Panaji, 30th April, 2020 (Vaisakha 10, 1942)

SERIES I No. 5

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

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Education, Art & Culture

Directorate of Education

——

Order

1(1)-4-2013/SE/226

Sanction of the Government is hereby

conveyed for revival of 01 (one) post of

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

INDEX

Department

Order/Notification

Subject

Pages

1.a. Education, Art & Culture Ord.- 1(1)-4-2013/SE/226

Revival of post.

Dte. of Education

Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secy.

b. -do-

Ord.- 1(1)-4-2013/SE/227

Creation of post.

c. -do-

Ord.- 1(1)-4-2013/SE/228

Revival of post.

d. Higher Education

Not.- 2/91/Goa State Pvt.

Date of appointment on which the Goa Private

Under Secretary

Uni. Bill/DHE/2020/187

Universities Act, 2020 comes into force.

2.a. Law & Judiciary

Not.- 8/13/2018-LD(Estt.)/679

Shifting of records of birth & death from Civil

Under Secretary(Estt.)

Registrar-cum-sub-Registrar to Directorate of

Archives & Archaeology.

b. Legal Affairs Division

Not.- 10/4/2019-LA-345

The Right to Information (Amendment)

Joint Secretary

Act, 2019.

Public Works

Not.- 13/21/PCE/PWD/EO/

Amendment of Rules of Enlistment of

Principal Chief Eng. &

2020-21/177

Contractors in PWD/WRD.

ex-officio Addl. Secy.

Science & Technology

Not.- 227-10-2016/STE-DIR/15

Scheme to provide Grant in Aid for students of

and Waste Management

High Schools & Higher Secondary Schools.

Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secy.

Tribal Welfare

Not.- DTW/STAT/AVY/

Amendment to the Scheme Adivasi Vikas

Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secy.

/2020-21/30

Yojana.

Headmaster of Government High Schools

(Group-B Gazetted) in “Level-10” of pay matrix

in the Seventh Pay Commission in the

Government High School, Sristhal, Canacona

under the Directorate of Education, Porvorim-

Goa with immediate effect.

The expenditure on the post of Headmaster

of Government High Schools will be

debited to the Budget Head “2202—General

Education;

02—Secondary

Education;

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109—Government

Secondary

School;

02—Government High Schools (Non Plan),

01—Salaries”.

This issues with the concurrence of the

Finance (Rev. & Cont.) Department vide their

U.O. No. 1487481 dated 03-03-2020 and

in accordance with Government order No.

21/1/2016-Fin(R&C)/3702 dated 10-11-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Vandana Rao, IAS, Director & ex officio Joint

Secretary (Education).

Porvorim, 20th April, 2020.

_____

Order

1(1)-4-2013/SE/227

Sanction of the Government is hereby

conveyed for creation of 06 (six) posts of

Headmaster of Government High Schools

(Group-B Gazetted) in “Level-10” of pay matrix

in the Seventh Pay Commission in the

Government High Schools under the

Directorate of Education, Porvorim-Goa with

immediate effect.

The expenditure on the aforesaid 06 (six)

posts of Headmaster of Government High

Schools will be debited to the Budget Head

“2202—General Education; 02—Secondary

Education; 109—Government Secondary

School; 02-Government High Schools (Non

Plan); 01—Salaries”.

This issues with the concurrence of the

Finance (Rev. & Cont.) Department vide their

U.O. No. 1487481 dated 03-03-2020 and

in accordance with Government order No.

21/1/2016-Fin(R&C)/3702 dated 10-11-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Vandana Rao, IAS, Director & ex officio Joint

Secretary (Education).

Porvorim, 20th April, 2020.

Order

1(1)-4-2013/SE/228

Sanction of the Government is hereby

conveyed for revival of 02 (two) posts of

Principal, Government Higher Secondary

School (Group-A Gazetted) in “Level-12” of

pay Matrix in the Seventh Pay Commission in

the Government Higher Secondary Schools

under the Directorate of Education, Porvorim-

Goa with immediate effect.

The expenditure on the aforesaid 02 (two)

posts of Principal, Government Higher

Secondary School will be debited to the

Budget Head “2202—General Education; 02—

Secondary Education; 109—Government

Secondary School; 01—Government High

Schools (Non Plan); 01—Salaries”.

This issues with the concurrence of the

Finance (Rev. & Cont.) Department vide their

U.O. No. 1487481 dated 11-02-2020 and

in accordance with Government order No.

21/1/2016-Fin(R&C)/3702 dated 10-11-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Vandana Rao, IAS, Director & ex officio Joint

Secretary (Education).

Porvorim, 20th April, 2020.

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Directorate of Higher Education

——

Notification

2/91/Goa State Pvt. Uni. Bill/DHE/2020/187

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

section (3) of section 1 of the Goa Private

Universites Act, 2020 (Goa Act 4 of 2020), the

Government of Goa hereby appoints the 1st

day of April, 2020 as the date on which the

provisions of the said Act shall come into

force.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Premraj K. Shirodkar, Under Secretary

(Higher Education).

Porvorim, 21st April, 2020.

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Department of Law & Judiciary

Law (Establishment) Division

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Notification

8/13/2018-LD(Estt.)/679

Sanction of the Government is hereby

accorded to shift the physical/old records/

Registers of records and/or certificate of

Births and Deaths from 1914 to 1970 from all

the concerned Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-

Registrar to the Directorate of Archives and

Archaeology, Panaji-Goa.

Upon the shifting of the records of Birth

and Death (1914-1970) the present procedure

of issue of Birth and Death Certificates (1914-

-1970) shall continue at the respective Sub

Registrar offices and the public shall not

approach the Directorate of Archives and

Archaeology, Panaji-Goa for any records for

the above mentioned period.

However, the concerned Sub-Registrar

through the State Registrar may request the

Directorate of Archives and Archaeology,

Panaji-Goa to provide the certified copy of

the desired record in respect to the Register

of the Birth and/or Death to the Registration

Department and the said certified copies

issued by the Directorate of Archives and

Archaeology shall be uploaded by the

Registration Department on the Online

Portal.

The Registration Department shall make

available the copies and/or certificate of

Births and Deaths to all the citizen on the

Central Server/State Repository, so as to

assure easy availability of documents on

demand anywhere in Goa irrespective of any

jurisdiction across the State.

All the Registering Authority under the

control of Registration Department in the

State of Goa shall henceforth issue copies of

Certificate of Birth and Death which have

already been registered to a Citizen on

demand irrespective of the jurisdiction. The

Registering Authority shall download such

Certificates of Birth and Death from the

Central Server for all purposes.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Amir Y. Parab, Under Secretary (Estt.).

Porvorim, 13th March, 2020.

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Legal Affairs Division

——

Notification

10/4/2019-LA-345

The Right to Information (Amendment)

Act, 2019 (Central Act No. 24 of 2019), which

has been passed by Parliament and assented

to by the President on 01-08-2019 and

published

the

Gazette

India,

Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, dated

01-08-2019, is hereby published for the general

information of the public.

D. S. Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary (Law).

Porvorim, 31st December, 2019.

———

The Right to Information (Amendment)

Act, 2019

ACT

to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth

Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This

Act may be called the Right to Information

(Amendment) Act, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as

the Central Government may, by notification

in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Amendment of section 13.— In

the Right to Information Act, 2005

(hereinafter referred to as the

principal Act), in section 13,—

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “for a

term of five years from the date on which he

22 of 2005.

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enters upon his office”, the words “for such

term as may be prescribed by the Central

Government” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (2), for the words “for a

term of five years from the date on which he

enters upon his office”, the words “for such

term as may be prescribed by the Central

Government” shall be substituted;

section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(5) The salaries and allowances

payable to and other terms and conditions

of service of the Chief Information

Commissioner and the Information

Commissioners shall be such as may be

prescribed by the Central Government:

Provided that the salaries, allowances

and other conditions of service of the Chief

Information Commissioner or the

Information Commissioners shall not be

varied to their disadvantage after their

appointment:

Provided further that the Chief

Information Commissioner and the

Information Commissioners appointed

before the commencement of the Right to

Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 shall

continue to be governed by the provisions

of this Act and the rules made thereunder

the

Right

Information

(Amendment) Act, 2019 had not come

into force.”.

3. Amendment of section 16.— In section 16

of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “for a

term of five years from the date on which he

enters upon his office”, the words “for such

term as may be prescribed by the Central

Government” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (2), for the words “for a

term of five years from the date on which he

enters upon his office”, the words “for such

term as may be prescribed by the Central

Government” shall be substituted;

-section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(5) The salaries and allowances payable

to and other terms and conditions of service

of the State Chief Information Commissioner

and the State Information Commissioners

shall be such as may be prescribed by the

Central Government:

Provided that the salaries, allowances and

other conditions of service of the State Chief

Information Commissioner and the State

Information Commissioners shall not be

varied to their disadvantage after their

appointment:

Provided further that the State Chief

Information Commissioner and the State

Information Commissioners appointed

before the commencement of the Right to

Information (Amendment) Act, 2019

shall continue to be governed by the

provisions of this Act and the rules made

thereunder as if the Right to Information

(Amendment) Act, 2019 had not come into

force.”.

4. Amendment of section 27.— In section 27

of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after

clause (c), the following clauses shall be

inserted, namely:—

“(ca) the term of office of the Chief

Information Commissioner and Information

Commissioners under sub-sections (1) and

(2) of section 13 and the State Chief

Information Commissioner and State

Information Commissioners under sub-

-sections (1) and (2) of section 16;

(cb) the salaries, allowances and other

terms and conditions of service of the Chief

Information Commissioner and the

Information Commissioners under sub-

-section (5) of section 13 and the State Chief

Information Commissioner and the State

Information Commissioners under sub-

-section (5) of section 16;”.

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Department of Public Works

Office of the Principal Chief Engineer

——

Notification

13/21/PCE/PWD/EO/2020-21/177

Read: Notification No. 7/10-5/2004-PWD/EC/

/114 dated 2-08-2004 regarding Rules

of Enlistment of Contractors in Public

Works Department (PWD)/Water

Resource Department (WRD), 2004.

In the existing rule No. 14.0, the following

words and figures shall be substituted:

“Enlistment fee– The contractor shall pay

Enlistment/Renewal fees (non-refundable)

for enlistment as contractors in Public

Works Department/Water Resources

Department, Goa for different classes of

contractors, as shown in the Schedule

below:

Category of

Class of

Fees for fresh

Fee for

Enlistment

Enlistment/

Renewal

Upgradation

(Validity

(in Rs.) (Validity

for

for 5 years)

5 years)

RBLD,

I-A

60000

30000

BLDGS,

I-B

50000

25000

WS&WWD,

30000

15000

III

20000

10000

5000

2500

ELECT/FUR

50000

25000

30000

15000

III

20000

10000

5000

Other Fees:

Issue of Application form

Rs.

500.00

For issue of duplicate license

Rs.

5000.00

Deletion/Incorporation of

Fees applicable

partner/director/member of

for renewal of

Society

registration in

the respective

class

Conversion of registration i.e. – do –

from Individual to Partnership

or Private/Public Limited

Company and vice-versa.

2. The other content of the notification shall

remain unchanged”.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

U. P. Parsekar, Principal Chief Engineer &

ex-officio Addl. Secretary (PWD).

Panaji, 20th April, 2020.

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Department of Science and Technology

and Waste Management

Notification

227-10-2016/STE-DIR/15

Scheme to provide Grant in Aid for

students of High Schools and Higher

Secondary Schools in the State of Goa.

The Government of Goa is pleased to frame

the Scheme to provide Grant in Aid for

students of High Schools and Higher

Secondary Schools in the State of Goa to

enable them to attend and participate in

science seminars, workshops and awareness

programmes in India.

1. Short title and commencement:— (i) This

scheme may be called as “Scheme to provide

Grant in Aid for students of High Schools and

Higher Secondary Schools in the State of

Goa” (Hereinafter called as the Scheme).

(ii) It shall come into force with immediate

effect.

(iii) The scheme shall be implemented by

Goa State Council for Science & Technology

(GSCST).

(iv) The scheme shall promote the goal of

the Department through Students of High

Schools and Higher Secondary Schools in the

State of Goa by deputing them to various

exhibitions, science seminars, visit to reputed

Institution in India, Science popularization

workshops and awareness programs in India

and in reputed Institutions in India.

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2. Introduction of the scheme.— (i) The

scheme envisages the popularization and

promotion of Science & Technology by

providing financial support to students of

High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools

for attending Science Seminars, Workshops

and Awareness Programmes.

3. Objectives of the scheme.— (i) The

scheme is formulated with the objectives to

promote

and

popularize

Science

Technology, among students of High Schools

and Higher Secondary Schools in the State

of Goa by deputing them to various

exhibitions, science seminars, workshops and

awareness programs in India, visits to

Institutions and providing financial assistance

for attending these events.

(ii) To inculcate the scientific temper in the

minds of students in High Schools and Higher

Secondary Schools.

4. Scope of the scheme.— (i) The scope of

the scheme is to provide annual financial

assistance to Students of High Schools and

Higher Secondary Schools to facilitate them

to attend science seminars, workshops and

awareness programmes in India with a

condition that every team visiting these

events shall contain atleast 40 percent

members from ST community.

(ii) Project Review Committee.

A Project Review Committee (PRC)

comprising of Vice Chairman of GSCST &

Hon’ble Minister Science & Technology,

Principal Secretary/Secretary Science &

Technology, Director, Department of Science

and Technology, Representatives of Goa

University, Goa Science Centre, Chairman,

GSPCB, Environment Engineer of GSPCB,

Representative of Goa Engineering College

will review the proposals received and upon

the recommendation of the committee, the

grants will be released. The proposal will be

appraised by the committee by conducting a

meeting or by circulation. Alternately the

project could be appraised through the Goa

State Council for Science & Technology or

other experts of various Institutions.

(iii) The Department of Science &

Technology shall maintain a database record

of Students of High Schools and Higher

Secondary Schools to whom grants have

already been provided to facilitate them for

attending the science seminars, workshops

and awareness programmes in India.

(iv) The activities involved under the

Programme are to support students to

participate in science seminars, workshops

and awareness programmes in Science &

Technology in India.

(v) Wherever, possible and available

Government accommodation should be used

for the visiting students, teachers etc. and

travel mode shall be railway, bus, etc.

5. Eligibility for availing benefits under the

scheme:— (i) Students of the High Schools

and Higher Secondary Schools of Goa, who

are been recommended and attested by the

Principal/Headmaster of Institution are

eligible only once in a year to attend and

participate in Science Seminars, Science

Workshops, awareness programmes in

consultation with the GSCST.

(ii) The group of students attending and

participating in Science Seminars, Science

Workshops and awareness programmes shall

consist atleast 40 percent students from ST

community.

(iii) Each group of students of High Schools

and Higher Secondary Schools (maximum of

10 such groups/grantees) will be eligible to

get the grant of Rs. 50,000/- or actual

expenses, whichever is less, per annum for

attending and participating in Science

Seminars, Workshops and Awareness

Programmes. However with the approval of

Government in specific cases higher amount

could be granted. (Proforma for seeking GIA

in “FORM I”). The institution could contribute

to the additional amount/expenses from their

own funds.

(iv) The students of High Schools and

Higher Secondary Schools will be eligible for

seeking grant, only once a year for attending

and participating in science seminars,

workshops and awareness programmes.

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6. Quantum of financial assistance under

the scheme:— (i) An amount of Rs. 50,000/-

to each such group of students/teacher (i.e.

one teacher for five students) shall be

provided per annum to the eligible 10 Nos.

of grantees, directly on case to case basis to

promote scientific temper among the

students.

(ii) The office of the GSCST shall maintain

a database record of the students of High

Schools and Higher Secondary Schools to

whom grants have already been provided

with the details of the subject/theme of the

Science

Seminars,

Workshops

and

awareness programmes.

(iii) Government reserves the right to stop

future grants and also modify the financial

quantum, so also the conditions of the

scheme, depending upon the budgetary

provisions. Government also reserves the

right to sanction the grant to the GSCST as

also to hold in abeyance or suspend or cancel

the scheme, at any point of time, and no claim

or appeal or challenge shall lie with any

authority or tribunal or court, in respect of

this decision of the Government.

7. Pattern of Assistance of the scheme.—

(i) The grants shall be disbursed as single

installment to participating group of students.

(ii) The grantee shall be entitled to receive

Government grants based on the estimate

approved by the Government in the Budget

Estimate during that financial year for the

scheme and will be sanctioned as per the

terms and conditions laid by the Government.

(iii) The entire amount of the grants

approved within the same financial year,

should be utilized before the month of March

of the subsequent year and should be used

only for the purpose for which it is sanctioned.

Any portion of the grant which is not

ultimately required for the purpose for which

it is sanctioned will be refunded to the

Government Treasury. After ‘utilizing/

refunding’ the sanctioned amount, an

Utilization Certificate should be furnished to

the sanctioning authority as required under

Form GFR-19A.

(iv) The account of the Grantee in respect

of this grants should be audited by the

government approved Auditor/Chartered

Accountant

and

countersigned

Headmaster/Head of Institution as the case

may be. Such certificate shall be submitted

along with detailed report. The accounts of

the grants shall be maintained separately and

properly from its normal activities.

(v) The Audited statement of accounts

showing the expenditure incurred by the

Grantee from the grants should be furnished

to the Government within a period of one

year from the date of sanction and should

certify that expenditure incurred is only for

the purpose for which it was sanctioned.

(vi) A performance-cum-achievement

report

specifying

detail

the

achievements made by the Grantee with the

Government grants/amount for which it is

sanctioned should be furnished to the

Department of Science & Technology

annually, by Goa State Council for Science

and Technology (GSCST).

(vii) The grantee Institution must exercise

reasonable economy, observe all financial

proprietary and the financial rules as issued

by the Government from time to time while

incurring the expenditure.

(viii) In case of portion of grants being

utilized for the purpose for which it is not

sanctioned, the amount so utilized shall be

recovered from the Grantee in a manner as

decided by the Government and in terms of

the provisions and in accordance to the law

in force. The Government shall also initiate

appropriate criminal proceedings against the

perpetrators.

(ix) The amount remaining unspent out of

this grant on or before the month of

September of the subsequent year of grants,

shall be refunded back to the Government

Treasury by challan within 03 (three) months

from the date of submission of report.

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(x) The grantee shall duly acknowledge the

grant provided by the department in its

report as well as any publications of such

report for which the department has provided

grants.

(xi) The grantee shall ensure that no

unlawful activities, propaganda in consistent

with the Government illegal Policy, Rules and

Regulations should be undertaken.

8. Relaxation of the provisions of the

scheme.— The Government shall be

empowered to relax any or all of the clauses

or conditions of this scheme in genuine

case(s) for sanction of the grant.

9. Interpretation of the provisions of this

scheme.— If any question arises regarding

interpretation of any clause, word, expression

of the scheme, the decision about the

interpretation shall lie with the Government,

which shall be final and binding on all

concerned.

10. Redressal of grievances and dispute.—

Grievances or disputes if any, arising out of

implementation of this scheme, shall be

referred to the Secretary (S&T) of Government

who shall hear and decide such matters and

the decision of the Secretary (S&T) to the

Government in this regard shall be final and

binding on all concerned.

Provided no grievance or dispute

regarding the decision of the Government

under clause 6 (iii) above shall lie with any

authority or tribunal or court, in respect of

the decision.

11. This scheme has been issued with the

concurrence

the

Finance

(Exp.)

Department vide their U.O. No. 1400071191,

dated 24-01-2020 and administrative

approval of the Government under U.O.

No. 025 dated 01-08-2019.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Levinson J. Martins, Director (S&T) & ex

officio Jt. Secretary.

Porvorim, 24th April, 2020.

FORM I

Proforma for seeking grant in aid under scheme

for students of High Schools and Higher

Secondary Schools

Sr.

Particulars

No.

1. Name of the Institutions seeking

Grants in Aid to attend Seminars/

/workshops/awareness

pro-

grammes.

2. Name

the

Science

Seminars.,Workshops

and

Awareness programmes to be

attended.

3. Total No. of Science Seminars,

Workshops

and

Awareness

Programmes attended earlier.

4. How many people expected for

Science Seminars, Workshops and

Awareness Programmes.

5. Time duration of the Science

Seminars,

Workshops

and

Awareness Programmes.

6. Dates of the Science Seminars.

Workshops

and

Awareness

Programmes.

7. Venue of the Science Seminars.

Workshops

and

Awareness

Programmes.

8. Title of the Science Seminars,

Workshops

and

Awareness

Programmes.

9. Whether Grants in Aid was provided

for any other project to the

institutions earlier.

Yes/ No

10.

If Yes, Names, Total amount sought

and the time duration of the Science

Seminars,

Workshops

and

Awareness Programmes.

11. Whether settlement of earlier

Accounts complied Yes/No.

12. Travel Charges to be paid to the

students.

13. Honorarium to be paid to the

students.

14. Total expenditure for publicity,

advertisement, handouts.

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15. Whether any other institution has