Postman & Mail Guard -- Recruitment Rules, 2010 & Recruitment (Amended) Rules, 2012 -- A comparative look, reproduced here.

RECRUITMENT RULES, 2010	RECRUITMENT(AMENDMEND)RULES,2012
1. (1) These Rules may be called the Department of Posts (Postman and Mail Guard) Recruitment Rules, 2010. (2)They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.	1. (1)These Rules may be called the Department of Posts (Postman and Mail Guard) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come in to force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
	2. In the Schedule to the Department of Posts (Postman and Mail Guard) Recruitment Rules, 2010, against serial number 1 relating to the post of Postman,--
Column No.8 Matriculation or Equivalent from a recognized Board or University for direct recruitment from open market. No education qualification is prescribed for direct recruitment limited to Gramin Dak Sevaks.	(i) in column (8), in the entry, after the word “Matriculation”, the words “or Equivalent” shall be omitted.
Column No.11 (a)25% by promotion by selection of Multi Tasking Staff of the recruiting division; (b)25% on the basis of Limited Depart-mental Competitive Examination by promotion from amongst Multi Tasking Staff of the recruiting Division with three years regular service in the grade including service put in , if any, against an erstwhile Group’D’ post on regular basis as on the 1st January of the year to which the vacancy(ies) belong failing which by direct recruitment. (C)25% by recruitment on the basis of Competitive examination limited to Gramin Dak Sevaks* of the recruiting Division who have worked for at least five years in that capacity as on the 1st day of January of the year to which the vacancy(ies) belong failing which by direct recruitment; *Gramin Dak Sevaks are holders of Civil posts but they are outside the regular Civil Service due to which their appoint-ment will be by direct recruitment. (d)25% by direct recruitment from open market. Note:1: The scheme for Direct Recruit-ment shall be as per administrative instructions issued by the Department from time to time.	(ii)in column (11), the entry,- (A)for clauses (a) and (b) the following clause shall be substituted namely:- “(a)50% on the basis of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination by promotion from amongst Multi Tasking Staff of the recruiting Division with three years regular service in the grade including service put in, if any, against an erstwhile Group’D’ post on regular basis as on he 1st January of the year to which the vacancy(ies) belong failing which, from amongst Multi Tasking Staff of the neighbouring Division/Unit on the basis of the said Examination, failing which by direct recruitment from open market” (B)for clauses (c) and (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(b)50% by direct recruitment on the basis of Competitive Examination Limited to Gramin Dak Sevaks* of the recruiting Division who have worked for  at least five years in that capacity as on the 1st day of January of the year to which the vacancy(ies) belong, failing which from amongst Gramin Dak Sevaks of the neighbouring Division/Unit on the basis of the said Examination, failing which by direct recruitment from open market. *Gramin Dak Sevaks are holders of Civil posts by they are outside the regular Civil Service due to which their appointment will be by direct recruitment.”;
Column No.12 (i)25% by promotion of Multi Tasking Staff of the recruiting Division with three years regular service in the grade including service put in, if any, against an erstwhile Group D post on regular basis. Note 1: Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their seniors would also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying or eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying/eligibility service or two years, whichever is less, and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have already completed such qualifying or eligibility service. (ii)25% on the basis of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination by promotion from amongst Multi Tasking Staff of the recruiting Division with three years regular service in the grade including service put in , if any , against an erstwhile Group’D’ post on regular basis. Note 2 : [Applicable for (i) and (ii) above] : For the purpose of computing minimum qualifying service for promotion, the service rendered on a regular basis by an officer prior to 1-1-2006 (the date from which the revised pay structure based on the 6th Central Pay Commission recommendations has been extended) shall be deemed to be service rendered in the corresponding pay/pay scale extended based on the recommendations of the Pay Commission. Note 3: The scheme for Limited Depart-mental Competitive Examination shall be as per administrative instructions issued by the Department from time to time.	(iii)in column (12), in the entry,- (A)for clause(i), Note 1 and clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “50% on the basis of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination by promotion from amongst Multi Tasking Staff of the recruiting Division with three years regular service in the grade including service put in, if any, against an erstwhile Group’D’ post on regular basis as on the 1st January of the year to which the vacancy(ies) belong, failing which from amongst Multi Tasking Staff of the neighbouring Division/ Unit on the basis of the said Examination, failing which by direct recruitment from open market”; (B)”Note 2” shall be re-numbered as “Note 1” as so re-numbered, the brackets, words and figures” [Applicable for (i) and (ii) above]” shall be omitted; (C)”Note 3”shall be renumbered as “Note 2.”

According to Amended Recruitment Rules, 2012 :

50% -- MTS/Gr.D - COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION ( 3Years Service)

50% -- GDS - COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION  (5 years Service)

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