- Regional Deputy Director of Education, District Education Officers, District Inspectresses, Headmasters/Principals of High/Higher Secondary Schools and Principals of Government Professional Colleges are authorized, subject to the limits of budget provision, to sanction the purchase of books, but with the exception noted in Article 884, the Director alone can sanction the purchase of papers and periodicals.(Annexure A to Appendix 5 of the Bihar Financial Rules, Volume I.)Note. - Officers who are authorised to draw money against contract grants are also empowered to incur expenditure on such books, periodicals and newspapers as are necessary for the discharge of their official duties within the limits of their contract grants.
