Department of Posts

The Department of Posts is a government operated posted company. The Postal Company comes under Department of Posts which is the part of Ministry of Communications. According to the CAG report Union Government (Communication and IT Sector) for the year 2016, the scrutiny of records from December 2015 to January 2016 in 20 postal circles (states) disclosed that 1,608 free-hold plots measuring 48.08 lakh sqm which were purchased in past (even in 19th century) for the purpose of constructing postal offices and staff quarters were lying vacant. The possession cost of 980 free-hold plots was 77.03 crore and the information was not available for the remaining plots. It was observed that the current value of 472 vacant plots measuring 6.77 lakh sqm in the states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, and Maharashtra had risen to Rs 209.55 crore (December 2015) from the actual acquisition cost 4.33 crore.

Name of State	Vacant Land Acquired on Lease (acres)	Acquistion Cost (in lakh)
Andhra Pradeh	0.20	0.31
Bihar	0.45	NA
Chattisgarh	0.91	NA
New Delhi	13.13	231.35
Gujarat	0.80	11.31
Jharkhand	35.50	NA
Jammu&Kashmir	1.86	12.08
Karnataka	29.70	7.99
Kerala	1.68	14.43
Madhya Praadesh	0.22	NA
Maharashtra	6.78	19.94
Mizoram	0.07	NA
Odisha	3.28	7.59
Punjab	0.20	7.59
Uttar Pradesh	2.63	28.50
West Bengal	3.42	NA
Total	100.91	336.83

Details of Vacant Land Under Department of Posts

State	Vacant Land (in acres)	Cost of Acquisition ( in crores)
Andhra Pradesh	69.29
Assam	38.56	0.24
Bihar	18.17	11.82
Gujarat	42.89	43.34
Haryana	38.38	11.16
Himachal Pradesh	1.85	0.02
Jammu & Kashmir	1.43	0.02
Jharkhand	26.73	0.23
Karnataka	103.55	2.48
Kerala	39.88	2.59
Madhya Pradeh	6.14	0.09
Maharahtra	28.06	0.50
North East	8.87	0.01
Odisha	11.59	0.17
Punjab	13.35	0.35
Rajasthan	4.69	1.06