Section 7 in Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of Plans and Estimates for Works and Mode and Conditions of Contracts) Rules, 2007
7. Power of the President of Village Panchayat in respect of water supply maintenance works.
- Village Panchayat President can spend up to rupees six hundred per hand pump per year and up to rupees seven thousand and five hundred per power pump per year by production of vouchers and with the approval or ratification of the Village Panchayat without reference to Overseer, Assistant Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj-Water Supply), and Assistant Executive Engineer (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj-Water Supply), as the case may be, for sanction of estimates or passing of bills.
