In Haryana, a superintending engineer would be competent to give technical sanction of above Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh and chief engineer exceeding Rs 50 lakh for the works of gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads in the state.
Haryana Government has amended the Haryana Panchayati Raj Finance, Budget, Accounts, Audit, Taxation and Works Rules, 1996 and the new rules will be called as the Haryana Panchayati Raj Finance, Budget, Accounts, Audit, Taxation and Works (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
A spokesman of Development and Panchayats Department said that a notification has been issued in this regard.
As per the amendment, for original works, the concerned gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad would give the administrative approval without any capping for administrative approval from their own fund as well as grant-in-aid.
He said the sub divisional officer would be competent to give technical sanction of upto Rs 10 lakh for the works of gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads, whereas the executive engineer would be competent to give technical sanction above Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh, superintending engineer above Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh and chief engineer exceeding Rs 50 lakh.
He said that for repair and maintenance work, the concerned gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad would give the administrative approval without any capping for administrative approval from their own funds as well as grant-in-aid.
While the sub divisional officer would be competent to give technical sanction of upto Rs 25,000 for the repair and maintenance work of gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad, executive engineer would be competent to give technical sanction above Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000, superintending engineer above Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh and chief engineer exceeding Rs 1 lakh, said the spokesman.
For the original works upto Rs 20 lakh and repair works upto Rs 25,000, the junior engineer would have the authority to prepare notice inviting quotations (NIQs) or notice inviting tenders (NITs), whereas the sub divisional officer would have the authority to approve the same, added he.