[Reader-list] Oppose decision of withdrawing old postal service UPC

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From: anil chamadia <namwale at gmail.com>
Date: 25 May 2011 12:12
Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] Oppose decision of withdrawing old postal
service UPC
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Dear friends,

I hope you will be aware of this decision that the Communication and
Information ministry, Govt. of India, has withdrawn service of UPC (Under
Posting Certificate) that was used mostly by poor sections of society. Now a
days, the activists in the sphere of RTI were also using this old postal
service extensively. Under this service, the consumers got a proof from the
post office against the posting of their letters or documents at the same
post office after paying just Rs 3.

The consumer just pasted a postal stamp of worth Rs 3 (Three) on his own
written address slip or paper and the post office where the consumer
posted their documents canceled the stamp pasted on the address slip. Now
this slip worked as a proof against the posting of the documents on the
certain address. The address slip was valid up to three addresses. In
other words, the big advantage for the consumers was that they could have
received a proof certificate simultaneously for three documents just paying
the same amount of 3 Rs.

After withdrawal of this service I filed an RTI before Communication
department in New Delhi asking for simple information that why the concerned
department has discontinued the service of UPC and what were the
disadvantages the department facing for continuing this service?

But the department did not furnish this information properly. The
department answered that the postal department used not to confirm the
delivering of particular documents at the particular address after giving
the receiving certificate. It is here to clear that the purpose of UPC was
to get a proof by the consumer against the posting of the documents at the
certain address.

In fact it was not for delivery proof. After all, the job of delivery is
with the postal department.

This step has been taken by the department in an arbitrary manner. As we
know that his service was being used by a million of people in a month
countrywide.

But it is a matter of surprise that no political party or organization has
come forward to oppose this move. It seems that postal department do not
understand the importance of this service in this country with this fact
that this service is mentioned in the 1935 act.

It seems that this step was taken to promote the courier services of private
company. Presently, any consumer has to pay more than twenty two rupees for
registered post. An RTI activist had to pay maximum Rs 8 for using under
posting certificate service. We feel that this move is an effort to curtail
the rights being exercised by RTI activists .

With regard

Anil chamadia
09868456745
09503834595

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