REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-Section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 191] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1966/BHADRA 30,1888
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Posts & Telegraphs Board)
NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th September 1066
G.S.R. 1493.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (l3 of 1885), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951, namely:
1. (1) These rules may be called the Indian Telegraph (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 1966.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st Oct., 1966.
2. In the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the raid rules), rule 160 and clauses (1) to (12) thereof shall be renumbered as sub-rule (1) of that rule and clauses (a) to (1) of sub-rule (1) respectively and after sub- rule (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:—
"(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-rule (1), a refund of full charge loss fifty paise shall be payable, without any application or complaint, on each telegram, whether express or ordinary, booked and meant for delivery within India, if the same is delayed due to interruption or congestion of telegraph circuit or other similar cause and reaches the office of destination after the expiry of more than twenty-four hours in the case of an express telegram and forty-eight hours in the case of an ordinary telegram, of the time of booking:
(721)
J2$ _ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART lt^Provided that no refund shall be payable under this sub-rule, in case—
(i) the telegram was not sent by past lor part or whole oi its route; or (ii) the office of origin had informed the se .der, at the time ol booking
the te-egram, that tne telearam is likely to oe delayed.".
3. For rule 182 of the said rules,- the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
"162. (1) Complaints respecting inland telegrams and claims for refund ol charges paid thereon shall be made either to the Offlcer-ln-Charge of the telegraph office where the te egram was booked or to the Offlcer-ln-C large of tha telegraph office of delivery within forty-five days of the date of booking of the telegram.
(2) Every such claim or complaint shall be accompanied by documentary evidence of the nature specified below, namely:—
(a) in case ol non-delivery or of delay, the receipt (Rule 67) granted for
telegram and a wrl.ten s-ate.nent trom tne addreitee,
(b) in case ol a.tcratlon ui omission, ihe copy ol the telegram deliveied
to me addressee;
(cj in case of an unused reply telegram fo m (Rule 98j, the reply telegram loim dtiivejsa to tne aad^es^et;
(d) in case of p.ud service advices (Riile 154), the lecaipt for the repetition message and the correction memorandum gian-ud in co in^uon there- with by the telegraph office of delivery;
(e) in case of deJa/ due to posting [sub-rule (2) ol rule 1601. the r^ei^t (Kuie U'7) and the refund certificate (MR-54; issued by the telt-grapn omce ox delivery;
(I) in all other cases, the receipt (Rule 67) granted for the telegram.
(3) No complaint or claim for refund shall be entertained unless the same is received by the concerned Offlcer-in-Charge within forty-ttve days from the date of booking of the telegram in respect of which the complaint or claim Is made-".
4. For rule 164 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted namely:—
"104. Period of preservation.—The originals of Inland telegrams and all docu- ments relating to them, shall be retained and preserved as follows:—
(a) 'A' message drafts of Inland telegrams, other than those referred to In clauses (c), (d) and (e), shall be retained in the concerned telegraph office of. origin for a period of two months and shall thereafter be sent to the Telegraph Check Office where, with the exception of 'A' message drafts referred to in clause (b), they may be destroyed, if no longer required for any specific purpose.
(b) 'A' message drafts of (i) Frontier telegraph offices relating to Indo-Pakistan, Indo-Ceylon and Indo-Ncpal messages and (ii) telegraph money order advices shall, after receipt in the Telegraph Check Office, be preserved for a period of six months reckoned from the beginning of the month following that in which the telegrams were booked and may then be destroyed, if no longer required for any specific purpose.
(c) 'A' message drafts of the following classes of telegrams shall be retained In the concerned telegraph office for a period specified below against each class of telegram and shall then be sent to the Telegraph Check Office where they shall be preserved for a period of two months from the date of booking, and may' there- after be destroyed, if no longer required for any specific purpose:—
Classes of t-bgraras
Peiiod of retentlcn in telegraph Officei the month of booking.
Ssa. "(J)J fHE GAZETTE Ot INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 72J(d) 'A message drafts booked by the Meteorological Department duftaB the period from bth to I4i.n in tha months 01 January ana Jiuy snau be sent to th" '±elegrapn CheM Office in the first weeit 01 tne morion xOUowmg that in which the telegrams were boo.tfid in a separate bundle suparscr.b-d "Inn-nd Weataer Me^uges and statement of — Tclegrapn Uince lor int- monui o± •—." In case no telegrams are booked during the aiore^aid period 01 January or July, the 'A' message draits of telegrams booked during tne period from 15th to 2 lit of January or July, as the case may be, or fal.i ig tna. tjo, ah the telegrams booked during these months, shall be sent to the lelegraph Uieck offLe m ine month following that in which the telegrams weie booked.
(e) 'A' message drafts booked by the Meteorologi al Department on other days shall not be s;nt to the Telegraph Check Office but sha 1 be preserved in the concerned te egraph office for a period of two months irom the date of booking and may thereafter be destroyed, if not required far any spaciflc purpose.
(f) 'B' and 'C message drafts, other than those of Indo-Pakistan, Indo-Ceylon and mdo-Nepal telegrams received by frontier telegraph office; and telegraph money order advices, shall be retained in the concerned telegraph offices tor a peiloJ of two miintlH anil lr.ny thcietitier be destio^ea it nut requ.red for any sperltl.; p u r p le '- (i?) 'B' and 'C message drafts of frontier telegraph offices relating to Indo- Pakistan, Indo-Ceylon and Indo-Nepal telegrams shall be retained in the con- cerned telegraph offices for a period of two months and shall thereafter be sent to the Telegraph Check Office Calcutta, where thev shall be preserved for a period of six months reckoned from the beginning of the month following that in" which the telegrams were booked and may then be destroyed, if not required for any specific purpose.
(h) 'B' and 'C message drafts of telegraph money order advices shall be pre- served in the concerned telegraph offices for a period of six months reckoned from the beginning of the month following that in wh'ch they were boukea and may then be destroyed, if not required for any specific purpose.
Explanation.—In this lule and in rule 380.—
(i) 'A' message draff means the original telegram booked by the sender at the telegraph office of origin;
(11) *B' message draft' means the telegram received at a telegraph office from another telegraph office for the purpose of retransmission: and
Ciil) 'C message draft' means the telegram received at the telegraph office of delivery.".
6. For rule 165 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: —
"165. Inspection of Telegrams.—Originals or copies of telegrams may be shown to the sender or addressee or authorised representative of either of them on proof, if required, of the Identity of such person, provided tlic lequest for inspection is made within the prescribed period of preservation. A charge of fifty paise shall be made for such Inspection. .
6. For rule 166 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
"166. Copies.—The sender or addressee of an inland telegram or authorise? representative of either of them may, on application made to lha (elegiaph office concerned within forty-five days from the date of booking of the telegram, be furnished with certified copies or photographs—
Ca) of the telegram originally booked for transmission, or (b) of the copy delivered, if a duplicate of it has been retained.".
7. For rule 169 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted namely:—
"169. Extended preservation.—(1) On the ground of pending or contemplated judicial proceedings, application raav, within the period rvfscribed for the pre- servation of telecrams. be made bv an interested party to the Officer-in-Charge of the telegraph office where the telegram in question was booked or from whicfi dLhvtied us Hie case may be, lui luither piesti'vaiiori of anv specified inland telegram.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), such telegram shall not be forwarded to the Telegraph Check Office or destroyed, rs the case may be. as required undi.r rule 164, but shall be preserved in the telegraph office conctrned for a further period of three moxillu.
~24 nm IJA?ETTE OF INDIA JEJtTRAokDiNARt [PA*I lJ-Stc.3(i)j(3) At the expiration of the extended period the telegram shall, in default of anoUier application, be disposed 01 fte per normal rules.
(4) The duty of the Telegraph Department shall be confined to making the seai en and pi curving die teiegr^m, it iound, and no iniormauon as to The result 01 thf seami sudU oe i'unmned, nor shall any telegram preserved under this rule be produced except, on the order ol a court oi law or other competent authority.".
8. In rule 170 of the said rules, for the words 'Check Office or the telegraph ,, office as the case may,' the words 'telegraph otiice concerned," shall be substituted.
9. For rule 375 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
"375. Complaints respecting telegrams and claims for refund of charges involving cuuipumts agaiiisc me service may be maue to uie Uiin-ei-in-Chaifct; of tne Lei^^ra^n ouice wuere ihe telegram was booked or the Offker-in-Charge of tne telegiapn omoe of delivery and claims for retund which do not involve com- piaini.3 igcunst me Service may tie made to tne Umcer-in-unarge oi the lelegraph Check Orrice:
Provided that claims for refund on account of (1) paid service advice (Kule 306;, (2) overcnargea on telegrams (Rule 233), or (3) telegrams cancelled before transmission has i>egun (Ruie 24U), it made within forty-live days of the dace ol booking of the tjicg.ain, De presented at the telegraph office at which such advice or telegram was booked.".
10. Fov rule 3Q0 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
"380. Period of preservation.—The originals of foreign telegrams and all docu- m e nt pertaining w them shall be retained and preserved as loilows:—
(a) 'A' message drafts of foreign telegrams and 'B' and 'C message drafts of such telegrams uncluamg radio teiegrams) received by irontier telegiaph offices and Indian LUUSLUI faiauoni slit.ll be returned ior a period ol two munms in the teiegrapn ofaic^s concerned and shall thereafter be sent to the Telegraph Check Oiiiee, wnere ihey snail be preserved tor a period of six months recKoned from tne beginning o± me month louowing that in which tne telegram was booked and may then uc ucairuyeu u no longer required tor any Specinc purpose.
(b) 'B' and 'C message drafts of telegraph money order advices, other than those received by ironuci telegraph omcus and Indian Coastal titat.ons, shall be retained ir. me coni-^iiied teitgiayn oinces xor'a period of sue months reckoned from me beginning of me momn iollowing that in which the telegrams were booKed and may men be destroyed, u no longer required ior any specinc purpose;
(c) All other 'B' and 'C message drafts shall be retained in the concerned telegidph oim.ua ioi a period ol two months and six months respectively, reckoned from uie beginning oi me month following thai in which tne telegrams were booiced ana may mereaUer be destroyed u no longer required for any specific puipoae."
11. In rule 382 of the said rules, for the words "one month", the words "forty-
five days" snail be suDsiHiued.
12. For rule 387 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted,
nameiy;—
'
"387. Applications for inspection of foreign telegrams or for copies of such telegrams may be ddaiesaeJ 10 ihe telegraph oiftee concerned or to the Ofncer-in- CliaTKe of the 'leiegiaph Cr.eck Ofhce as the case may be, within the period of preservation sp^mea in rule 3tt0. Applications for photograph may be adoreased *o vue OUicei in Uidiut! ox Uiu rdujmijli Cn^ck Luwm.'.
[No. 35-30/65/T-2.]
S. H. BANERJEE,
Controller of Telegraph Traffic.
PRINTEII IN INOIA UV THE CENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PREM, NkW UEUU AKD PUBUJHXD BY TUI MANACBl OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, I960