(1) While directing that a case shall be circulated, the Chief Minister may also direct, if the matter be urgent, that the Ministers shall communicate their opinion to the Secretary to the Council by a particular date which shall be specified in the memorandum referred to in rule 11.
(2) If any Minister falls to communicate his opinion to the Secretary to the Council by the date specified in the Memorandum, it shall be assumed that he has accepted the recommendations contained therein. .
(3) If the Ministers have accepted the recommendations contained in the Memorandum or the date by which they were required to communicate their opinion has expired, the Secretary to the Council shall submit the case to the Chief Minister. If the Chief Minister accepts the recommendations and if he has no observation to make, he shall return the case with his orders thereon to the Secretary to the Council.
(4) On receipt of the case, the Secretary to the Council shall communicate the decision to the Administrator and pass on the case to the Secretary concerned, who shall thereafter take necessary steps to issue the orders unless a reference to the Central Government is required in pursuance of the provisions of Chapter V.
13. When it has been decided to bring a case before the Council, the Department to which the case belongs shall, unless the Chief Minister otherwise directs, prepare a memorandum indicating with sufficient precision the salient facts of the case and the points for decision. Copies of the memorandum and such other papers as are necessary to enable the case to be disposed of shall be forwarded to the Secretary to the Council who shall arrange to circulate the memorandum to the Ministers and simultaneously send a copy thereof to the Administrator.
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14. In cases which concern more than one Department, the Ministers shall attempt by previous discussion to arrive at an agreement. If an agreement is reached, the memorandum referred to in rule 11 of rule 13 shall contain the joint recommendations of the Ministers; and if no agreement is reached, the memorandum shall state the points of difference and the recommendations of each of the Ministers concerned.