Assam Financial Inspection of Departmental Sanctions and Implementation of Schemes Rules, 1982

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    "title": "Assam Financial Inspection of Departmental Sanctions and Implementation of Schemes Rules, 1982",
    "short_title": "Assam Financial Inspection of Departmental Sanctions and Implementation of Schemes Rules, 1982",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. FEB-91/79",
    "act_year": 1982,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Assam Financial Inspection of Departmental Sanctions and Implementation of Schemes Rules, 1982",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "content": "2.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Administrative Department\" means the Administrative Departments of the Government of Assam as notified from time of time;\n(b) \"Director\" means the Director of Financial Inspections Assam and shall include Additional Director, Joint Director or Deputy Director of Financial Inspection appointed by the Government from time to time\n(c) \"Government\" means the State Government of Assam;\n(d) \"Finance Department\" means Finance Department of the Government of Assam;\n(e) \"Governor\" means the Governor of Assam;\n(g) \"Head of Department\" means an authority designated as such in the subsidiary rules framed under the fundamental rules;\n(h) \"Secretary Finance\" means Secretary to the Government of Assam, .Finance Department;\n(i) \"Financial Commissioner\" means Commissioner to the Government of Assam, Finance Department who is superior to Secretary Finance;\n(j) \"Subordinate authorities\" means Officer Subordinate to Heads of Departments;\n(k) \"Zonal/Circle Officer\" means the zonal and circle officers under the heads of departments and incharge of zones or areas falling under more than one district officers, e.g., Superintending Engineer in the case of P.W.D., Conservator in case of forest, Joint Directors in case of health, agriculture, veterinary, education, etc.;\n(l) \"Executive Agency\" means the contractor or the person/ persons entrusted with the execution of the work;\n(m) \"Executive Authority\" means the officer entrusted with the function of allotting and completing the work or scheme;\n(n) \"Disbursing Authority\" means the officer who is authorised to disburse money to the Executive Agency of the work or schemes;\n(o) \"Sanction\" means sanction made by a competent authority within the meaning of the Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 1960 and includes sanction with respect to staff, schemes or any other matter that involves expenditure from the consolidated fund of the State.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Control over Director.",
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            "content": "(b) The decision of the Secretary, Finance shall be final and binding on any question arising out of the interpretation of these rules.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Duties and functions of the Director.",
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            "content": "(b) For the purpose of the test check/checks/inspection of financial sanction mentioned in sub-rule (a), the concerned administrative department/head of department/subordinate authorities shall render all possible assistance and shall make available all relevant files, records and books to the Director as and when so required by him.\n(c) The administrative departments shall also supply the Director with lists of approved schemes/proposals on demand for the purposes of test check/checks mentioned in sub-rule (a).\n(d) The financial adviser or any others official dealing with the financial matters shall render shall assistance to the Director whenever necessary at the time of conducting test checks or inspections.\n(e) The Director shall conduct test checks between 10% to 15% of the scheme implemented by the heads of departments and officers under their control in the field. In respect of the works of the P.W.D. (R. & B.), irrigation and flood control department the percentage of works to be checked in the field may be between 5% to 10% of each division, but if it is so necessary on grounds of financial propriety and proper execution of the scheme, the Director shall select percentage of work for inspection/checks as may be deemed necessary after furnishing appropriate reasons for the same and with the approval of finance department.\n(f) In carrying out the test/checks mentioned at sub-rule (e) in the field, the Director shall be assisted by the zonal/circle officer of the administrative department e.g., Superintending Engineer in the case of P.W.D., flood control and irrigation department; Joint/Deputy Director of Agriculture; Joint/Deputy Director of Veterinary in the case of Veterinary Department etc. The zonal/circle officer of the department of officers under his control shall make available files and records relating to the execution of the schemes to the Director as and when required.\n(g) When no zonal/circle officer is available, the concerned head of department shall depute an officer of the corresponding status on demand being made by the Director to assist him in the field check and in all matters relating to the availability of the records.\n(h) In order to select the scheme for the field checks the Director may require lists of schemes implemented or under implementation from the administrative department. For this purpose, the head of department the zonal/circle officer and the district officer of the department, as the case may be, shall furnish lists of such schemes to the Director quarterly and also on demand in special cases.\n(i) After perusal of the lists and such other relevant documents as may be necessary, the Director shall select at his discretion the schemes to be inspected by him and shall intimate his decision in this regard to the zonal/circle officer and the district officer of the department.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Objects of inspections.",
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            "content": "(i) whether the scheme was fully planned out before asking for financial sanction;\n(ii) whether the scheme were planned and estimates made after proper survey and study so as to ensure that the financial estimate have been made with utmost care and with an eye to see that no further economy was possible;\n(iii) whether the specification of the work done and the quantities of work done conform to those in the estimates and in sanctions;\n(iv) whether economy at the stage of execution was possible;\n(v) whether the work load of an establishment justified the existing staff at various levels as may be decided by the Government from time to time including casual employees engaged at the expense of the State Exchequer and whether there is any jurisdiction for a new proposal to entertain such staff on the basis of the norms laid down by the A.R. Department from time to time;\n(vi) whether infructuous and avoidable expenditure has been incurred.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Procedure for submission of report.",
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            "content": "(b) No payment exceeding 50% of the running or final bill, as the case may be, shall be made by any disbursing authority in respect of a scheme where the Director has noticed and brought to the notice of the executing authority or the head of the department any deviation in the specification and the quantity of work done till the the matter has been decided in the matter as provided in Rule 7.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Arbitration.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Review of the action taken on report.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 12th February, 2020 [ass247]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. FEB-91/79",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1982",
        "Short Title": "Assam Financial Inspection of Departmental Sanctions and Implementation of Schemes Rules, 1982",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}