The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Subsection (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 193] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1979/JYAISTHA 30, 1901
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
840 THE GAZEX1E OF UNDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART U^&tc. 3(i)JMINIOTRV OF COMMERCE, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND
COOPERATION
(Deportment of Commerce)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th June, 1979
&S.R. 3M
1. (1) These rules may be called the Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1979.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In tho Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, for sub-rule (2) Of rule 24, the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :—
"(2) The Board may write off losses incurred by It upto rupees ten thousand in any single case, where such loss relates to public money, departmental revenue or receipts, stamps, stores or other property held by or on behalf of Board. Write off losses beyond this amount shall be done with the prior approval of the Central Government.
(2) While writing off losses under sub-rule (2), the Board shall have regard to the following factors, namely :—
(i) the loss does not disclose a defect in the rules made by the Central Government or the regulations made by the Board under section 33 or the procedures followed by the Board ;
(ii) the rule docs not disclosed any defect in complying with the rules, regulations or procedures referred to in (i) above ;
(iii) the loss is not attributable to any serious lapse or negligence or dereliction of duty on the part of any employee of the Board and in cases where the loss is attributable to such lapse, ncBligcrce or dereliction of duty on the part of any employee of the Board there are good and sufficient reasons for not realising the amount of such loss from the employee ;
(iv) if the loss of any property is due to fire, flood, earth-quake, cyclone or any other natural cause, it has been ensured that the facts were promptly reported, and proved to the entire satisfaction of the Board that the loss was unavoidable in the aforesaid circumstances.
[File No. 8/6/78-EP-Agri. vJJ V. C. PANDE, Jt. Secy.
Note : (1) Tobacco Board Rules, 1976 published as G.S.R.
(1) (E) dated 1-1-1976 in Part n, Section 3, sub-section (i) of Extraordinary Gazette of Indiu, dated 1-1-1976.
(2) Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1976 published as G.S.R. 1259 dated 20-8-1976 in Part IT; Section 3, sub-section (i) of Gazette of India, dated 28-8-1976.
(3) Tobacco Board (Second Amendment) Rules, 11J76 published as G.S.R. 1576 dated 1-11-1976 in Hart II. Section 3, sub-section (i) of Gazette of India dated 6-11-1976.
(4) Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1978 published as G.S.R. 858 c'?tsd t"-6-19''8 in Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) of Gazette of India, dated 1-7-1978.
(5) Tobacco Board (Second Amendment) Rules, 1978 published as G.S.R. 596 (E) dated 28-1M978 la Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) of Extraordinary Gazette of India dated 28-12-1978.