Authority Letter Format to Collect a Cheque Book from the Bank

When you apply for a new chequebook, generally, the chequebook will be sent to you by post to your registered address recorded with the bank.

Some banks may issue the chequebook by hand-delivery. In such cases, if you are unable to collect the chequebook personally due to some reasons, then you can authorize someone by a written authority letter to collect it on your behalf.

Here are examples of such authority letters to collect chequebook on behalf of the account-holder.

TEMPLATE #1

(When the account-holder is an Individual.)

Date: ________

To

The Branch Manager

_________ Bank

_________ Branch

(Address)

Sub.: Authority letter for collecting a new chequebook.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hereby kindly request you to issue a new chequebook of ___ leaves for my account number __________. I authorize your bank to debit appropriate charges from my account for this.

I am unable to visit the bank to collect the chequebook as I am preoccupied with an important work. Hence, I hereby authorize the following person, whose name and signature are appended below, to collect the chequebook on my behalf from your branch.

  Signature: ___________________

  Name: ______________________

  Income-tax ID number: _________

  Address: _____________________

This is a onetime authorization letter valid up to (Date). Self-attested copies of my identity and address proofs are enclosed herewith. I request you to kindly handover the new chequebook to him/her and do the needful in this regard.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

    (Signature)

(Name of the Account-holder)

Enclosure: As above.

TEMPLATE #2

(When the account-holder is an Organization.)

Ref: _________

Date: ________

To

The Branch Manager

(Bank's Name)

(Branch's Name)

(Address)

Sub.: Authority letter for collecting the chequebook.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We hereby kindly request you to issue a new chequebook with ___ leaves for the account bearing number __________ maintained by our company i.e. _______ Limited. We authorize you to debit appropriate charges from the account in this regard.

Further, we authorize the following official, whose name and signature are appended below, to collect the chequebook on behalf of the company from your branch.

  Signature: __________

  Name: ____________________

  Designation: __________

  Income-tax ID number: _______

The said officer will be carrying necessary official identification and personal identity proofs for verification purposes.

This is a onetime authorization letter valid up to (Date). We request you to kindly do the needful and oblige.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For __________ Limited

    (Signature)

(Name of the Authorized Officer)

(Designation), ______ Department