Standard delivery remarks for Postal Articles in Post Offices

 

S. No.	Remarks	Explanation	Disposal
1.	Refused	Addressee refused to accept the article. Addressee is present but does not take delivery of the article on one pretext or other	Returned to sender/RLO immediately
2.	Not Known	Address is located but no such addressee lives there or not known to the locality	Kept in deposit for 7 days and if nobody claims, returned to sender/RLO
3.	Left India	Addressee is known not to be in India and has left no instruction at the Post Office as to the redirection of his correspondence	Returned to sender/RLO immediately
4.	Left	In all other cases where the addressee has gone away without leaving an instruction as to disposal of correspondence and no reliable information is available about his new address	Kept in deposit for 7 days and if nobody claims, Returned to sender/RLO
5.	Insufficient Address	Address given on the articles is not complete - like Name of street, house number, locality etc are not given	Returned to sender/RLO immediately
6.	Unclaimed	Intimation was served-but the article was not taken delivery by the addressee within the prescribed time	Returned to sender/RLO immediately
7.	Deceased	Addressee has expired	Returned to sender/RLO immediately. Postmaster can order delivery to near relative if applied if there is no doubt or cross claim, at his discretion.
8.	Redirection	Based on the addressee's instruction	Redirected on the same day
9.	Intimation	In case of absence of the addressee and door locked	Kept in deposit for 7 days