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surprise visits at closing time of offices .In one such case my
surprise check of cash and stamp balances of Vani Vilas Market
Post Office revealed the postmaster keeping cash less than what
the office accounts showed to an extent of Rs.900.00.The
postmaster one Mr.Satyanarayana was promoted from the rank
of postman. So when after due process I awarded him penalty
of reduction in rank to postman grade he took it to his heart so
intensely that he committed suicide to escape ostracism.
Thought the penalty had a provision to restore him to the

clerical status after 6 months he didn’t like loss of face! When
my office inspection was taken up by the Director who had a
dim view of me took me to task for being heartless and not
tempering harsh disciplinary measures with clemency .But I
lost no time to initiate and finalize appointment of
Satyanarayana’s daughter as clerk in the department by virtue
of relaxtion of recruitment rules.

In yet another case of cash shortage I put the treasurer of
Lakshmipuram Post office, who had adverse record, to test. I in
the company of an impartial witness I inserted a ten rupee note
in the cash bag to be sent to Lakshmipuram Post office in the
evening. With the amount inserted outside the account the
receiving office must report the cash excess by that amount. I
soon thereafter paid a visit to the same post office and straight
went to the treasury. When I verified the cash balance I found
that the treasurer did not report any excess amount found by
him though for a fact I myself just a while ago included that
money in the bag. In the normal course the treasurer after taking
into account the receipt from the particular office should have
found cash excess by Rs.Ten. So I having caught the official
red-handed initiated disciplinary proceedings against the erring
official.

Barring the above instances I conducted myself reasonably
well. I had a bunch of loyal staff on whom I could always count
and they were drawn up from clerical as well as inspectorial
ranks. S/Sri.R.S.Rao,V.Natarajan,Venkatachar,K.R.Narayana

Rao,S.NarasimhaShastri,K.V.Govinda
Rao.G.Rangaswamy,G.Sreenivasu were the ashta dik gaja in

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