PNS
: A woman of Tensa under Koida block in Sundargarh district received a money order of Rs 500 four years after it was sent to her by her brother residing in the same district.
Sumitra Biswal’s brother, who lives in Sector-8 of Rourkela city in the district, had in May 2018 sent her the money order from the Sector-19 Post Office for the occasion of Savitri Vrat.
On November 26 this year, Sumitra was left puzzled as she got the money order. On asking her brother, she came to know that he had sent it more than four years ago. The matter also took her brother by surprise as he managed to recall about the money order sent by him long time ago.
“Negligence on the part of the Postal Department led to the delay. Staffers of the concerned Post Office could not give satisfactory answer about the fiasco,” Sumitra said.
A local official of the Postal Department said a departmental investigation has been ordered into the matter.