(1) A Secretary may call for and see the papers in any Department, other than the Finance Department or Appointments Department, if such papers are required for the disposal of any case in his Department.
(2) A requisition made under sub-rule (1) shall be dealt with under the general or special orders of the Minister-in-charge.
(3) (a) A Minister may call for papers from any Department for his information:
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Provided that if the paper is of a secret nature, it shall be sent to the Minister only under the orders of the Minister-in-charge of the Department to which it belongs:
Provided further that no paper under disposal shall be sent to any Minister until it has been seen by the Minister-in-charge of the Department to which it belongs.
(b) If the Minister is of opinion that any further action should be taken on the papers called for by him from any Department, he shall communicate his views to the Minister-in-charge of the Department concerned and, in case of disagreement, may submit the case to the Chief Minister with a request that the matter be laid before the Council. No further notes shall be recorded in the cases before the papers are so laid before the Council.
(4) (a) The Chief Secretary may, on the orders of the Chief Minister or any Minister or of his own motion, call for and see the papers relating to any case in any Department and such a requisition by him shall be complied with by the Secretary to the Department concerned.
(b) The Chief Secretary may, after examination of the case, submit it for the orders of the Minister-in-charge, or the Chief Minister through the Minister-in-charge.
(5) The Administrator may call for papers relating to any case in any Department and such a request shall be complied with by the Secretary to the Department concerned who shall simultaneously inform the Minister-in-charge of the Department of the action taken by him.
22. If a question arises as to the Department to which a case properly belongs, the matter shall be referred for the decision of the Chief Secretary who shall, if necessary/ obtain the orders of the Chief Minister.
23. All communications, received from the Central Government (including those from the Prime Minister and other Ministers of the Central Government) other than those of a routine or unimportant character, shall, as soon as possible after receipt, be submitted by the Secretary to the Minister-in-charge, the Chief Minister and the Administrator for information.
24. Any matter which is likely to bring the Government of the Union territory into controversy with the Central Government or with any State Government shall, as soon as the possibility of such a controversy is seen, be brought to the notice of the Administrator and the Chief Minister.
25. The following classes of cases shall be submitted to the Administrator through the Chief Minister before the issue of orders, namely:- (I) cases raising questions of policy; ; '; ' 0%3 256
(ii) cases which affect or are likely to affect the peace and tranquility of the Union territory;
(iii) cases which affect or are likely to affect the interest of any minority community, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes;
(iv) cases which affect the relations of the Government of the Union territory with any State Government, the Supreme Court or the High Court at Madras;
(v) constitution of Advisory Boards under section 9 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 (26 to 1971);
(vi) cases required to be referred to the Central Government under the Act or under Chapter V;
(vii) cases pertaining to the Administrator 's Secretariat and personal establishment and other matters relating to his office;
(viii) Omitted.
(ix) financial proposals involving new taxation;
(x) Omitted;
(xi) all proposed resolutions on Administration Reports;
(xii) Omitted;
(xiii) cases relating to issue of rules under an Act in force in the Union territory;
(xiv) petitions for mercy from persons under sentence of death and other important cases in which it is proposed to recommend any revision of a judicial sentence;
(xv) any departure from these rules which comes to the notice of the Chief Secretary or the Secretary of any Department;
(xvi) cases relating to summoning, prorogation and dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, removal of disqualification of voters at elections to the Legislative Assembly, fixing of dates of elections to the Legislative Assembly and other connected matters;
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(xviii) matters relating to Plan evaluation;
(xix) any case of administrative importance as the Chief Minister may consider necessary.
26. Where in any case the Administrator considers that any further action should be taken or that action should be taken otherwise than in accordance with the orders passed by the Minister-in-charge, the Administrator may require the case to be laid before the Council for consideration whereupon the case shall be so laid;
Provided that the notes, minutes or comments of the Administrator in any such case shall not be brought on the Secretariat record unless the Administrator so directs.
27. The Chief Minister shall --
(a) cause to be furnished to the Administrator such information relating to the Administration of the Union territory and proposals for legislation as the Administrator may call for; and
(b) if the Administrator so requires, submit for the consideration of the Council any matter on which a decision has been taken by a Minister but which has not been considered by the Council.
B - FINANCE DEPARTMENT
28. The Finance Department shall be consulted in all cases in which its previous concurrence is necessary under these Rules.
29. When the Finance Department is consulted / under these Rules, the views of that Department shall be brought on to the permanent record of the Department to which the case belongs and shall form part of the case.