(1)to countersign the establishment, travelling allowance and contingent bills of the basic schools under his charge;(2)subject to budget provision, to sanction the purchase of library and prize books and of furniture and teaching appliances manufactured in India, upto a limit of Rs. 50 for each article for basic schools;(3)to sanction the sale of old and worn-out furniture and apparatus belonging to the basic schools. No article whose cost price exceeds Rs. 50 should be sold without the sanction of the District Education Officer;(4)to grant casual leave and leave of absence during gazetted holidays and vacations to his establishment and to the Headmasters of the basic schools;(5)to pass the travelling allowance bill of his establishment subject to the budget provision;(6)to approve the list of holidays of basic schools;(7)to appoint menials and other officers outside the graded service to posts under their control whose pay does not exceed Rs. 22.50 a month and sanction pension to such officers;(8)to pass his own pay bills and those of the establishment and his own contingent bills.
