So now the postal department is also discriminating against Assam? !!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)
>From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Bharat B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Snail Mail: Postal Department, India >Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:11:28 -0500 > >The Postal Department is a Central Govt. branch, isn't it? > >If so, how is it that the UPSC rejected the appeal of the Assam candidates? > >Because a rule-is-a-rule, I am sure. And obviously is zealously guarded by >some clerks-from-hell. Never mind that these kids didn't even get a chance >to compete for a chance to go to a school that is supported by their >tax-rupees. > > >On the other hand, if a similar demand from some 'uporwalla' had come thru >for a son or a relative, the same clerks-from-hell would probably would >have bent over backwards to accomodate them ( note the the culture of >sucking-up and pissing down). But who cares about ordinary students, that >too from Assam? Must be their own damn fault! Sloths! > > >My urge is to tell these kids to sue the hell out of them, even though we >know full well it would be pissing on the ocean. > > >On a personal note, 39 years ago, I almost got snagged up in a similar >predicament. I never RECEIVED the post card, not even belatedly, informing >me that I qualified for an interview at IIT-KGP. Luckily for me, my older >brother, who was a graduate of the same institution, SOMEHOW, managed to >get a message thru to one of his classmates, who was then teaching at the >institution, to have him look up the list to see if I made it to the >interviews. Had this friend not sent a telegram back with an affirmative, >my life's course could have been an entirely different one today (I know, I >know, some netters might not mind that at all :-). But that is >different).The telegram, without a date of interview, created its own set >of circumstances, dramatic to me, but maybe comic to others. > > >cm > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 12:52 AM -0400 8/29/02, Bharat B wrote: > > > >No wonder it is called snail mail; mail from Guwahati took almost 3months > >to reach Delhi by the Speed Post service of the Postal Department, India. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Guwahati, Thursday, August 29, 2002 > > > > > > 56 students to miss NDA exam for postal delay > >By A Staff Reporter > > GUWAHATI, Aug 28 � As many as 56 eligible students from Sainik School, > >Goalpara, will miss their chance to appear for National Defence Academy > >(NDA) entrance examination scheduled for September 15 next, thanks to >late > >delivery of their applications to the UPSC by the Speed Post service of > >the Postal Department. The Principal of Sainik School, Goalpara, Lt Col >RS > >Nehra informed that all the applications of 56 students of the school >were > >despatched through Speed Post from Guwahati on May 11 last. However, the > >same were received by the UPSC office in New Delhi on August 5 last while > >the last date of receipt of application was May 20 in respect of > >candidates belonging to Assam area. > > > > Although the authority of Sainik School has pleaded with the UPSC to > >consider the candidature of the students and allow them to appear in! >the > >NDA entrance examination as they should not be victimised for the delay >in > >delivery of their application by postal department, the UPSC has turned > >down the request made through Sainik School Society, Ministry of Defence, > >New Delhi. The Principal stated that the rigid stand taken by the UPSC >had > >demoralised the students and training staff of the school who have been > >toiling in preparing for the NDA entrance examination. > > > > The boys from Class XII standard of the School are still sweating it out > >in preparing for the entrance test with a hope that their application >will > >be considered even at this stage and they will get their last chance to > >join the armed forces through NDA. It is pertinent to mention that the > >basic aim of Sainik School is to prepare its students academically, > >physically and mentally for joining the defence forces through NDA. > > > >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print y! our photos: > ><http://g.msn.com/1HM1ENUS/c156??PI=44364'>Click Here > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
