Section 86(4) in Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads Finance, Budget and Accounts Rules, 2014
(4)(a)articles of stationers may be obtained form the Controller of Printing and Stationery, Punjab or from open market at the competitive rates subject to the maximum expenditure limit given in the appendix to these rules, by the Panchayat Samiti and the Zila Parishad;(b)the forms and registers prescribed under Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 and the Rules made there under or other necessary forms and registers shall be got printed by the Zila Parishad for its own office and for the offices of the Panchayat Samiti and the Gram Panchayats under its authority, alter inviting quotations/tenders. The tender/quotation notice shall be published in at least one regional language newspaper having wide circulation in the State and by displaying the tender/quotation notice at conspicuous places in the head quarter town of the Zila Parishad and the Panchayat Samiti and in such other manner as may be considered useful by the Chairman Zila Parishad.Provided that when the purchase order is of less than rupees one lac, the Zila Parishad may dispense with the publication of tender/quotation notice in the pews paper as provided in this sub rule:Provided further that the expenditure on account of stationary and account books etc. should be borne proportionately by the Zila Parishad, the Panchayat Samitis and the Gram Panchayats concerned.
