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Revision as of 17:38, 28 May 2018

The Department of Posts is a government operated postal 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. [1]


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

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State Vacant Land (in acres) Cost of Acquisition ( in crores)
Andhra Pradesh 69.29 1.58
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
Tamil Nadu 68.83 0.72
Uttar Pradesh 7.11 0.39
Uttarakhand 3.86 0.26
West Bengal 614.40 NA
Total 1147.63 77.03

Details of Encroached Land under Department of Posts

The Department of Posts records of December 2015 to January 2016 audit of 19 out of 22 circles revealed that 3.24 lakh square metres of land of department worth Rs 13.94 crore have encroached upon. Therefore, 18.94 acres of land is under encroachment in six post circles including Maharashtra, Gujarat Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, the current acquisition cost of these lands has risen to Rs 63.90 crore for their actual cost which was Rs 3.59 crore.


References

  1. Comtroller Auditor General of India (CAG) (Communication and IT Sector) 2016. Report. CAG, 2016 https://www.cag.gov.in/sites/default/files/audit_report_files/Union_Communication_IT_Compliance_Report_29_2016.pdf