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Part IiI—Section 1(a)

General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

Notifications by government

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2018

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

Ex-III-1(a)(299)

[1]

rural development and panchayat raj department

amendments to the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of plans and estimates for works

and mode and conditions of contracts) Rules, 2007.

[G.O. Ms. No. 111, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-1), 21st August 2018.]

No. SRO A-42(a)/2018.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (xv) and (xx) of sub-section (2) of Section 242

of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the

following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of plans and estimates for works and mode and

conditions of contracts) Rules, 2007:-

Amendments

In the said Rules,-

(1) in rule 4,- (a) for the table, the following table shall be substituted, namely:-

“The Table

Sl.

No.

Competent

Authority

Value of Original Works

Value of

Maintenance

Works

Value of

Electrical

Works

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Block

Engineer

Assistant Engineer

(Rural Development

and Panchayat Raj)

All housing works constructed by the beneficiaries under

any Central or State Government sponsored schemes

not exceeding the unit cost as fixed by the Government

and for all other works, including houses constructed

through tendering, costing not more than rupees two

lakhs.

Not more than

rupees fifty

thousand.

Not more than

rupees

fifty

thousand.

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Sl.

No.

Competent

Authority

Value of Original Works

Value of

Maintenance

Works

Value of

Electrical

Works

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Assistant Executive

Engineer

(Rural

Development

and

Panchayat Raj)

For all works, including houses constructed through

tendering, costing more than rupees two lakhs and

not more than rupees ten lakhs, except housing works

constructed by beneficiaries under any Central or State

Government sponsored schemes.

than

rupees

fifty

thousand and

not more than

rupees

two

lakhs.

than

rupees

fifty

thousand and

not more than

rupees

two

lakhs.

Executive Engineer

(Rural Development

and Panchayat Raj)

For all works costing more than rupees ten lakhs and not

more than rupees fifty lakhs.

than

rupees

two

lakhs and not

than

rupees

ten

lakhs.

than

rupees

two

lakhs and not

than

rupees

ten

lakhs.

Superintending

Engineer (Rural

Development and

Panchayat Raj)

More than rupees fifty lakhs.

than

rupees

ten

lakhs.

than

rupees

ten

lakhs.”;

(b) for Explanation (1), the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:-

“(1) Upgrading of a road from lower surface condition to higher surface condition by providing sub-base and / or

Base courses with or without Black Topping will be deemed as an original work. For example, re-laying of Water Bound

Macadam (WBM) layers(s) or Wet Mix Macadam (WMM) with or without Black Topping (BT) and re-laying or renewal of

bituminous layer as a whole length or full length will be deemed as original work and not maintenance work.”;

“(3) Repair or re-laying work undertaken in parts of a road will be deemed as maintenance work.”;

(d) in Explanations (4) and (5), for the expression “Assistant Engineers”, the expression “Assistant Engineers /

Block Engineers” shall be substituted;

(2) in rule 5,-

(a) for rule 5, other than the Explanations thereunder, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“5. Measurement and check measurement of all works of Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils

and District Panchayats other than the housing works constructed by beneficiaries under various Central and

State Government sponsored schemes and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

(MGNREGS).- The authorities competent to measure and check-measure all original, maintenance and electrical works

done or materials supplied, whether by contract or by departmental agency for all works including the individual houses

constructed through tenders but other than the housing works constructed by beneficiaries under various Central and State

Government sponsored schemes and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

shall be as specified in the Table below:-

The Table

Sl. No.

Value of Work

Measuring Officer

Check-measuring Officer

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Not more than rupees two lakhs

Overseer

Block Engineer or Assistant

Engineer (Rural Development and

Panchayat Raj)

More than rupees two lakhs

Block Engineer or

Assistant Engineer

(Rural Development and

Panchayat Raj)

Assistant Executive Engineer

(Rural Development and

Panchayat Raj).”;

tamil nadu government gazette extraordinary

(b) in Explanation (1), for the expression “Assistant Engineer”, the expression “Assistant Engineer/ Block

Engineer” shall be substituted;

(3) for rule 5-A, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“5-A. Measurement and check–measurement of housing works constructed by beneficiaries under various

Central and State Government sponsored schemes.- For all the housing works constructed by beneficiaries under

various Central and State Government sponsored schemes, irrespective of value of works, the Overseer shall be the

measuring officer and the Block Engineer or the Assistant Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) shall be

the check measuring officer for the unit cost as fixed by the Government.

Explanation. - The Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj) working in the sub-divisions

shall super-check not less than five per cent of the housing works under various Central and State Government sponsored

schemes.”;

(4) in rule 6,-

(a) in sub-rule (1), for the expression “rupees one lakh”, occurring in two places, the expression “rupees two

lakhs” shall be substituted;

(b) after sub-rule (1), as so amended, the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-

“(1-A) The provisions in sub-rule (1) shall apply only to 100 per cent labour oriented works in the case of Mahatma

Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). For the works involving substantial material component

works, the measurement and check-measurement shall be done as indicated in the table under rule 5”.

Hans Raj Verma,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

printed and published by the Director of Stationery and printing, chennai

on behalf of the Government of Tamil Nadu