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Postal Manual Volume–5 · Rule 4
Superintendent
GDS/MTS to Postman/Mail Guard·English·Last updated 21 Oct 2026
A Superintendent is the chief officer of a Postal or RMS Division, with administrative control over that division. Officers in the division are subordinate to the Superintendent, who is immediately subordinate to the Head of Circle or Region.
Postal Manual Volume–5 · Original English excerpt
4. Superintendent.- Superintendent of Post Offices is the Chief Officer in charge of a Postal Division and Superintendent of RMS is the Officer holding a similar position of a RMS Division. A Superintendent is in administrative charge of the Division under his control and all officers in the Division are subordinate to him. He is immediately subordinate to the Head of the Circle/Region.
NOTE- The expression “Superintendent” used in this book includes Superintendents and Senior Superintendents of Postal and RMS Divisions unless it is clear from the context that only one of these classes of Superintendents is meant; when used to signify a Superintendent of Post Offices; the term includes a SeniorSuperintendent of Post Offices and a first class Postmaster except where there is anything contrary to the context.Prepared from official postal Word and PDF references. Some services and timings are historical. Check current official orders before exam use.
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