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16.9 Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of plans and Estimates for works and mode and conditions of contracts) Rules, 2007. Appointment of Tender inviting authorities and Tender accepting authorities Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR.I) Department G.O. (Ms) No. 203 Dated 20.12.2007 Read :
1. G.O.(Ms.) No.286, Rural Development (CSS.1) Department, dated 31.12.1998.
2. From the Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, D.O. Letter No.85941/2007/TU1, dated 23.11.2007. ORDER The appended Notifications will be published in the Extra-ordinary issue of the Tamil Nadu G overnment Gazette dated the 20th December, 2007. (By order of the Governor) K.ASHOK VARDHAN SHETTY SECRETA RY TO GOVERNMENT
16. GENERAL FUND WORKS 441 APPENDIX. NOTIFICATION - I In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (xv) and (xx) of sub-section (2) of section 242 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994) and in supersession of the Tamil Nadu Pachayats (Preparation of plans and estimates for works and mode and conditions of contracts) Rules, 1998, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following Rules:- RULES.
1.Short title — These rules may be called the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of plans and estimates for works and mode and conditions of contracts) Rules, 2007.
2. Application of Rules — These rules shall apply in respect of works of Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils and District Panchayats executed from out of the General Funds and under Central Government sponsored and State Government funded schemes.
3. According of administrative sanction for works - (1) In respect of Central Government sponsored and State Government funded scheme works, the authority competent to accord administrative sanction including revised administrative sanction, shall be the District Collector in respect of Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils and District Panchayats.
(2) In respect of original, maintenance and electrical works taken up under the General Funds of Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils and District Panchayats, the authorities competent to accord administrative sanction, including revised administrative sanction shall be as specified in Tables I, II and III below:- TABLE – I. VILLAGE PANCHAYAT Competent authority
(2)
(1) Works costing not more than rupees two lakhs.
(2) Works costing more than rupees two lakhs but not morethan rupees fifty lakhs.
(3) Works costing more thanrupees fifty lakhs. Village Panchayat. District Collector. Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. Estimate Value
(1)
16. GENERAL FUND WORKS 442 TABLE – II. PANCHAYAT UNION COUNCIL. 1 W orks costing not more than Panchayat Union Council rupees ten lakhs. 2 W orks costing more than District Collector rupees ten lakhs but not more than rupees fifty lakhs. 3 W orks costing more than Director of Rural Development and rupees fifty lakhs. Panchayat Raj Competent authority
(2) Estimate Value
(1) TABLE – III. DISTRICT PANCHAYAT. Competent authority
(2) Estimate Value
(1) 1 W orks costing not more than District Panchayat rupees twenty lakhs. 2 W orks costing more than District Collector rupees twenty lakhs but not more than rupees fifty lakhs. 3 W orks costing more than Director of Rural Development and rupees fifty lakhs. Panchayat Raj
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4. According of technical sanction for works:- In respect of the General Fund and the Central Government sponsored and the State Government funded Scheme works, the authorities competent to accord technical sanction shall be as specified below: Electrical Works
(4) Competent Authority
(1) Original Works
(2) Maintenance Works
(3)
(1) Block Engineer/ Asst. Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj)
(2) Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj)
(3) Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj)
(4) Superintending Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) Not more than rupees one lakh. More than rupees one lakh and not more than rupees five lakhs. More than rupees five lakhs and not more than rupees thirty lakhs. More than rupees thirty lakhs. Not more than rupees twenty five thousand. More than rupees twenty five thousand and not more than rupees two lakhs. More than rupees two lakhs and not more than rupees ten lakhs. More than rupees ten lakhs. Not more than rupees twenty five thousand. More than rupees twenty five thousand and not more than rupees two lakhs. More than rupees two lakhs and not more than rupees ten lakhs. More than rupees ten lakhs. Explanations - (1)Relaying of Water Bound Maccadam (WBM) layer(s) and Black Topping (BT) layer as a whole will be deemed as ‘original work’ and not ‘maintenance work’.
(2) Assistant Engineers and Assistant Executive Engineers in the Water Supply and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) sections and any person holding technical posts equivalent to Assistant Engineer and Assistant Executive Engineer are also competent to accord technical sanction as indicated above.
5. Measurement and check-measurement of works of Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils and District Panchayats for all works other than National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) works - The authorities competent to measure and check-measure all original, maintenance and electrical works done or materials supplied, whether by contract or by departmental agency for all works other than National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) works shall be as specified below:
16. GENERAL FUND WORKS 444 Check-measuring Officer
(3) Category of work
(1) Measuring Officer
(2) 1 W orks costing not O verseer. Block Engineer or more than rupees Assistant Engineer fifty thousand. (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj). 2 W orks costing more Block Engineer or Assistant Executive than rupees fifty Assistant Engineer Engineer (Rural thousand. (Rural Development Development and and Panchayat Raj). Panchayat Raj). Explanations — (1) Assistant Engineers and Assistant Executive Engineers in Water Supply and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) sections and any person holding technical posts equivalent to Assistant Engineer and Assistant Executive Engineer are also competent to measure and check-measure the works as indicated above.
(2) A bill should not be passed at any stage until and unless the work has been both measured and check-measured by the competent authorities.
(3) The Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) shall also super-check not less than five percent of the works costing not more than rupees fifty thousand.
(4) The Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) shall also super-check atleast ten works check-measured by Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development) in each Block every year.
6. Measurement and Check-Measurement of works under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme - (1) The authorities competent to measure and check-measure all works done or materials supplied whether by contract or by departmental agency for works under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme shall be as specified below:- Check-Measuring Officer
(3) Value of work
(1) Measuring Officer
(2) 1 Bills of value not O verseer. Block Engineer or more than rupees Assistant Engineer one lakh. (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj). 2 Bills of value more Block Engineer or Assistant Executive than rupees one Assistant Engineer Engineer (Rural lakh. (Rural Development Development and and Panchayat Raj). Panchayat Raj).
(2) In case of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) works, if five successive bills for a work in a given Village Panchayat are each less than rupees one lakh, the Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats) shall stop payment on the fifth bill until and unless the work is super-checked by the Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) concerned.
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(3) The Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats) shall not pass the final bill for a National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) work in a Village Panchayat until and unless it is check-measured or super-checked, as the case may be, by the Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) concerned.
7. Power of the President of Village Panchayat in respect of water supply maintenance works - Village Panchayat President can spend upto rupees six hundred per hand pump per year and upto rupees seven thousand and five hundred per power pump per year by production of vouchers and with the approval or ratification of the Village Panchayat without reference to O verseer, Assistant Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj-W ater Supply) and Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj-W ater Supply) as the case may be, for sanction of estimates or passing of bills.
8. Power of the President of Village Panchayat during emergency - During emergency, the President may prepare estimates with the help of Panchayat Assistant, get the prior approval of the Village Panchayat and execute works, up to a limit of rupees two thousand at a time and not exceeding rupees five thousand in a year in respect of works executed out of Village Panchayat Fund Account only. After completion of the works, the details and vouchers shall be placed before the Village Panchayat at its next meeting for information. (This Notification issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide its U.O. No.3888/ FS/P/2007, dated 1.12.2007). K.ASHOK VARDHAN SHETTY SECRETA RY TO GOVERNMENT
16. GENERAL FUND WORKS 446 NOTIFICATION – II In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 1998), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints Tender inviting authorities and Tender accepting authorities, as indicated in Tables I and II below:- TABLE – I. Sl. No. Category of works Tender inviting Authority Tender Accepting Authority In case of no tender excess For tender excess upto 5% in case of works costing not more than rupees five lakhs.
(i) For tender excess more than 5% in case of works costing not more than rupees five lakhs;
(or)
(ii) For any tender excess in case of works costing more than rupees five lakhs.
(5)(1) (2) (3) (6)(4)
(1) General Fund W orks of Village Panchayat
(2) Scheme works entrusted to Village Panchayat
(3) Scheme works entrusted to Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats)
(4) General Fund works of Panchayat Union
(5) Scheme works entrusted to Panchayat Union
(6) Scheme works entrusted to Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) President President Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats) Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) Village Panchayat Village Panchayat Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats) Panchayat Union Council Panchayat Union Council Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) Collector Collector Collector Collector Collector Collector Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
16. GENERAL FUND WORKS 447 (This Notification issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide its U.O. No.3888/ FS/P/2007, dated 1.12.2007). K.ASHOK VARDHAN SHETTY SECRETA RY TO GOVERNMENT TABLE – II Tender Inviting Authority Tender Accepting Authority If within estimated cost or for tender excess upto 5% in case of individual works costing not more than rupees twenty five lakhs or package of works costing not more than rupees two crores
(i) For tender excess more than 5% in case of individual works costing not more than rupees twenty five lakhs or package of works costing not more than rupees two crores;
(or)
(ii) For any tender excess in case of individual works costing more than rupees twenty five lakhs or package of works costing more than rupees two crores. 1 2 3 Project Officer, District District Collector Director of Rural Development Rural Developme nt and Panchayat Raj. Agency.
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