Deposit/withdrawal of each bag from police station/cash office 26
Transfer of binders between SB dept of HOs & SBCO 27
Replacing of binders in cabinets/almirah in HOs/SOs 28
Distance traversed for conveyance of mails, clearing of street letter boxes etc 29
Co-efficient for miscellaneous items of work

24. Establishment Review –Income and Cost
The income and cost proforma as verified by the field officer would be available at Divisional office. The proforma will have the following information:
Date
Postage Stamps and Stationeries sold
Amount of postage on Unpaid Articledelivered
Amount of postage taxed on Articles Posted
No. of Money orders Issued
No. of Money Orders paid
No. of Indian Postal Orders sold
No. of Indian Postal Orders Paid
No of SB, TD, MIS, SCSS transactions
No. of RD Transactions
No. of Cash Certificates sold and Paid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

25. Review of BOs

26. Objectives on the Review of BOs
To find
Whether the BO is self supporting and financially viable
Whether the income cost ratio is above Permissible Limit of Loss (PLL) or not
To issue Retention Sanction to the establishment of the BO

27. Objectives on the Review of BOs
Whether there is excess or shortage of manpower
Whether the excess manpower can be utilized in other offices by transfer
To review and revise the allowances paid to the GDSs working in the BO
To understand flow of traffic in each BO.

28. Review of BOs- Collection of statistics
Once in 3 years, along with the review of the SOs under the account jurisdiction of which the BOs are lying.
The Statistics for the BOs are to be collected by their Account Offices.
The statistics of the BOs are collected for the months for which the statistics of the SOs are collected.

29. Form for collection of Statistics on BPM’S workload
STATISTICAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTABLE ARTICLES - NAME OF BO____________________
Dates
No of Regd letters sent to the BO for delivery
No of Regd Parcels sent to the BO for delivery
No of VP letters sent to the BO for delivery
No of VP Parcels sent to the BO for delivery
No of Regd letters received from the BO
No of Regd Parcels received from the BO
No of MOs sent to the BO for Payment
No of MOs booked at the BO
Total of receipt column in the BO daily account excluding opening balance & cash received from AO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

30. Form for collection of Statistics on BPM’S workload
STATISTICAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTABLE ARTICLES - NAME OF BO____________________ (continued)
Total of Payment column in the BO daily account excluding cash sent to AO
No of SB Deposits in BO
No of RD Deposits in BO
No. of TD Deposits in BO
No of SB Withdrawals in BO
No of RD withdrawals in BO
No. of TD withdrawals in BO
No. of RPLI transactions
Sale of Postage and Revenue stamps in the office 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

31. Collection of Statistics- Unregd articles
For six days – posted for despatch and received for delivery.
The days for collection of statistics same as that of SO.

32. Review of BOs – Collection ofStatistics
The Form for collection of statistics for the work hour of GDS MD of the BO is same as of Postman.
The form of Value Return is also sent for collection of statistics.

33. Review of BOs-Form of Value Return
Name of the BO _____________
Month :
Date
Sale of Stamps Rs.
Revenue by unpaid in Rs.
Amount of Commission earned by booking of MOs at BO in Rs.
Amount of Commission earned by payment of MOs at BO in Rs.
No. of deposits and withdrawal in SB/TD accounts
No. of deposits and withdrawals in RD accounts
No. of RPLI policies available in the office
Signature of BPM

34. Discussion on EST-2
Obtain the proforma of EST-2 from instructor and study the same
Each group has to present the process and care to be taken in collecting statistics of various branches
Group 1 – Ordinary mail
Group 2 – Registered and speed post
Group 3 – Money orders
Group 4 – Savings branch
Group 5 - Treasury

35. Thank You