subject to the overall control of the Chairman, the membersecretary shall exercise the following powers, namely :-
(1) The member-secretary shall be chief executive officer of the Board and shall be responsible for the daytoday and orderly functioning of the offices of the Board and he shall have all powers necessary therefor.
I (2) The member—secretary shall make all arrangements for holding meetings of the Board and its committees.
(3) All orders and instructions of the Board shall be over the signature of the member-secretary or any other officer duly authorisedby him in that behalf.
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(4) The member-secretary shall be the custodian of all movable and immovable properties and assets of the Board ' and shall be responsible for the proper upkeep and maintenance of all of them including vehicles, furniture, fittings and laboratory equipments. He shall also cause to duly maintain all registers,»documents and records relating to all such properties and assets. ,
(5) Subject to the general financial rules and service rules of the Government, the member-secretary shall have power in respect of the following matters, namely :- ‘
(i) Appointment of employees of the Board to any post, the maximum of the time scale of pay of which does not exceed 1[one thousand five hundred and forty-five rupees].
(ii) Transfer and posting of all employees subordinate to him.
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(iii) Sanction of increments, leave including salary in lieu of leave surrendered, travelling allowance, medical expenses and loans and advances to all employees subordinate to him. .
(iv) Initiation of disciplinary proceedings against any employee subordinate to him.
(v) Maintenance of confidential reports of employees subordinate to him.
(vi) Awarding of any punishment on any employee for whom he is the appointing authority under item (i) of this sub-rule.
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(vii) Sanction of contingent expenditure.
W 1 Subs. for words "one thousand rupees" by G.O.Ms. No. 22 Environment Control dt. 21 st August 1985.
.The T.N. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)IRules, 1983 11 ‘ (6) The member-secretary shall be competent to settle all bill relating to sanctioned schemes for which there is-a provision in the budget: ' ' .
Provided that any non-recurring expenditure in excess of rupees one lakh shall be incurred only with the prior approval of the Chairman. _ . '
(7) The member-secretary shall be competent to accord technical sanction for all estimates.
(8) The member-secretary shall have power to accept tenders not exceeding rupees three lakhs.
(9) The member-secretary may exercise such other power as may be delegated to him, from time to time, by the Board.
(10) With the approval of the Board, the member-secretary may delegate any of his powers to any officer subordinate to him and’may specify the conditions and limitations subject to him which such ”delegated powers may be exercised : V . »
Provided that powers relating to appointment of employees, awarding of punishments, according technical sanction for any estimate relating to any scheme likely to cost more than rupees twenty-five thousand and sanction of bills of non-recurring expenditure exceeding rupees five thousands shall not be delegated.
. (11) The member-secretary may undertake tours within India for carrying out the work of the Board or whenever occasioned in the interest of the work of the Board: V The T.N. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1983, 12
Provided that he shall keep the chairman, Board and the Government informed of his tours outside the state of Tamil Nadu. I