REGISTERED NO. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-Section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. I9I[ 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 1966
G.8.R. 1493.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 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., 1996.
2- In the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), rule 16Q 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 chares less 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 earns I" delayed due to interruption or cohesion 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;
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Provided that no refund shall be payable under this sub-rule. In case—
(1) the telegram was not sent by pOBt for part or whole 01 its route; or (ii) the office of origin had informed the se .der, at the time oi booidng
the telegram, that tne telegram is likely to be delayed.".
3. For rule 102 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
"162. (1) Complaints respecting inland telegrams and claims for refund of charges paid thereon shall be made either to the Offlcor-in-Charge of the telegraph office where the te.eiram was booked or to the Officer-ln-C/targe of the 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 oi non-delivery or of delay, the receipt (Rule 67) granted for
telegram and a wa.leri s:ate.nent lro.n tne addraj.ee,
(b) in case OJ a.toration or omission, the coj,y oi the telegram deliveied
to the aidressct:
(c; in caie of an unused reply telegram fo.m (Rule 98;, the reply telegram form dtiiveiaa to tne add^esse^;
(d) In case of paid service advices (Rule 154), the recaipt for the repetition message and the correction memorandum gian.t.d in co.inacuon there- wltn by the telegraph office of delivery;
(e) in case of delay due to posting [sub-rule (2) of rul" 1601. the rareipt (Kule B7) and the refund certificate (MK-54) issued by the lelsgrapn omce ox delivery;
(f) 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-ln-Charge within forty-flve 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:—
"164. 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-Nepal 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 Mbgranw
P"tlod of retentlcn In telegraph Offices the month of booking.
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(d) 'A message drafts booked by the Meteorological Department during the period trom atn to 14tu in the months 01 January a ai Jiuy snau oe sent to the 'ielegiapn Ghee* Office in the first wees oi tne mon^n lOiiowmg thai in which the telegrams were boo.ted in a separate bundle superscribed "-Uu^d Weatuer Messages and statement of Telegraph Ufflct ior me inonm OJ. ,—-." In case no telegrams are booked during the aforesaid period 01 January or July, the 'A' message drafts of telegrams booked during tne period from 15th to 21st of Januaiy or July, as ths case may be, or taLug taa., tjo, aL the telegrams booked during these months, shall be sent to the Telegraph Chtck Ac ui vne month following that In which the telegrams weie booked.
(e) 'A' message drafts booked by the Meteor ologi.al Department on other days shall not be sane to the Telegraph Check Omce but sha.l be preserved in the concerned telegraph office for a period of two months trom the date of booking and may thereafter be destroyed, If not required fjr any spacine purpose.
(f) 'B' and 'C message drafts, other than those of Indo-Pakistan, Ind>Ceylon and indo-Nepal telegrams rect-lved by frontier telegrapii officer and telegraph money order advices,, shall be retained In the concerned telegraph offices for a peiloi of two months fi"ii mny Ihaieatter be dosuuyed it not requ.red for any 3peci/k purpose
(H) '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 they shall be preserved for a period of six months reckoned from the beginning of the month followins 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 bojked and may then be destroyed, if not required for any specific purpose.
Explanation.—In this iule and in rule 380.—
(i) 'A' message draft' means the original telegram booked by the sender at the telegraph office of origin;
(ii) 'B' message draft' means the telegram received at a telegraph office from another telegraph office for the purpose of retransmission; and
(iii1) 'C message draft' means the telegram received at the telegraph office of delivery.",
5. 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 jequired, of the identity of such person, provided the request 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 die lejtgiaph orHce concerned within forty-five days from the date of booking of the telegram, be furnished with certified copies or photographs—
(a) 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 b" substituted namely:— <
"169. Extended preservation,—(1) On the ground of pending or contemplated judicial proceedings, Application maw within the period pro.icriherl for the pre- servation of telegrams, be made bv an interested pnrtv to the Offlcer-ln-Charge of the telegraph office where the telegram in question was booked or from which dilmied, as ihe case muy be, lui fuither pi enervation of any •pfccifl'id 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, as the case may be, a" required undur rule 164, but shall be preserved In the telegraph office concerned for a further period of three monlUi.
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namely?! ^ 3 75 °f t he s a id r u l e s' ** following rule shall be substituted,
tne iw^ird^n uuied wuere the telegram was booked 01•the Officer „ % &' °J
Check 6mct: l Ae ^^ m dy °e m a de to toe Omcer-m-cnarge 01 th" ' i e l l g Ch
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t he f o l l o w I ne ^ shall be substituted.
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"380. Period of preservation.—The originals of foreign telegrams and all docu- m e nt per.am.ng io mem shau be r e i n ed and prese'vefl a5 tauowsr~
(a) 'A' message drafts of foreign telegrams and 'B' and 'C1 messane drafts nf such telegrams uncluamg radio t"aegranu> received by trontie^• t e i S a S^ oHices End luaun ooasLal biauorti ihull be rttained ior a perioa ol two mS in the teiegrapn ohic.s concerned and shall thereafter be sent to ihe T e t e gS Check Ouw, wnere they sn",u be preserved tor a period of six months reLoned from the beginning oi tne month IOUowing that in which the telegram was booked and may then uc uejiruycu u no longer required lor any specinc purpose.
(b) 'B' and 'C message drafts of telegraph money order advices other than those receive by irouuci teiegrapn oaic" and indaan Coastal stauonS s h a U te retained ir. me con^aed tei^rayn oinces lor a period ol six monUia'reckoned frum me beginning ol tne moncn lollowmg that in which the telegrams were booked and may u^n he. destroyed, u no longer requlrea ior any speeinc purpose.
(c) All other 'B1 and 'C1 message drafts shall be retained in the concerned teleui-dph oinctis ior a ptnod ot two months ana six months respectively reckoned town me beginning oi me montii toliowing ihai m wnioh tne lelt^rams were booKed ana may tnereaiter be destroyed u no longer required for anv specific purpose."
11. In rule 382 of the said rules, lor the words "one month", the words "forty- five days" snull De KUDsuiLued.
12. For rule 387 of the aaid rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely;—
"387. Applications for inspection of foreign telegrams or for copies of such telegrams may be ciaaiesstJ tp itie telegraph office concerned or to the Ofllcer-ln- Charge of the Teieginph Cr.eck Ofhce as the caae may be, within the period of preservation specinea in rule 3dO. Applications for phoiograpns may be addressed ~M uie oihcei in Liiaiutj ui LUa !cj.t^ d^h Check onwu.".
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S. It. BANERJEE,
Controller oi Telegraph Traffic,
PRINTFI) IN INDIA 11V THE GENERAL MANAGER, COVEUPJMWfT OF INDIA PRESS,
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