(1) The rules and orders made by the Central Government to regulate the procedure in its departments and offices relating to sanctioning of expenditure, appropriation and re-appropriation of funds, public works and purchases of stores required for use in the public service shall, subject to the rules governing the delegation of powers to the Administrators and any general or special orders of the Central Government, continue to apply in relation to the departments and offices of the Government of the Union territory.
(2) Unless the case is fully covered by the powers to sanction expenditure or to appropriate or re-appropriate funds conferred by any general or special orders made by the Finance Department, no Department shall, without the previous concurrence of the Finance Department, issue any order, which may —
(a) involve any abandonment of revenue or involve any expenditure for which no provision has been made in the Appropriat ion Act;
(b) involve any grant of land or assignment of revenue or concession, grant, lease or licence in respect of mineral or forest rights or rights to water power or any easement or privilege;
(c) relate to the creation or abolition of posts, fixation of strength of a service; or
(d) otherwise have a financial bearing whether involving expenditure or not.
(3) N o proposal which requires previous concurrence of the Finance Department under this rule, but in which the Finance Department has not concurred, may be proceeded with unless a decision to that effect has been taken by the Council.
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(4) No re-appropriation shall be made by any Department other than the Finance Department, except in accordance with such general delegation of power of re-appropriation as the Finance Department may have made.
(5) Except to the extent that power may have been delegated to the Department under rules approved by the Finance Department, every order of an administrative Department conveying a sanction to be enforced in audit shall be communicated to the audit authorities by the Finance Department.
(6) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as authorising any authority or Department, including the Finance Department, —
(a) to make re-appropriation from one Grant or Appropriation for charged expenditure to another Grant or Appropriation for charged expenditure;
(b) to re-appropriate funds provided for charged expenditure to meet vo table expenditure;
(c) to re-appropriate funds provided for voted expenditure to meet charged expenditure;
(d) to appropriate or re-appropriate funds to meet expenditure on a new service not contemplated in the budget as approved by the Legislative Assembly.
8. The Chief Secretary shall be the Secretary to the Council and the Secretary to the Administrator shall be the Joint Secretary to the Council. When the Secretary to the Council is absent, the Joint Secretary shall perform his duties.
9. Subject to the orders of the Chief Minister under rule 10, all cases referred to in the Schedule shall be brought before the Council in accordance with the provisions contained in this Chapter:
Provided that no case in regard to which the concurrence of the Finance Department is required under rule 7 shall, save in exceptional circumstances and under the directions of the Chief Minister, be discussed by the Council unless the Finance Minister has had opportunity of considering it.
10. All cases referred to in the Schedule shall be submitted to the Chief Minister after consideration by the Minister in charge with a view to obtaining his orders for the Circulation of the case under rule 11 or for bringing it up for consideration at a meeting of the Council.
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