(a)In every indenting office an account of the receipt and issue of the articles of stationery shall be maintained in Bengal Form No. 402 by the clerk-in-charge.(b)The recipient and issuer will put their initials in the proper column at the time of the receipt and issue of stationery. At the same time the issuer will cancel the blank columns. In cases in which it is not possible to obtain the initials of the recipients, receipts should be obtained instead and filed separately. The opening and closing balances will be struck monthly.(c)The stock of stationery will be verified half-yearly by a gazetted officer, and a certificate to this effect together with any remarks as to the defects which may have been disclosed will be submitted to the head of the office.
