Section 7 in The Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board (Engineering Wing) Execution of Works Rules, 1979
7. [ Subject to the control of the Secretary of the Board, the Chief Engineer shall be overall incharge of Engineering Wing. He shall be responsible to the Secretary of the Board for efficient discharge of the functions assigned to him and his subordinates and for assigning and execution of all approved Civil, Electrical and Public Health Works within the budgetary allotment of financial provisions and shall be responsible for the execution of [works taken by the Board.] [Substituted vide Legislative Supplement Part III dated 23rd June, 1989.] The principal functions of the Chief Engineer shall be :-
(i)to accord technical sanctions to detailed estimates and providing of tenders of works as provided in these rules;(ii)to ensure that the staff working in the engineering wing is deployed suitably keeping in view the best interest of works in respect of planning, progress and economical execution;(iii)to prepare a Draft of Annual Budget estimates relating to works to be financed from the funds of the Board by 15th February of each year;(iv)to keep a close watch over the progress and execution of various works and to see that the budget allotment of the year are fully expended, consistent with the general economy and to issue necessary instructions and specify suitable norms for expenditure over each month or quarter in order to prevent large expenditure in the last months of the financial year for the sole purpose of avoiding lapse of funds.][4. Execution of Works. - The Engineering Wing shall be responsible for execution of works whether financed by the Board or the Committees, provided that a Committee may get any work executed relating to urgent repairs and maintenance of office buildings, rest houses and canteens and Markets directly subject to the condition that expenditure on such a work does not exceed thirty thousand rupees at a time and rupees two lac per annum and that monthly statements are submitted to the Engineering Wing with regard to the expenditure so incurred. Entries of all such works carried out by the Committee will be made by the Sectional Officer in the Measurement Book issued by the Executive Engineer and passed on to the Committee for pass and payment by the competent authority, as may be specified by the Board from time to time, whereafter it shall be returned to the Sectional officer for keeping it in safe custody and it will be open to check by the Assistant Engineer or the Executive Engineer.] [Substituted vide Punjab Government Notification No. 11/11/2002-M-3/16102, dated 2.10.2002.]
