1. All public works (original, Panchayat Union Block Engineer or maintenance and electrical Overseer Assistant Engineer (R.D) works) costing not more than rupees fifty thousand.
2. All public works (original, Block Engineer or Assistant Executive maintenance and electrical Assistant Engineer Engineer (R.D) works) costing more than rupees (R.D) fifty thousand.
Name of work
(1) Measuring Officer
(2) Check-measuring Officer
(3) THE TABLE THE TABLE Estimate Value Authority Powers
(1) (2) (3)
1. Upto rupees fifty thousand. Assistant Executive Without any excess over Engineer (R.D) technical sanction estimate.
Executive Engineer With five per cent excess (R.D) over technical sanction estimate.
Superintending With ten per cent excess Engineer (R.D) over technical sanction estimate.
Government More than ten per cent excess over technical sanction estimate.
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8. Mode of conditions of Contracts —(1) Tenders shall be called for in respect of every work which is to be executed by or on behalf of Village Panchayat, Panchayat Union Council, District Panchayat, as the case may be, on contract and the value of the amount of which is rupees five thousand and above. Any work, the estimated cost of which does not exceed rupees five thousand may be entrusted to a Village Panchayat within a Panchayat Union and District Panchayat without calling for Tenders at rates not exceeding estimate rates.
(2) In respect of works, the value or amount of which is rupees five thousand and above, Village Panchayat, Panchayat Union Council and District Panchayat, as the case may be, may dispense with the calling of Tenders in the following cases and entrust the work at rates not exceeding estimate rates:-
(a) In the case of any work entrusted for execution for the rates not exceeding annual maintenance contract fixed by the Government specifically for this purpose;
(b) In the case of a supplemental maintenance work relating to road which is found necessary after the annual maintenance contract for that road has been settled, if the contract amount of the supplemental maintenance work does not exceed fifty per cent of the amount of the original maintenance amount or rupees two thousand five hundred, whichever is less;
(c) In the case of any work to which a Village Panchayat contributes not less than twentyfive per cent of the estimate cost either from its own resources or by collecting contribution in cash from the public, the work may be entrusted to the Village Panchayat in which the work lies, if the Panchayat passes a resolution to that effect, subject to the condition that where it is not possible to collect a twenty-five per cent cash contribution in advance, the contribution amount may be deducted from the bills at a rate not exceeding twenty-five per cent of cash bill;
(d) in the case of any work to which sponsor contributes not less than twenty-five per cent of the estimate cost in cash if he expresses a desire to execute the work and if the Panchayat gives prior approval for entrusting it to such sponsor by passing a resolution, the work may be entrusted to such sponsor:
Provided that no part of the contribution which the Village Panchayat or Panchayat Union Council or District Panchayat, as the case may be, may make, shall be taken credit for, to make up to the twenty-five per cent of the contribution of the sponsor:-
Provided further that the sponsor shall not entrust the execution of the works to any Contractor.
2. More than rupees fifty Executive Engineer With five per cent excess thousand but not more (R.D) over technical sanction than rupees three lakhs estimate.
Superintending With ten per cent excess Engineer (R.D) over technical sanction estimate.
Government More than ten per cent excess over technical sanction estimate.
3. More than rupees three lakhs Superintending With ten per cent excess but not more than rupees Engineer (R.D) over technical sanction five lakhs estimate.
Government More than ten per cent excess over technical sanction estimate.
4. Exceeding rupees five Government — lakhs
16. GENERAL FUND WORKS 433 e) In the case of any work other than those referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), the work may be entrusted to a Labour Contract Co-operative Society functioning in the Panchayat Development Block at the rates not exceeding estimate rates;
(f) Nothing contained in these Rules shall affect the mode of entrustment and execution of works under State scheme or Centrally sponsored scheme, for which specific orders on the entrustment of works are issued.