REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1969/VAISAKHA 8, 1891
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
(P. and T. Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th April 1969
G.S.R. 1080.—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 (Eighth
Amendment)
Rules, 1969.
(2) They shall come Into force on the 1st day of May, 1969
2. In the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951 (hereinafter
referred to as the said
rules) in sub-rule (2) of rule 16, for the words "one rupee", wherever they occur,
the words "one rupee and fifty paise" shall be substituted.
3. In rule 62 of the said rules,—
(i) for the opening portion, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
"62. In respect of telegrams
telephoned by the telephone
subscribers
(Rule 12), a fee of twenty paise shall be
payable for each such
telegram in addition to the charges payable as on a similar telegram
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of the same class and the same length and with the same special
services, if any, when not booked over a telephone call:";
(il) in the proviso, for the words "shall be taken into account", the words
"shall also be taken into account" shall be substituted.
4. In rule 63 of the said rules, in clause (li), the word and letters "and SVH"
ihall be omitted.
5. In rule 74 of the said rules, in clauses (I) and (k), for the brackets, word
and figures "(Rule 146)", the brackets, word and figures "(Rule 143)", shall be
tubstltuted.
0. In rule 81 of the said rule3,—
(t) for the words "twenty five palse", the
words "fifty
paise" shall be
substituted;
(11) for the words "only by a paid service advice", the words and
figures
"only on payment of a fee of fifty paise in addition to the charge for
a paid service advice" shall be substituted.
7. For rule 115 of the said rules, the
following rule shall be
substituted,
namely:—
"llfl. The charge for a multiple telegram shall be the charge prescribed for
a single telegram of the same class and length
together with, or
each address after the first, a copying £ee calculated at the rate of
3P palse for any number of chargeable words not exceeding 100 and
10 paise for each additional 20 chargeable words or part thereof.".
8- In rule 124 of the said rules, for the Table of charges, the following Table
•hall be substituted, namely :—
Class
Express
Ordinary
Not exceeding eight
chargeable words
Rs. P.
i
.90
0 .95
Exceeding eight
First eight chargeable
words
Rs. P.
1 .90
0 .95
chargeable words
Each additional
word after the first eight
chargeable words
Rs. P.
0
.20
0
.10
9- For rule 138 of the said
rules, the following rule
shall be
substituted,
Ittnely :—
"138. (1) The charge for an inland press telegram
addressed to
several
persons in a locality served by one and the same telegraph office, or
by different telegraph offices within the free
delivery radius of a
Central Telegraph Office, or to the same person at several addresses
in the same locality, shall be the
charge for a single inland press
telegram of the same class and leneth,
toyether
with, for
each
address after the first, a copying fee calculated at the rate of 40 paise
for any number of chargeable words not exceeding 100 and 10 paise
for each additional 20 chargeable wordg or part thereof-
(2) For
Inland press telegrams to several
addresses within the India served
by different telegraph offices not within the free delivery radius of
a Central Telegraph Office, the charges will be :—
(I) Tor the first address in the first telegraph office: as for a single Inland
press telegrarr.- under rule 133.
(II) for the first address in each of the second and the subsequent telegraph
offices : three-fourth of the charges in (i) above.
(Ill) for each address after the first in all telegraph offices: copying fee
at the rate given in sub-rule (1).".
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10. In rule 143 of the said rules, In sub-rule (1), after Item (v) the following
items shall be inserted, namely :—
"(vl) Express
(vll) Ordinary".
11. In rule 144 of the said rules, the following shall be Inserted at the end,
namely :—
"SVH telegrams shall he charged at the rates for ordinary telegrams. Ex-
press and ordinary State telegrams shall be charged at the rates fixed
for private telegrams of the same class (Rule 60).".
12. Tn rule 143 of the said rules, in sub-rule (2), the words "at the rates fixed
for private telegrams" shall be omitted.
13. In rule 156 of the said rules, the
following shall be inserted at the end,
namely:—
"For cancellation of a telegram already transmitted or In course of trans-
mission a Ico of 50 paise shall be
charged In addition to the paid
service advice (Rule 81)".
14. In rule 160 of the said rules, In clause (12) of sub-rule (1), for figures and
word "25 palse", the figures and word "50 paise" shall be substituted.
15. In rule 165 of the said rules, for the words "fifty paise", the words "one
rupee" shall be substituted.
16. For rule 167 of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted,
namely :•—
"167. The charge for every copy furnished in conformity with rule 166 shall
be one rupee for any number of words not
exceeding 100 and fifty
paise for each additional 100 words or part thereof- The charge for
photographs of originals; or of copies shall be fifteen rupees for each
pa!?o of a size nt an Inland telegram form.".
17. Tn rule 170 of th" said rules, for the figures "2" and ".T under the heading
"Rs.", the figures "3" and "5" shall respectively be substituted.
18. In rule 225 of the said rules,—
(1) for thje opening portion, the following shall be substituted, namely :—
"225. In respect of a teleeram
telephoned by a
telephone
subscriber
(Rule 173), a foe of 20 paise shall be payable for each such telegram
in addition to the charges payable as on a similar telegram to the
same destination and of the same class and the
same lenjrth and
with the same special service. If any, not booked over a telephone
call:";
(il) in the proviso, for the words "shall be taken into account", the words
"shall also be* taken into account" shall be substituted.
19. In rule 381 of the said rules for the words "fifty paise", the words "one
rupee" shall be substituted.
20. In rule 386 of the said rules, for the figures "2" and "3" under the heading
'•Rs.", the figures "3" and "5" shall respectively be substituted.
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C. A. CORNELIUS,
Senior Member (Telecom. Operations).
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