Meghalaya Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 2006
No: -- Dated: Jan, 01 2006
MEGHALAYA DELEGATION OF FINANCIAL POWERS RULES, 2006
CHAPTER - I
SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND DEFINITION
1. Short title and commencement – (I) These rules may be called “The Meghalaya Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 2006"
(2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of publication
2. Definition- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) "Accountant General", means the Accountant General,(A&E/Audit) Meghalaya.
(b) "Administrative approval" means the formal acceptance by the Department concerned of the proposal for an original work (other than a petty work costing Rs.50,000 or under) to be undertaken for the department either by the Public Work Department or the Department to which the work may have been assigned by the Governor. Taking with the provision of funds in the budget it operates as a financial sanction to the work.
(c) "Administrative Department" means the administrative Department of the Government of Meghalaya as notified from time to time.
(d) "Appropriation" means the allotment of a particular sum of money by a competent authority from funds placed at his disposal, to meet specific expenditure.
(e) "Finance Department" means the Finance Department of the Government of Meghalaya.
(f) "Financial Sanction" means the sanction of Government or of an authority to which power has been delegated to incur expenditure of Public money for a specific purpose, and is subject to appropriation of funds.
(g) "Financial Year" means the period from 1st April to 31st March.
(h) "Government" means the Government of Meghalaya.
(i) "Governor" means the Governor of Meghalaya.
(j) "Head of Department" means an authority empowered by Government to exercise the powers of the Head of Department specified in these rules. A List of such authority is given in Schedule V to these rules.
(k) "Head of an Office" means a Government Servant recognized as such by Government or the Head of the Department under whom he may be employed.
(l) "Non-recurring expenditure" means an expenditure sanctioned as a lump-sum charge, whether the money be paid as lump- sum or by installments.
(m) "Purchase Board" means a Board constituted under these rules.
(n) "Re-appropriation" means the transfer of funds from one sub-head of appropriation to another sub-head.
(o) "Re-recurring Expenditure" means all expenditure which is non-recurring.
(p) "Subordinate authority"; means any authority subordinate to the Governor or the State Government and includes a Department of Government
(q) "Technical sanction" means the order of a competent authority sanctioning a properly detailed estimate of the cost of the work of construction or repair to be carried out in the Public works Department or any other Department of the Government.
(r) "Tender Committee" means a Committee constituted under these rules.
(s) "Year" means a financial year.