- All stationery stores required for use in Government offices and institutions should be obtained by indent from the Superintendent, Government Printing. Local purchases are strictly forbidden. The Director; Deputy Directress; Regional Deputy Director of Education; Inspectress of Schools, Bihar and Principals of Government Colleges are authorities to sanction petty purchase of articles of stationery to which they are entitled up to a limit of ten per cent of their allotment or Rs. 50 during a year whichever is less, provided that the want of such articles could not have been foreseen and included in their annual indents or that they are so urgently required that public interest will suffer by the delay involved in indenting for and waiting for a supply from the stationery office.(The Bihar, Stationery Manual.)
