CHAPTER XIX

Consent and Delegation Orders

 

19.1.    With reference to rules 1.12 and 18.1, the authorities which exercise the power of a Competent Authority under the various rules in this volume, are detailed in rules from 19.6 to 19.17.   

             The table below gives in brief the powers which have been delegated, the rules in the preceding chapters in which these powers have been referred to and the rules in which the exact nature and extent of powers have been given :-

 

Rules under which               Nature and brief description              Rules in this chapter

powers are                                             of powers                              in which the exact

delegated                                                                                               nature and extent of the

                                                                                                                powers have been given

 

8.3 and 15.2                 Contingencies, stores, etc.                     19.6

2.45                             Grants, concessions, lease, etc.             19.7

8.3                               Scholarships and stipends                     19.8

8.3                               Expenditure from discretionary              19.9

grants, grants-in-aid, contributions,

donations, etc.

10.1                             Grants of advances to Government        19.10

                                    employees, and other individuals

10.10 and                     and advances and remission of              19.11

10.27                           loan and advances

16.5 (a)                        Administrative approval to works          19.12

16.5 (b)                        Technical sanctions to estimates for

                                    works                                                   19.13

 

16.7                             Sale of land, buildings and other            19.14

                                    immovable property.

15.3                             Sale and disposal of stores, etc.            19.14-A

15.3 and 15.4               Write of of Losses, Stores, etc.             19.15

4.6 and 9.1                   Remission of revenue and abandon-

                                    ment of claims to revenue.                     19.16

18.5                             Means of recovery of amount dis-

                                    allowed by audit                                   19.17

 

Note 1.            The powers are in all cases subject to the rules as to the nature and extent of sanctions contained in Chapters XVII and XVII.

 

Note 2.            These powers are intended to be exercised in individual cases only.

 

Note 3.(i)         An Executive Engineer recruited direct as Temporary Assistant Executive Engineer having five years service as Executive Engineer under the Government and after attaining the age of 35 years can be authorised to exercise the powers of a selected officer.

 

(ii)        An officer recruited as Temporary Assistant Executive Engineer/Assistant Executive Engineer can be authorised to exercise the powers of a selected officer after completion of five years of service, as Executive Engineer under the government on attaining the age of 35 years and with a total service of eight years under the Government.

 

(iii)       An officer recruited as a Temporary Assistant Executive Engineer/Assistant Engineer or promoted as Officiating S.D.O. can be authorised to exercise the powers of a selected officer after he has completed 12 years of service under the Government in a gazetted capacity and on completion of three years as Executive Engineer, unless the case of the officer falls in one of the first two categories.

 

Note 4.            Note 3 above does not apply to members of the Provincial Service of Engineers (Assistant Engineers). Such Officers when appointed to divisional charge shall, in the absence of special orders in any individual case exercise the powers of one-selected officers.

 

Note 5.            (i) The administrative Departments may be delegate the power delegate to them in this chapter to the Heads of Departments on their own responsibility and subject to such restrictions as they may like to impose:-

 

Provided that such re-delegated power shall be exercised personally by the Heads of Departments and shall, in no circumstances  be further delegated by the Heads of Departments to officers subordinate to them.

 

 

(ii)   The Head of Departments may re-delegate the powers delegated to them in this Chapter other them the power delegated to them under clauses (1) to any officer subordinate to them at their head quarters offices on their own responsibility and subject to such restorations as they may like to impose.

 

Provided that such re-delegated power shall be exercised personally by such officer and shall in no circumstance be further delegated.

 

19.2     The assent of the Department of Finance is also given to expenditure (including advances) in those cases in which such expenditure is  expressly authorised to be made by any authority by the provisions of -

(a)   any legislative enactment for the time being in force, or rules made under such enactment; or

(b)  the rules in Chapters 1 to XVIII of this Handbook or in any other Code or Handbook, issued after consultation with the Department of Finance ; or

(c)   any orders delegating, financial powers after consultation with the Department of Finance.

 

19.3.    The consent of the Department of Finance is not to be considered as given as given to-

(1)  any expenditure or advance authorised by any legislative enactment, code, rule or order to be made by the Government except in so far as this is specially stated ;

(2)  the expenditure or advance which involves contravention of any existing order of the Government issued in consolation with the Department of Finance imposing any scale, limit, or other restriction or of the rules in this Handbook.

(3)  expenditure which forms part of a scheme which, as a whole, requires the assent of the Department of Finance and

(4)  any item of expenditure of an unusual or extravagant nature, it being the function of audit to draw attention to any such item :

 

Provided that petty items of expenditure not exceeding two hundred rupees in any one case may be sanctioned by the Administrative Department concerned where they are satisfied that the expenditure was unavoidable.

 

19.4.    Unless other wise provided by any special order the assent of the Department of Finance may be considered to have been given to the exercise by Administrative Departments of such powers as have been delegated to the Heads of Departments or other subordinate authorities.

 

Note.   Unless otherwise provided by a special order a higher authority in a department may exercise the power delegated to the authority subordinate to it.

 

19.5.    (a) The term “pay” as used in this chapter does not include “special pay”

 

            (b) the term “Public Works” appearing in column 3 of the tables in the following rules of the chapter means “The Administrative Department in control of the branch of the Department of Public Works” concerned.

 

19.6.    Contingencies, stores, fees, compensation, remuneration, etc. (Rule 8.3 and 15.2)

 

SN

Nature of power

Authority to which the power is delegated

Extent of powers delegated

1

2

3

4

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9-A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.

 

 

 

 

 

 

20.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21-A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21-B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21-C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.

 

24.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25.

 

 

 

 

 

 

26.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28.

 

 

 

 

 

 

29.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30-A

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33.

 

 

 

 

 

 

34.

 

 

 

 

 

35.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38.

 

 

 

 

39.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40-A

 

 

 

40-B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43.

 

 

 

44.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45.

 

 

 

 

 

 

46.

 

 

 

46-A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46-B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction non-recurring Expenditure, not otherwise provided for in this rule (other than expenditure on installation or new telephones)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) To sanction expenditure On telephone connections and accessories connected there with including additional wire, plug and sockets for personal use of the Ministers (including Chief Minister, Deputy Ministers), Parliamentary Secretaries (including Chief Parliamentary Secretary) and their staff in the Civil Secretariat or at their residence.

(b) To sanction expenditure On telephone connections other than those for personal use of The Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Private Secretaries and Personal Secretaries or at their residence.

 

(c) To sanction expenditure on temporary telephone connections for Ministers Parliamentary Secretaries, etc., for duration of the Session of State Legislature.

 

To sanction contingent expenditure of a recurring nature not otherwise provided for in this rule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction expenditure out of contingencies for the carriage of office record.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction the payment of demurrage, wharfage charges out of contingencies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To incur or sanction expenditure on service postage stamps for use in Government offices and institutions an don issue of State telegrams.

 

 

 

 

To sanction post of class IV employees whose pay is chargeable to contingencies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction small monthly payments to class IV employees, for supplying drinking water or for dusting offices or for other purposes of a like nature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To entertain temporary establishment chargeable to hot and cold whether charges, as for instance punkha coolies.

 

 

 

 

To sanction the payment of rent for houses or land for other than residential purposes i.e. for ordinary office accommodation Godowns etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction the continued hiring on rent exceeding that assessed by the Department of Public Works of private buildings for accommodating Government offices in cases where there is no change in the rate of rent and in the carpet area already approved by the Department of Finance.

 

To sanction the hire charges of Electric Fans for their own and subordinate offices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deleted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction payment of Municipal or Cantt. Taxes of Government buildings, when such taxes have been assessed by competent authority.

 

To sanction the payment of rates or taxes levied by statute or by local rule or order (as for instance, terminal tax or octroi, on Government stores)

 

To approve of undertaking of the defence of Government employees in criminal proceedings at the expense of Government.

 

 

 

To re-imbrues a Government employee whose conduct has been the subject of enquiry for expenditure on account of

 

(i)      defence witnesses ; and

 

(ii)     fees of counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction expenditure in connection with civil suits instituted with the sanction of the Controlling Authority as defined in the Punjab Law Department Manual.

To grant Compensation to Government employees under Workmen’s Compensation Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To grant cash compensation to meet funeral and other unavoidable expenses to the relations of all government employees drawing pay up to Rs. 350 per mensem who are killed or die of injury received as a result of *special risk of office in the performance of their duties.

 

To sanction local purchase of locks of Indian manufacture where no rate contract of the Controller of Stores, Punjab exists.

 

 

To sanction direct purchase of stores from the local market after exhausting all the approved sources of supply mentioned in Appendix 12 of the Punjab financial Rules, volume II and the rate contract arranged by the Controller of Stores, Punjab if available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction direct purchases of stores from the local market when in emergent circumstances it is not possible to exhaust the approved sources of supply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction local purchase of dietary articles, such as wheat, gram, pulses, fire-wood, oils, etc., etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To purchase medicines against Controller of Stores rate contract in cases where medicines are not supplied by Medical Stores Deptt. Karnal

 

 

 

To purchase medicines from the Local Market in *emergent cases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction petty local purchases of stationery usually supplied by the Controller of Stationery other than special articles of stationery mentioned in para 10.9 (10) of the Punjab Printing and Stationery Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omitted

 

 To sanction purchase (i) books and maps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ii) Periodical is and newspapers required for official use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction expenditure in urgent cases on account of printing typographic or lithographic at private presses chargeable to 258-Stationery and Printing.

 

To sanction expenditure in urgent cases on account of Printing typographic or lithographic at private presses, chargeable to office contingencies as said down in Rule 4.4 of the Printing and Stationery Manual, 1958.

 

 

The sanction employment of local agency for purposes of book binding in all cases in which -

 

(1) The papers to be bound e.g. like settlement and annual records are such as ought not to be bound otherwise than under the supervision of an official of the land records staff :

 

(2) the papers are such that owing to the constant need for reference they cannot without great inconvenience be spared out of the office for the time which a Jail Press or the Government Press would ordinarily occupy in doing the work ; and

 

(3) cases in which railway freight to and from the Jail or the Government Press plus cost of binding will amount to more than local binding charges.

To sanction expenditure in emergent cases on account of binding work executed locally.

 

 

 

To sanction purchase of typewriters for themselves and offices subordinate to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction the hiring of typewriters of approved pattern for use in their own offices and offices subordinate to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction the hiring of typewriters.

 

To sanction purchase of duplicators and duplicating machines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction purchase of bicycles for the use of their own offices as well as for certain subordinate offices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction supply of leveries summer-clothing belts, cross belts, badges and clothing to Class IV employees

 

 

To sanction expenditure on the supply of electrical energy consumed in government offices and Institutions.

 

To sanction recurring expenditure on the maintenance and repairs of clocks in offices.

 

 

 

 

To sanction payment of section writing and copying charges at piece-work rates (except printing of Shajras in the Irrigation Branch).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction payment of section writing charges for translation work at piece work rates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction the purchase of tents for themselves and or officers subordinate to them.

 

To sanction purchase of tents, for officers subordinate to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction the remittance of money order at Government expenses to establishment serving at a distance of more than 8 Kms. From the nearest treasury or from the remitting office in which such charges are drawn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sanction remittance of Scholarships.

 

 

To sanction the remittance of money at Government expense through private banks on payment of commission at the places where there is no branch of the State Bank

 

To grant rewards to Patwaris for work done in connection with settlement an colonization operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To grant rewards to patwaris for work done in connection with Settlement and Colonization operations if the amount proposed as rewards does not exceed the amount realised in fines.

 

To grant rewards to members of the temporary settlement and colony establishment

 

To grant rewards to patwaris, lambardars and chaukidars for reporting out breaks of cattle disease.

 

 

 

 

To grant rewards to patwaris for reporting cases of plague, cholera and small-pox.

 

 

 

 

To grant rewards to patwaris for Consolidation of Holdings.

 

To sanction rewards, for cleanliness and good behaviour, imparting higher education to children regularly, showing good results of the produce of each crop, to the Hibtual offenders.

 

To grant, reward of gallantry awards in cash.

All Departments of Government

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Departments

 

 

Controlling Officers

 

 

Disbursing Officers

 

 

Chief Secretary to Government Punjab (in Department of General Administration)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative Secretary in the Printing and Stationery Department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ditto

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government

 

 

 

 

Heads of Departments.

 

 

Controlling Officers.

 

 

Disbursing Officers.

 

 

All Departments of Government

 

 

Heads of Departments.

 

 

Controlling Officers.

 

 

Disbursing Officers.

 

 

Administrative Department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government.

 

Heads of Departments.

Controlling officers.

Disbursing Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Departments and Controlling Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Departments, Commissioners of Divisions, Secretary, Provincial Transport Authority, Superintending Engineers in the P.W.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Offices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i) All departments of Government.

 

 

 

(ii) Heads of Departments and Commissioners of Divisions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii) Controlling Officers

 

 

(iv)   All Disbursing Officers, (except Forest)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)    Deputy Commissioners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vi) Director, State Transport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Administrative Secretaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head of Offices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disbursing Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disbursing Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government and Heads of Departments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disbursing officer

 

 

 

 

(i)      Controlling Authority

 

(ii)     Deputy Commissioners.

 

 

 

 

(i)      All Departments of Government

 

(ii)     Chief Engineer, P.W.D., B. & R.

 

(iii)   Chief Engineer, Public Health

 

 

Heads of Departments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government.

 

Heads of Departments.

 

Heads of Offices.

 

All Departments of Government.

Heads of Departments.

 

 

 

 

 

Controlling Officers.

 

Disbursing Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)      Superintendents, Central Jails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)     Superintendents, District Jails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)   Superintendents, Sub-Jails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)      Superintendent, Central Jail

 

 

(ii)     Superintendent District Jail

 

 

 

(i)      Superintendent, Central Jail

 

 

 

(ii)     Superintendent, District Jail

 

 

All Departments of Government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Engineer, Irrigation Branch.

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Departments Commissioner, District and Sessions Judges, Superintending Engineers, P.W.D. Director, Irrigation Research Punjab, Principal, Punjab College of Engineering, Conservators of Soils;  Deputy Inspector-General of Police; Incharge; Incharges of the Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Khelan, District Hoshiarpur; Superintendent of Police ; Controller of Printing and Stationery, Punjab, Registrar of High Court; Secretary, Punjab State Public Service Commission ; Director Public Relations ; Commandant Punjab Armed Police, Jullundur and Examiner, Local Fund Accounts, Punjab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing and Disbursing Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i) Heads of Departments and Controlling Officers other than those specifically mentioned in this rule.

(ii) Secretary (Union Public Service Commission)

 

(iii) Principal, Medical College, Amritsar and Principal, government Medical College, Patiala

 

(iv) Deputy Commissioners, Settlement Officers and colonisation Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v) Superintendents of Police, Deputy Superintendents of Police, Incharge of the Recruits Training Centre, Gobindgarh Fort, Amritsar and the Principal, Police Training School, Phillaur.

 

(vi) Director Irrigation Research, Punjab.

 

 

(vii) Principal, Punjab College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(viii) Principal, Dental College Hospital, Amritsar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ix) All Heads of Offices.

 

 

 

 

 

(i) Heads of Departments and Controlling Officers.

 

(ii) Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission.

 

(iii) Director, Irrigation Research, Punjab

 

(iv) All Deputy Commissioners in the State.

 

 

 

 

Administrative Department for the subject of Stationery and Printing.

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government.

Heads of Departments.

Controlling Officers.

Disbursing Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Offices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Department

 

Controlling Officer.

 

Heads of Offices

 

 

All Departments of government, Heads of Departments, Commissioners of Divisions.

Superintending Engineers, P.W.D., Principal,, Punjab College of Engineering, Principal, Government School of Engineering, Punjab, and District and Session Judges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disbursing Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Departments of Government.

 

All Departments of Government.

 

 

 

Heads of Departments and Controlling Officers.

 

 

 

 

(i) Heads of Departments except (Inspector-General of Police) and Commissioners of Divisions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Inspector-General of Police.

 

 

 

 

 

(i) Heads of Departments and offices.

(ii) Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission.

 

 

 

Disbursing Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Offices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Departments, Commissioners, District and Session Judges and Deputy Commissioners.

Under secretary to Government, Punjab, Secretariat Administration (for section-writing relating to the Punjab Civil Secretariat). Superintending Engineers Irrigation Branch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heads of Department, Commissioners, District and Sessions Judges and Deputy Commissioners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Heads of Departments, Financial Commissioners and Commissioners of Divisions.

 

 

Director, Health Services, Punjab, Director of Public Instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Disbursing Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Disbursing Officers

 

 

 

All Disbursing Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement Officers and Colonization Officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commissioners of Divisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement Officers and Colonization Officers

 

 

Deputy Commissioners and in the case of districts under Settlement and Colonization Operations, Settlement Officers and Colonization Officers, respectively.

 

 

Ditto

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director, Consolidation of Holdings and Consolidation Settlement Officers.

 

Welfare Officer, Punjab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deputy Commissioner.

Full powers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up to Rs. 60,000 for any one item.

 

Up to Rs. 6,000 for any one item

 

Up to Rs. 3,000 for any one item

 

Full powers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full powers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ditto

 

 

 

 

 

Up to Rs.60,000/- per annum.

 

 

 

 

Up to Rs.10,000/- per annum

 

Up to Rs.6000/- per annum

 

Up to Rs.3000/- per annum

 

Full powers.

 

 

 

Up to Rs. 6,000/- per annum.

 

Up to Rs. 4,000/- per annum.

 

Up to Rs.1,000 per annum.

 

Up to Rs.15,000 in each case provided that the amount had become payable due to unavoidable circumstances to be recorded in writing and/or after fixing responsibility for the lapse, under intimation to the Department of Finance.

 

Up to Rs.3,000 in each case subject to the conditions imposed in the case of Administrative Departments as indicated above.

 

Full powers.

 

Full powers.

 

Upto Rs. 15,000 at one time.

Up to Rs.6,000/- at one time.

 

Full powers on the following scales :-

 

Unskilled - At the rate fixed by the Deputy Commissioner or if no rates are fixed, at rates not exceeding Rs. 150 per mensem.

Skilled - At rates sanctioned for similar posts already in existence or if no such rates have been fixed, up to a maximum of Rs. 250 per mensem.

 

Subject to the following conditions:

 

(a) that the payments are of a purely contingent character, are drawn on contingent bills and any be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the Heads of Departments ;

 

(b) that the allowance will not count for leave, allowances or pension ; and

 

(c) that in the case of employees already in permanent employ in receipt of monthly rate of pay, the payment must not exceed a sum of Rs. 10 a month in any one case ; further the sanctioning authority must in sanctioning any such payment, record his reason therefore, and justify himself -

 

(i) that the work to be done is really necessary ;

(ii) that it is outside the regular duties of the employee in the permanent establishment;

(iii) that the grant of extra allowance to any such employee is distinctly more economical than the employment of fresh agency ; and

(iv) that the rate to be paid will be in conformity with the rates determined by the Deputy Commissioner for such like work.

 

Rs. 20 per mensem, or the market rate, as fixed by the Deputy Commissioners, whichever is greater, and for a period not exceeding six months in each case.

 

(i) Full powers, subject to the condition that certificate non-availability and reason ableness is obtained from the P.W.D.

(ii) Upto Rs. 3000 per mensem for the office accommodation and Rs. 1500per mensem for land and houses other than for office and residential purposes subject to conditions in (I) above.

(iii) Upto Rs.600 per mensem subject to the conditions (I) above ;

(iv) (1) When the accommodation is provided in a separate buildings Rs. 200 a month

(2) When the accomodation is provided in a building partly used as a private residence, on the proportion of the plinth areas, upto one-half of the total rent a month or by Rs. 40/- whichever is less.

(v) (1) When the accommodation is provided in a separate building Rs. 200/- a month.

(2) When the accommodation is provided in a building partly used as a private residence on the proportion of the plinth area, up to one half of the total monthly rent of Rs. 100/- a month whichever is less.

 

Upto a maximum of Rs. 300/- per mensem in each case provided that no lease is entered into for a period exceeding one year and subject tot he conditions of paragraph 32 of Appendix 9 of P.F.R. Vol. II.

 

Full powers, subject to the conditions that certificate of non-availability is obtained from the concerned authorities of the Department of Public Works

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to the following conditions :

(i) The fans are hired at the rates fixed by the Deputy Commissioners each year.

(ii) In the case of hired buildings an undertaking is obtained from the landlords that ceiling fans are the property of Government any may be removed at any time.

(iii) A certifcate is contained from the Executive Electrical Engineer to Government Punjab, that the existing electric installation of the buildings will be able to bear the additional load.

In case of a hired building, such a certificate should be obtained from the appropriate electricity authorities, through the owner of the building.

(iv) The hiring of table fans for use in public buildings should be discouraged. These fans are not only more costly than ceiling fans over current consumption, but are also liable to be used for purposes other than that for which such fans have been hired.

(v) The sanction to expenditure on fans is within the power of the Head of office.

 

Subject to the conditions laid down in paragraph 28 of Appendix 9 of P.F.R. Vl. II

 

 

Subject to the existence of budget provision

 

 

 

 

Full powers subject tot he condition that the actual cost of the defence shall be paid as per norms laid down by the Department of Legislative Affairs.

 

Provided that :-

 

(i) in the case of witnesses.

 

(a) Payment of expenses to non-official witnesses summoned for the prosecution of Defence, should be made according to the rates specified in Chapter 5-C, of Volume I of the High Court Rules and orders in respect of witnesses attending Civil courts ;

 

(b) Government employees summoned as witnesses should be given the usual certificates of attendance to enable them to draw their normal Travelling Allowance and the Daily Allowances to which they are entitled in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume III, Travelling Allowance Rules ;

 

(c) the expenditure on non-official witnesses should be debited to the same head f account to which the pay of the officer/official concerned is debitable, when an enquiry is proceeding against him ;

 

(d) payment to non-official witnesses should be made out of the contingent grants of the offices/departments concerned.

 

(e) the charges of those witnesses only should be paid whom the Commission or Inquiry Officer declares to be necessary witnesses

 

(ii) in case of fees of counsel.

 

(a) when the Government employee is allowed to be represented by a counsel, reimbursement of the fees of the counsel should be allowed in cases where the Officer/official under suspicion is successful in clearing himself. In other cases the request for the reimbursement should be considered on merits ; and

 

(b) reimbursement should be done at the rates laid down in Chapter II of the Punjab Law Department Manual for payment of fees to counsel in criminal cases.

 

In the cases of expenditure on witness only subject to the condition in (i) above.

 

Full powers.

 

Upto Rs. 1,000/- in each case.

 

 

 

Full powers subject to the advice of the Legal Remembrance to Government, Punjab, being first obtained.

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to a maximum of Rs. 500/-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upto Rs. 800/- in each case.

Upto Rs. 400/- in each case.

Upto Rs. 100/- in each case.

 

Up to Rs. 10,000/- in each case.

Upto Rs. 5,000/- for any one item during a financial year in respect of each disbursing officer under his control.

Upto Rs. 1,000/- for any one item.

Upto Rs. 500/- for any one item on any one occasion subject to the provision that the aggregate purchases relating to such an item during the course of financial year do not exceed the amount or Rs. 2,000/-

 

Upto Rs. 5,000/- provided the emergency is clearly explained in writing in the sanctioning order.

 

Note - In technical institutions where paper and electrical material is used as “raw material”, and not as stationery, such items should be treated as “stores” for the purpose of this delegation order.

 

Upto Rs. 4,000/- on any one item and up to Rs. 14,000/- during a financial year in respect of individual purchase with the prior approval/sanction of the Inspector-General of Prisons, Punjab.

 

Upto Rs. 3,000/- on any one item and upto Rs. 9,000/- during a financial year in respect individual purchase with the prior approval/sanction of the Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab.

 

Upto Rs. 1,500/- on any one item and up to Rs. 6,000 during financial year in respect of individual purchase with the prior approval/sanction of the Inspector-General, Prisons, Punjab.

 

 

Rs. 500/- at a time and Rs. 5,000 during the whole year

 

Rs. 500/- at a time and Rs 3,500/- during the whole year.

 

Rs. 50 at a time and Rs. 2,000 during the whole year.

 

 

 

Rs. 50 at a time and Rs. 1,000 during the whole year.

 

Upto Rs. 300/- in each case in emergency subject to the rules contained in chapter 10 of the Printing and Stationery manual, 1958.

 

Upto Rs. 300 for each purchase in emergent cases subject to rules of printing and stationery manual as applicable to Heads of Department.

 

Upto a limit of Rs. 200 for each purchase in emergent cases, subject to the rules in Chapter 10 of the Printing and Stationery Manual and in the case of offices situated at he Headquarters of at the Headquarters of Government, this is subject further to conditions that local pruchase is not permitted unless a certificate from Controller, Printing and Stationery, Punjab is obtained to the effect that the articles required are not available at the time and subject further to the condition that the expenditure sanctioned during a a financial year, should not exceed Rs. 800  or 10 percent of the grant for contingencies, whichever is less.

 

Upto Rs. 100 for each purchase as above, and expenditure during in year not exceed Rs. 400 or 5 percent of contingencies, whichever is less.

 

 

 

 

 

Without restriction

 

 

 

Full powers subject to budget provisions and to the condition that the expenditure on any one book excluding postage does not exceed Rs. 100/-.

Provided

 

(a) that the books are of a scientific, legal, medical educational, technical or professional character ; and

 

(b) that the expenditure on any one book excluding postage does not exceed Rs. 60/-.

 

 

 

 

Without restriction except as regards budget provision.

 

Full powers subject to budget provisions and the condition that the expenditure on any one book, excluding postage does not exceed Rs. 50 and that the books and periodicals purchased are of technical scientific or professional character necessary for College.

 

Full powers subject to budget provisions and to the condition that the expenditure on any one book, excluding postage, does not exceed Rs. 100/-.

 

Full powers provided expenditure on any one book does not exceed Rs. 50/- including postage.

 

Without restriction subject to budget provision

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not exceeding Rs. 50/- per month without restrictions subject to budget provision.

 

 

Full powers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full powers.

Rs. 500/- in each case

Rs. 200/- in each case.

Rs. 100/- in each case.

 

Note - The work should be given to private presses after calling for tenders, the lowest tender being accepted.

 

Full powers provided that no binding superior to quarter binding superior to quarter binding (viz. Cloth backs and straw board sides) is restored to, -vide Rule 4.8 read with rule 2.10 of the Printing and Stationery Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upto Rs. 500/- in each case.

Upto Rs. 100/- in each case.

Upto Rs. 40/- in each case.

 

Full Powers.

 

Subject to the rules and conditions in the Stationery and Printing Manual and to the provision that in case where no scale of typewriters has been fixed the power can be exercised only in respect of machines purchased to replace those which have been condemned by the Board. The Hon’ble Judges may, however, sanction the purchase of extra type-writers for their own courts and also Courts subject to the existence of the necessary budget provision.

 

Upto 9 months in the case for type-writers required for existing offices and upto 12  months in the case of offices sue up for the first time with the provision that in case where the hiring of type writers for longer period in anticipated and is uneconomical, steps should be taken to purchase a type-writer at the initial stage.

 

Full powers.

 

 

Full powers subject to the rules in Chapter 12 of the Printing and Stationery Manual.

 

Upto Rs. 1,200/- for each machine and subject to the rules in the Printing and Stationery Manual.

 

Bicycles may be provided for the use of office messengers employed in district head-quarters offices, in Settlement Offices, in the offices of Heads of Departments and in *Headquarters offices subordinate to Heads of Departments in cases where their supply is rendered clearly necessary by the requirements of public business provided:-

 

(1) that Government bicycles shall not be used for private Purposes ;

 

(2) that bicycles shall be of the approved pattern and type. (The price of these bicycles is notified from time to time by government).

 

Without restriction subject of the existence of budget provision and to the provision that bicycles would be of the approved type.

 

Subject to the conditions in the rules for supply of liveries, etc. in Appendix 10 of Punjab Financial Rules, Volume II.

 

Full powers within budget limits.

 

 

 

 

Up to a limit of Rs. 100 a month.

(Repairs cleaning and oiling of office clocks should be entrusted to a recognised firm of watch-makers).

 

Full powers within Budget limits in accordance with the following rates :-

 

(1) For plain copying 1,440 words per rupee.

(2) for tabular work 1,220 words to the rupee for ordinary statements and 1,000 words to the rupee for intricate statements. Figures in all cases to count as words and no payment to be made for ruling.

(3) For intricate copying 800 words to the rupee, when the manuscript is very illegible and only followed with difficulty.

 

Full powers within budget limits so long as the rates do not exceed those given below :-

 

For translations from English into Hindi, Urdu, Punjab, eighteen rupees per thousand words (fifteen rupees for translation and three rupees for revision).

For translations from Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi into English, sixteen rupees per thousand words (twelve rupees for translation and four rupees for revision).

 

Full powers subject to the scale laid down by Government.

 

 

Full powers subject to the scale fixed by Government and subject to the conditions that tents are not replaced or condemned unless they have lasted for 8 years.

 

And provided that the tents are purchased from the Jail Department, purchased in the local market being permitted only in accordance with conditions specified in the rules in appendix 11 of Punjab Financial Rules, Vol. II.

 

Note - For scales of tents prescribed for various officers see paragraph 47 of Appendix 9 of Punjab Financial Rules, Vol. II.

 

Full powers in respect of allowances, contingent pay, charges, rewards and travelling allowances of establishment ; provided the money order commission should not amount to more than travelling allowance, payable if a messenger were sent to encash the bill, cash order to Government draft, as the case may be.

 

Note - In special circumstances, e.g. when a suitable messenger is not available or the journey is risky, the Head of a Department or Commissioners of  Divisions may permit such remittance even though the money order commission exceeds the travelling allowance that might be payable, had a messenger been employed.

 

Full powers.

 

Full powers in respect of pay, allowances, contingent charges, reward and travelling allowance of establishments.

 

 

Provided -

(a) the Settlement Officer of the Colonization Officer certifies that the word done was special and outside the ordinary course of the patwaris duties ;

(b) that the total amount to be paid in the rewards does not exceed the amount of fine recovered from patwaris during the year.

 

Full powers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full powers subject to budget provision.

 

 

Not exceeding Rs. 20 in any one case and to be given on the recommendations of Superintendents of the Civil Veterinary Department.

 

Upto Rs. 10 in any one case, and provided that a recommendation for a reward is made by the Director, Health Services.

 

Upto Rs. 50/- for each complete village consolidated.

 

Upto a maximum of Rs. 10 in each case subject to the Budget Provision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i) Upto Rs. 22,000 plus Rs. 1,000 annuity for 30 years in the case of winners of Param Vir Chakra.

(ii) Upto Rs. 15,000 plus Rs. 400 annuity for 30 years in the case of winners of Maha Vir Chakra.

(iii) Rs. 7,000 plus Rs. 300/- annuity for 30 years in the case of winners of Vir Chakra. Subject to the fulfilment of the prescribed limits/conditions.

 

 

 

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