JOB PROFILE OF JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT IN DEPARTMENT OF POST

Update : –

( Lots of litigation on AAO Exam as on March 2021 …… most of the seats almost full ……. chances are very high that u will retire from Sr Accountant …. Department is least bothered for your welfare … better start preparing for cgl again timely if u got his department  … )

JOB PROFILE OF JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT IN DEPARTMENT OF POST

First of all congratulations to all of you who got selected for Junior Accountant in CGA and Department of Post in CGL 2014. I will give you a detailed description of job responsibilities and promotional aspects in Department of Post for Junior Accountant.

At present there are 22 PAO’s i.e. Director Of Accounts (Postal) all over India mostly in state capitals. The postal accounts are separated from Comptroller and Auditor General from 01.04.1976. All the PAOs will be headed by Directors from P&T accounts and finance Service through Civils.

JA is Group C in PB-1 5200-20200 with G.P 2800. Salary in hand is 29000 in X-class cities at present. There is one Principal office Delhi to see all the 22 PAOs, headed by Deputy Director General.

Promotional Aspects:

Senior Accountant: JA’s with 3 years of service and who completes probation successfully are eligible for SA. SA is PB-2 9300-34800 with G.P 4200.

Assistant Accounts Officer: After 3 years of service as JA you will be eligible to write AAO examination. Recruitment rules for AAO examination is under preparation. Only after approval from finance ministry, there may be possibility to conduct AAO exam by next year. AAO is Group- B gazetted in PB-2 9300-34800 with G.P. 4800.

Accounts Officer: It is given by seniority from AAO cadre. At present in postal, it is taking maximum 5 to 6 years to become Accounts Officer. AO is PB-2 with G.P 5400.

Sr. Accounts Officer: AO’s who completes 2 years service will get Sr. AO. Only 3% increment will be given in Sr. AO cadre.

Chief Accounts Officer/Deputy Director: At Present it is taking 5 to 6 years for an AO to become CAO. It is senior time scale (STS) Goup A. PB-3 15600-39100 with G.P 6600.

One JA can reach up to CAO level in his entire service.

AAO exam is common for telecom and Postal. After passing AAO one may be allotted to either postal or telecom and further promotion/posting are also inter changeable on all India basis.

There is also a possibility of Direct AAO exam (only in design stage not yet cleared by Govt.), which you can reach up to Director Level.

Duties and responsibilities:

Due to its volume of work, there are 22 circles running in India for Dept. of Post. Each circle is headed by Chief Postmaster General. Monthly accounts relating to receipts and payments will be sent by head post offices to PAOs. PAOs will compile it and upload it to the CGA through e-Lekha.

PAO is responsible for pension calculation, NPS, GPF and all important payments. There is internal inspection party which will inspect the head post offices from PAO.

Recently this department is changing to new platform for accounts i.e., Core system Integrator. It will replace all the manual work. Everything will become online like corporate sector.

So the present system/ work culture will change fully. When it will happen all over India is not clear. Anyhow the process is started. For this new recruitment rules and work also being worked out. So the responsibilities of JAs will be redefined.

After final allocation by SSC, those who are in other jobs may contact me at pakalapati.satyamraju@gmail.com.

You can tell me your present workload, department etc. So that I can give you more details whether it is better to continue in old job or resign and join as JA in Dept. of Post.

All the unions asked 7th CPC to merge JA and SA cadres. Mostly, it will be accepted by Pay Commission.

Once again we at SSC to UPSC thanks Mr. Satyamraju Pakalapati for this info and an open arm to help candidates for their doubts.

Please feel free to ask your query for postal accountant from him at the email id provided.

Keep following SSC to UPSC for all updates

75 thoughts on “JOB PROFILE OF JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT IN DEPARTMENT OF POST

  1. Respected Sir,
    According to this website my rank is 394 and i am getting postal deptt. Will I get posting in delhi initially as per my rank or not? If not I would like to know how early can one get transferred to his home state/state required after joining? What is their transfer policy? I would like to add that my spouse is working with Delhi State Govt.
    Thank u so much.

      • Sir which is better DA in home state or CEX. My general rank is 1194 in CEX list….which state can I get…..and plz tell me the state preference for cex(promotion wise)…i m from UP…..waiting for ur reply….thanks

        • DA is much better home state wise because in DA u will spent ur wntire life in that state only . however in excise u will be transferred after every promotion.

          Promotion wise Gujart best for north indians …..

          Then all state of south india same … up is worst state promotion wise

  2. Hello sir, think you for the job profile
    Sir post code Y dept allocation has been done, till when can we expect for Jr Acc in CGA?
    Sir u mentioned that union has propsed to merge JA ans SA, and it will b accepted, so does it mean Jr ACC will go to 4200 gp?

  3. Sir, one More thing, in your post about timeline of joining, u said that Jr Acc will get joining by October end to no beginning, is it still possible or there will be a delay?

  4. In cr I got 1 rank and overall 4th rank in obc and exam center was varanasi, toh kya muje lakhnow me posting milegi??

  5. Respected sir,
    I have been selected in SSC CGLE 13 for the post of Accountant /Jr Ac in CGA and i contact to the department that which ministry has allotted me they told that u have allotted Department of Cbec ministry of finance but joining process is still delay. And state allocation is not done yet.please reply me when it will be done.
    Thanking you

  6. Dear Sir…i am also got selected as JA in UR category and my rank is 57 out of 1300 JA Candidates in CGA…please tell me can i get posting in New Delhi or Lucknow…when will be state allocation and joining…Sir please suggest me…

  7. Sir Mai cag department me cgl 2014 ke through as a auditor select Hua hnoo… Currently I am working in allahabad bank as clerk. To mera kb tak joinning as sakti hai… Aur mujhe kb resign Dena chahiye

  8. Sir Cag me keh rhe h ki 7 CPC se Jr accountant ka 4200gp hojayega to sir this would be applicable to CGA and postal also??

  9. Hi admin can u tell me whether i will be alloted state randomly or the department of post will ask for state preference for the post of junior accountant.

  10. hi admin I got Department of post and my rank in that is 23 , what are my chances to get delhi?? if possible could u plz give a little info abt statewise vacancies for JA in DOP!!

  11. sir
    i have been alloted the depatment
    ministry of labour in
    ministry of finance under the post of accoutant/jr. accountant in CGA..
    Will you please provide we information about the work load and job profile.. whtever you can..
    thank you

    • more or less … same profile .. bill passing / pension / gpf voucher …. etc …. ministries will change after evcery promotion so u will not stick to same ministry

  12. SIR RECENTLY I AM WORKING AS ACCOUNTANT IN AG RAJKOT THROUGH SSC CGL 2013.
    THROUGH SSC CGL 2014 DAP JAIPUR IS ALLOTTED TO ME & I ALSO BELONG FROM RAJASTHAN.WILL IT BE FRUITFULL FOR ME TO CHANGE MY JOB.

    WORK LOAD IN AG IS VERY LESS & ALSO CHANGES OF PROMOTION IS VERY HIGH.
    PLEASE SUGGEST THAT IN DAP ACCOUTANT IS IT FIELD JOB & CAN WE APPEAR IS SAS EXAM AFTER COMPLETING PROBATION N DCT AS IN AG ACCOUNTANT.

    IF ANY ONE WORKING AS POSTAL ACCOUNTANT ALSO SHARE UR EXPERIENCE.

    THANX

    • postal main abhi aao ka exam nahi hota 1-2 sal main suru hoga sayad …. baki donpo job ek jaisi hai …. marji hai tumari … ag better ahi lekin hometown mil raha hai toh lelo postal

    • Job in AG’s Office is far better than job in Postal Accounts. Here very slim chance of going beyond Sr Accountant. AAO Exam is not being conducted for last two decades. Besides India Post is a dying dept. I work as Sr Accountant , that’s why I advise you not to take such a wrong decision.

  13. @ abhinav state allocation ki inf kha se mili aapko is that on any site aur by call to department to know I have list plz tell me also my name is sanjay rajora most probably chance to get rajasthan according to merit plz confirm that if u have info

  14. State allocation for jr accountant dept of post is done,I have been alloted Odisha,am from UP,,,they informed through email.

  15. Sir i was also selected for Junior Accountant in Deptt of Post, but i have not received such mail regarding state allocation.What should I do?

  16. to admin…
    sir jr acc after three yrs sr acc main automatically promote ho jate h in DAP its sure or ismain b koi term n condition hoti h…
    DAP main AAO or any other promotion k bad transfer hote h kya….

  17. May i know when will we get joining letter for those candidates who selected as Accountant in CAG through ssc cgl-2015

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