Panaji, 24th July, 2020 (Sravana 2, 1942)

SERIES I No. 17

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-2020

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Home

Home—General Division

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Notification

1/10/2017-HD(G)/1624

Read: (1) Notification No. 1/10/2017-HD(H)/

/3270 dated 13-11-2018.

(2) Corrigendum

No.

1/10/2017-

-HD(H)/3441 dated 30-11-2018.

The Traffic Sentinel Scheme notified vide

Notification read in preamble is hereby kept

in abeyance with immediate effect till

December 2020.

This issues with the approval of the Cabinet

in its XXXth Meeting held on 15-07-2020 and

concurrence of Finance (Exp.) Department

vide their U.O. No. 1400055486 dated

04-07-2020.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Nilesh K. Dhaigodkar, Under Secretary

(Home).

Porvorim, 23rd July, 2020.

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Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

Department of Panchayati Raj and

Community Development

Directorate of Panchayats

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Notification

19/DP/Allot. of shop/19-20/4141

The following draft Rules which the

Government of Goa proposes to make in

exercise of the powers conferred by section

158 read with sub-section (1) of section 240

of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act

14 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the “said

Act”) are hereby pre-published as required

by sub-section (1) of section 240 of the Goa

Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994),

for information of the persons likely to be

affected thereby and notice is hereby given

that the said draft rules will be taken into

consideration by the Government on the

expiry of period of fifteen days from the date

of publication of this Notification in the Official

Gazette.

All objections and/or suggestions to the

said draft Rules may be forwarded to the

Director of Panchayats and ex-officio Joint

Secretary to the Government of Goa, 3rd floor,

Junta House, Panaji, before the expiry of said

period of fifteen days so that the same may

be taken into consideration at the time of

finalization of the said draft Rules.

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DRAFT RULES

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 158 read with sub-section (1) of

section 240 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act,

1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994), and all other

powers enabling it in this behalf, the

Government of Goa hereby makes the

following rules, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Panchayat

(Allotment of premises on rent built in

Panchayat area) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.— In these rules, unless the

context otherwise requires,—

(a) “Authority” means the Authority

specified in rule 3;

(b) “premises” means the premises built

through Government funds or Panchayat

funds in a Panchayat area and includes

shop, kiosk, soppo, vacant open space

therein;

premises to be allotted on rent after

completion of bidding;

(d) “bidding” means offering of

particular amount/rent by bidder for

premises to be allotted on rent;

(e) “Government” means the Government

of Goa;

(f) “allotment” means allotment of

premises on rent to highest bidder by

public auction;

Words and expressions used herein but

not defined shall have the same meaning

as assigned to them in the Act.

3. Authority and its functions.— (1) The

Authority shall consist of,—

(a) Member of Legislative Assembly

(MLA) elected from the constituency

comprising concerned Village Panchayat —

—Ex-officio member;

(b) The Sarpanch of the concerned

Village Panchayat —Chairperson;

concerned Village Panchayat —Member;

(d) The Block Development Officer of the

concerned Block —Member;

(e) Village Panchayat Secretary of the

concerned Village Panchayat —Member

Secretary.

(2) The Authority may co-opt not more than

two members who are subject matter expert

who shall be paid such sitting fees by the

Panchayat as may be decided by Director of

Panchayat from time to time.

(3) The Authority shall follow the procedure

specified in these rules for allotting the

premises and also guide the Panchayat in that

connection. The Village Panchayat Secretary

of the concerned Village Panchayat shall

convene quarterly meeting of the Authority

and as and when desired by the Sarpanch of

Panchayat.

(4) The Authority shall follow bidding

process in a transparent manner and

recommend the highest bidder to the village

Panchayat for allotment of premises/shop/

kiosk/soppo.

(5) The Authority shall lay down the

procedure of it’s meeting. The record of it’s

meeting shall be preserved in the Panchayat

under the supervision of Block Development

Officer.

(6) The Authority shall supervise the

working of the Maintenance Committee.

(7) The Authority may recommend to the

Village Panchayat to allot 10% of the total

space of the building to be used for certain

purposes as it may decide in public interest.

4. Maintenance Committee of the premises

and its functions.— (1) The Maintenance

Committee of the premises shall consist of:—

(a) Sarpanch of the concerned Village

Panchayat —Chairperson;

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(b) Deputy Sarpanch of the concerned

Village Panchayat— Member;

Junior Engineer from Public Works

Department and Assistant Engineer from

Electricity

Department,

all

having

jurisdiction over concerned Panchayat

area— Members.

(d) Secretary of concerned village

Panchayat— Member-Secretary.

(2) The Maintenance Committee shall guide

the

Authority

and

Panchayat

about

maintenance of the premises including it’s

repairs, painting, cleaning and also about

disposal of garbage from Panchayat area in a

scientific manner.

(3) The Maintenance Committee shall also

guide the Panchayat about imposition of fines

and penalties, parking of vehicles, answering

periodic audit inspections, and to carry out

weekly inspections.

(4) The Maintenance Committee shall

recommend to the Village Panchayat about

the repair works to be carried out, who in

turn, after following codal formalities, shall

carry out the work.

5. Tendering and allotment of premises.—

(1) Allotment of premises should be done by

keeping social responsibility in mind,

inclusiveness of local inhabitants and welfare

of local talent, weaker sections of society, local

unemployed youth, startups, socially

beneficial enterprise, Government entities i.e

Public Works Department, Electricity

Department, Post office, Police outpost, etc.,

by considering public purpose to be

achieved.

(2) All the displaced vendors of the locality

shall be given preference. Further, preference

shall be given to persons who are to be

rehabilitated. If any person donates land to

the Panchayat, than preference be given to

such person as per understanding reached

between them.

(3) Wide publicity shall be given of the

premises available for allotment by

advertising in newspaper along with the

timing of the bidding, time period of

allotment, contractual obligations of allotees,

circumstances under which the allotment

becomes void, list of available spaces, spaces

to be allotted to Government entities, etc.

(4) All allotment is to be carried out in a

transparent manner.

(5) The area and rent calculation of the

premises shall be determined by the Public

Works Department (PWD) on a yearly basis

and communicated to the Authority. These

figures shall act as a baseline to prevent loss

of rent.

(6) The Authority may arrive at the fair rent

for soppo but not less than the rates fixed by

Public Works Department (PWD).

(7) The tender procedure shall be as per

codal norms.

(8) Allotment of premises shall be done to

the highest bidder on the terms and

conditions as fixed by the Panchayat by

executing a leave and license agreement.

6. Eligibility conditions.— (1) Any person,

including trust, partnership firm, company or

registered co-operative society registered in

Goa may submit their application in Form-I

for premises/shop/kiosk/soppo along with

following documents:

(a) Balance Sheet of three preceding

years.

(b) Document showing TDS with

minimum turnover of Rs. 1,00,000 per

annum.

Competent Authority.

(d) Self-attested copy of Photo ID/EPIC/

Adhar Card copy.

(e) Self-attested copy of Certificate

showing birth in Goa and 25 years of

residence in Goa.

(f)Non-refundable and non-adjustable

Processing Fee of Rs._______/-

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(g) Demand Draft from nationalized bank

towards

(i) Refundable Security deposit of

Rs. _________

(ii) EMD of Rs. _______

(h) Documents of previous displacement.

(2) In case of individual,— (a) the Applicant

must be major in age and ordinarily resident

of Goa for at least 25 years on the date of

application.

(b) the premises shall be for his own use

and should not be sublet.

declared insolvent and should be in a

position to pay rent and run a premises/

shop/kiosk/soppo.

7. Condition of allotment.— (1) Applicant

can apply for only one premises/shop/kiosk/

soppo.

(2) EMD of proxy applicants shall be

forfeited.

(3) Shop/Soppo can be put to specific use,

other than for banned items.

(4) The allottee shall use the allotted

premises/shop/kiosk/soppo only for the

purpose for which it is let and shall not store

hazardous and inflammable items.

(5) Allottee shall not create noise pollution

or air pollution.

(6) Allottee shall obtain all statutory

clearances from the authority concerned and

the Panchayat shall not be responsible for

any consequences arising out of failure to do

so.

(7) The application shall be summarily

rejected if it is not accompanied with required

documents.

(8) The application and documents shall

be scrutinize by the Authority.

(9) The allottee shall have to make the

premises/shop/kiosk/soppo functional within

two months from the date of taking possession

and submit the affidavit declaring allotted

premises as functional.

(10) Without prejudice to the right of

cancellation of allotment, the Panchayat may

extend time for making premises/shop/kiosk/

soppo functional, for a maximum period of

another 2 months with penalty as specified

under:

(a) For first four weeks the penalty shall

be 4% of total rent.

(b) For second four weeks the penalty

shall be 6% of total rent.

Thereafter, the allotment shall be liable to

be cancelled and the amount deposited till

the date of cancellation shall be forfeited in

favour of the Panchayat and the allottee shall

have no right to claim compensation thereof.

(11) Waste disposal shall be done by the

allottee as per the law in force.

(12) Fire Safety Certificate shall be obtained

by allottee and shall be renewed.

(13) GST certificate shall be obtained.

8. Payment schedule.— The allottee shall

pay the rent fixed by Public Works

Department/Authority by 5th of the

subsequent month, failing which, interest at

the rate of 8% per annum shall be recovered

from the allottee.

9. Execution of agreement.— (1) The

allottee shall be required to enter into a leave

and license Agreement at the time of taking

possession of the premises/shop/kiosk/soppo

within 30 days from the date of allotment

order. If the allottee fails to execute said

agreement as mentioned above within said

30 days, the allotment shall be deemed to be

cancelled.

(2) The Panchayat may cancel the

allotment, if in its opinion it is necessary in

larger public interest.

(3) The Panchayat shall enhance the annual

rent on expiry of every one year from the

date of execution of the Agreement by 5% of

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the annual rent payable at the time of such

enhancement.

(4) All the funds received as rent shall be

deposited in the concerned Village Panchayat

account and shall be utilized as under:-

(a) 30% of the rent received shall be used

for the purpose of maintenance/repair of

the Panchayat building, payment of

common facilities including power bills,

water bills, etc.

(b) The balance 70% of the rent received

shall be the income of the Panchayat.

10. Missuse of premises prohibited.— (1)

The allottee shall not use the allotted

premises/shop/kiosk/soppo, etc. for any

purpose other than for which the same has

been allotted.

(2) The allottee shall not be entitled to

divide/sublet the premises/shop/kiosk/soppo

etc. or amalgamate it with any other

premises/shop/kiosk/soppo.

(3) In case of violation of the above

conditions, allotment shall be liable to be

cancelled and possession of the premises/

shop/kiosk/soppo etc. along with fixtures,

fittings thereon, shall be the property of

Panchayat without any compensation to the

lessee.

11. Liability to pay taxes, etc.— The allottee

shall be liable to pay all rates, taxes, charges

and assessment of every description imposed

by any Authority empowered in this behalf.

12. Termination/cancellation of allotment.—

(1) The Panchayat shall cancel allotment and/

or terminate Agreement if,

(a) allotment being obtained through

misrepresentations/suppression of material

facts;

(b) allottee violates any directions issued,

or violates any law or rules or regulations

framed under there or directions of

Panchayat, Maintenance Committee,

Authority, Pollution Control Board or by any

other statutory body;

deposit security amount, rent payable, etc;

(d) Breach of terms and conditions of

allotment or Agreement.

(2) In the event of cancellation under

clauses (a), (b) and (d) above, the entire

deposits till the date of cancellation shall be

forfeited and possession of the premises shall

be resumed by the Panchayat and the allotee

shall have no right to claim compensation

thereof.

(3) After termination of leave and license

Agreement, the allotee shall hand over vacant

peaceful possession of the premises to the

Panchayat. The allotee shall produce no dues

certificate from water supply/Electricity

Department and surrender the original

Agreement if it is in his possession.

(4) The Panchayat shall recover all its dues,

including rents payable from the security

deposit made by the allotee in favour of

Panchayat at the time of execution of leave

and license Agreement. All other dues

remaining unpaid shall be recovered as

arrears of land revenue.

13. Maintenance of premises.— (1) The

allottee shall bear the expenses towards

sewerage, electricity, and water connection

if not already availed to the premises.

(2) The allottee shall keep the premises and

building at all times in good state and good

sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the

Maintenance Committee and shall also keep

the surrounding area clean.

(3) The allotee shall abide all directions

issued by the Authority, Panchayat and

Maintenance Committee.

(4) In case of non-compliance of directions,

the Panchayat may impose fine on defaulters.

(5) If the maintenance work of any area is

not found satisfactory, then the required

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maintenance work will be carried out by the

Panchayat and the expense incurred in

carrying out such work will be borne by the

allotee/s, collectively or in parts. The decision

of the Panchayat in this regards shall be final.

(6) The allottee shall not display or exhibit

any advertisement or placard in any part of

the exterior wall of the building, on the grills

of the windows, etc. except at a place

specified for the purpose by the Panchayat.

(7) The allottee shall keep essential

infrastructure/furniture inside the premises

and not fix onto the walls or floor.

(8) The allottee shall not damage premises

by way of writing, painting, fixing on the

walls.

(9) Occasional inspections to gauge the

cleanliness levels of the premises shall be

carried out by the Health Officer who shall

issue directions in writing to maintain the

standard of cleanliness and hygiene of

premises.

(10) CCTV shall be installed by the

Panchayat at strategic locations for safety

and security reasons.

(11) The Panchayat shall carry out regular

sweeping and swabbing of the entire

complex.

14. Other conditions.— (1) The Panchayat

reserves the right to make such additions/

alterations or modifications in the terms and

conditions of allotment from time to time as it

may consider just or/and expedient.

(2) In case of any doubt regarding these

terms and conditions the decision of the

Panchayat shall be final and binding on the

applicant/allottee.

(3) If due to any ‘Force Majeure’ or such

circumstances beyond the control of

Panchayat, the Panchayat is unable to make

allotment or handover the possession of the

premises/shop/kiosk/soppo, the security

deposit will be refunded without any interest.

(4) Any dispute between the Panchayat and

allottee shall be referred to the arbitration to

be decided by Secretary (Panchayats) to the

Government of Goa.

(5) All arrears due to the Panchayat shall

be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.

(6) The allotee shall not use the premises

for unlawful/illegal purposes or for storage

and sale of products considered as fire hazard,

such as, fire crackers, industrial explosives,

chemicals, etc. or for sale of tobacco and

tobacco products.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Narayan Gad, Director & ex officio Joint

Secretary (Panchayats).

Panaji, 23rd July, 2020.

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FORM-1

Name of the applicant/trust/firm/company/society:

Address of the applicants/firm/company/society:

Registration No. of firm/company/society:

Contact No.:

E-mail address:

PAN card No.:

Nature of business:

Bid amount:

Signature

Seal

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Notification

3/DP/GRAMSABHA/MEET/2020/4142

The following draft Rules which the

Government of Goa proposes to make in

exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

-section (1) of section 5 read with sub-section

(1) of section 240 of the Goa Panchayat Raj

Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994), so as to

further amend the Goa Panchayats (Gram

Sabha Meeting) Rules, 1996, are hereby pre-

published as required by sub-section (1) of

section 240 of the said Act for information of

all the persons likely to be affected thereby

and notice is hereby given that the said draft

Rules will be taken into consideration by the

Government after the expiry of a period of

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fifteen days from the date of publication of

this Notification in the Official Gazette.

All objections and/or suggestions to the

said draft Rules may be forwarded to the

Director of Panchayats and Ex-Officio Joint

Secretary to the Government of Goa, 3rd lift,

3rd floor, Junta House, Panaji, before the

expiry of said period of fifteen days so that

they may be taken into consideration at the

time of finalization of the draft Rules.

DRAFT RULES

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

section (1) of section 5 read with sub-section

(1) of section 240 of the Goa Panchayat Raj

Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994) and all other

powers enabling it in this behalf, the

Government of Goa hereby makes the

following rules so as to further amend the

Goa Panchayats (Gram Sabha Meetings)

Rules, 1996, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Panchayats

(Gram Sabha Meetings) (Third Amendment)

Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of Rule 17.— In rule 17 of

the Goa Panchayats (Gram Sabha Meetings)

Rules, 1996, for the expression “Director of

Panchayats,”

the

expression

“Block

Development Officer of the respective Block/

Taluka” shall be substituted.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Narayan Gad, Director & ex officio Joint

Secretary (Panchayats).

Panaji, 23rd July, 2020.

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Notification

25/7/DEV/VOL./2020/4143

Whereas in exercise of powers conferred

under section 244-A of the Goa Panchayat

Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act No. 14 of 1994) the

Government of Goa vide Notification No. 25/

7/DEV/Vol/2016/1423 published in the Official

Gazette, Series I No. 1 dated 6th April, 2017

had framed the Deendayal Panchayat Raj

Infrastructure Development (Golden Jubilee)

Scheme, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the

“said

Scheme”)

for

upgrading

the

infrastructure in the rural areas of Goa.

Now therefore, in pursuance of the

provisions of the said section 244-A of the

Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 read with

section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897

(Central Act 10 of 1897), the Government of

Goa hereby amends the said Scheme, as

under:—

1. Amendment to Clause 2.— In Clause 2

of the said Scheme,—

(i) for sub-clause (i), the following new

sub-clause shall be substituted;

“(i) “Technical Cell” means a

technical

body

constituted

Directorate of Panchayats consisting of

technical personnel appointed by

Director of Panchayats.”.

(ii) after sub-clause (i), following new

sub-clause shall be inserted namely:—

“(j) “Accounts Section” means

Accounts section of Directorate of

Panchayats”.

(iii) existing sub-clause (j) shall be re-

numbered as (k)

2. Amendment to Clause 4.— In Clause 4

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

(i) Clause 4 shall be substituted as

follows, namely:—

“4. Preparation of proposal by Village

Panchayat Secretary.— Once the Village

Panchayat identifies the infrastructure

development project to be undertaken

under the Scheme within 30 days

therefrom

the

Village

Panchayat

Secretary shall prepare and submit the

proposal to Director of Panchayats

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through Block Development Officer who

shall scrutinize all the documents

required to complete the project

consisting of:-”.

(ii) After sub clause (f) of clause 4, the

following sub-clause shall be inserted:-

“(g) irrecoverable N.O.C. from the

owner to Director of Panchayats incase

land belongs to Devasthan, Church

property, private owners, N.G.O’s,

deeds, etc.”.

3. Amendment to Clause 7.— Clause 7 of

the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“7. Procedure for submission of

proposal.— Upon receipt of the proposal

from the Block Development Officer,

Director of Panchayats shall verify the same

and with his recommendations it shall be

submitted to the scrutiny and sanctioning

committee for approval in principal and

then shall be submitted to technical cell to

prepare the detail report, estimates and

obtain technical sanction from the

competent authority within 30 days from

the date of receipt of proposal.

4. Amendment to Clause 8.— Clause 8 of

the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“8. Proposal before Scrutiny and

Sanctioning Committee.— Upon receipt of

the estimate and detailed project report

from the technical cell, Directorate of

Panchayats within 30 days shall obtain the

administrative and financial approval from

the Government.

5. Amendment to Clause 9.— Clause 9 of

the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“9. Constitution of Scrutiny and

Sanctioning Committee.— There shall be

Scrutiny and Sanctioning Committee which

shall consider every proposal received

under this Scheme and shall scrutinize and

take decision on whether the proposal is

to be approved or rejected. The Scrutiny

and Sanctioning Committee shall consist

of:—

(a) Minister of Panchayati Raj,

Government of Goa— Chairperson;

(b) Secretary (Finance) Government of

Goa or his representative not below the

rank

Additional

Secretary—

— Member;

Government of Goa— Member;

(d)Director (Rural Development),

Government of Goa— Member;

(e) Chief Executive Officer, Zilla

Panchayat North/South— Member;

(f)Executive Engineer, Technical

Cell— Member;

(g) Director of Panchayats— Member

Secretary.

6. Amendment to Clause 12.— Clause 12

of the said Scheme shall be omitted.

7. Amendment to Clause 13.— Clause 13

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“13. Director of Panchayats to convey

approval.— Once the project is approved

by the Scrutiny and Sanctioning Committee

the Director of Panchayats shall convey the

sanction of the committee to the Technical

cell and concerned Village Panchayat

through respective Block Development

Officer.

8. Amendment to Clause 14.— Clause 14

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“14. Technical cell to prepare detail

estimates.— The technical cell within 60

days from the date of receipt of sanction

from Director of Panchayats shall prepare

detailed estimates of the proposed Golden

Jubilee Project.

9. Amendment to Clause 15.— Clause 15

of the said Scheme shall be omitted.

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10. Amendment to Clause 16.— In Clause

16 of the said Scheme,—

(i) Clause 16 shall be substituted as

follows, namely:—

“16. Procedure to be followed by

Technical Cell.— Technical cell shall

obtain technical, administrative and

financial approval, invite the tenders as

per the CPWD Manuel in force, prepare

comparative statement, approve the

lowest bidder and prepare the work

order for the approved bidder of the

project within 60 days.”.

(ii) After clause 16 following new clause

shall be inserted, namely.—

“16-A. Work order.— The Directorate

of Panchayats or engineer authorized by

the Director of Panchayat on scrutinizing

the

tendering

procedure

and

comparative statement shall issue the

work order.”.

11. Amendment to Clause 17.— Clause 17

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“17. Procedure to release the funds to

the contractor.— (1) The Technical Cell

shall prepare the running bill of the project

and on completion of 30% of the work shall

convey to the Accounts Section of

Directorate of Panchayats who shall with

the approval of the Director of Panchayats

release the first installment amounting to

30% of the total cost.

(2) After completing 70% of the total

work of the project the technical cell should

intimate the Accounts Section to release

the second installment amounting 40% of

the total cost of the project.

(3) The third installment amounting to

30% shall be released by the accounts

section on approval of the Director on

receiving the completion certificate from

the contractor and the Executive Engineer

concern.

(4) The Director of Panchayats within 30

days on receipt of the completion

certificate from the Executive Engineer of

the technical cell shall hand over the

project to the Village Panchayats.”.

12. Amendment to Clause 19.— In Clause

19 of the said Scheme,—

(i) The words and figure “rupees 3.00

crores” shall be substituted for the words

and figure “rupees two crores”;

(ii) In first proviso the words and figure

“rupees 3.50 crores” shall be substituted

for the words and figure “rupees 2.50

crores”.

13. Amendment to Clause 20.— Clause 20

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“20. Permitting the Village Panchayat to

execute the projects in certain cases.— The

Scrutiny and Sanctioning Committee, after

considering and sanctioning the proposal

of any Village Panchayat under Clause 11

above may instead of executing the work

decide to sanction the amount equal to

estimated cost of the project to the

concerned Village Panchayat may execute

the work by following the procedure as

prescribed for execution of works from

Village Panchayat funds. Provided further

that such grants shall not be sanctioned

in cases where the estimated cost of the

project is more than rupees 20 lakhs.”.

14. Amendment to Clause 21.— Clause 21

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“21. Technical cell to plan the project.—

On receiving the approval from the

Scrutiny and Sanctioning Committee the

technical cell for preparation of detailed

estimates and road map, may if required

with the approval of Government engage

the service of any Engineers/Architects

duly registered with it or such other expert

agency and the fees payable to such

Engineers/Architects/Experts

not

exceeding 5% of the estimated cost may

be paid from the project cost under this

Scheme.”.

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15. Amendment to Clause 22.— Clause 22

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“22. Utilization of funds and utilization

certificate.— The technical cell on

completion of the project shall furnish the

completion certificate to accounts section

who in turn shall issue the utilization

certificate which shall be maintained by

the technical section.”.

16. Amendment to Clause 24.— Clause 24

of the said Scheme shall be substituted as

follows:—

“24. Maintenance and management of

the Golden Jubilee Project.— (1) Village

Panchayat may execute an Agreement for

maintenance such as repair, renovation,

etc. after following codal procedure.

(2) Village Panchayat may execute an

Agreement with any Self Help Group

(Federation) or any committee or society

or any NGO, etc. for better management of

the project, day to day cleanliness, etc.,

on approval of Director of Panchayats.

Village Panchayat may generate income

from the project which is created.”.

The above amendments shall come into

force on the date of publication of this

Notification in the Official Gazette.

The amendments to the Scheme are

published

with

concurrence

the

Department of Finance, Government of Goa

conveyed vide U.O. No. 1385 dated

07-08-2019.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Narayan Gad, Director and ex officio Joint

Secretary (Panchayats).

Panaji, 23rd July, 2020.

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