Can Postal Department not be sued for compensation? Or may be the sender forgot to add the insurance or related fees that Postal department played this trick?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rajib Das [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Snail Mail: Postal Department, India > > > > 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 >
