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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS. Paras A. B. C.

INTRODUCTORY

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ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF ALL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS/ORGANISATIONS DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS

RECRUITMENT OF OFFICERS, SCALES OF PAY, ALLOWANCES, ADVANCES, LEAVE etc., 5

D. DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF ALL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENTS/ORGANISATIONS DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS I. Engineer in chief 6

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Chief Engineer

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Deputy Engineer in chief/ Deputy Chief Engineer III. Superintending Engineer IV.Executive Engineer .. .Superintendent of Works/ Project Administrator.. V. Deputy Executive Engineer VI. Divisional Accounts Officer VII. Section Officer IX

VIII. Relation to Pay and .Accounts officer system Yard sticks of work load for purpose of sanction of posts, Investigation of irrigation projects, Office work and powers of approval of alignment and hydraulic particulars of irrigation canals
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COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF PROPERTY SERVICE UNDER LOCAL FUNDS, ETC,

EMPLOYMENT OF TEMPORARY AND WORK-CHARGED ESTABLISHMENTS

I. Temporary Establishment II. Work-charged Establishment .. .. .. .,

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54-57 58-59 60-62 63-64 65-66 67 68 69 70 71-73 74 75 76-77

III. Miscellaneous Rules relating to Work-charged Establishment H. POLICE AND OTHER GUARDS 1. Medical Establishment I. II. General .. Pay and allowances of Medical Establishment

III. Transfer of Civil- Assistant Surgeons V. Removal of Sub-Assistant Surgeons .. .. .. ..

IV. Leave, Retirement and Resignation of Civil-Assistant Surgeons J. MISCELLANEOUS RULES I. Personal .. .. II. Publication of Rules and Notices III. III. Anonymous Communications Procedure in regard to law suits

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IV. Stationery and Forms .. VI. Destruction of Official Records

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78-83 84 85 86 87

VII. Recording of plans and drawings .. VIII. General Rules of Office Procedure IX. Periodical Returns .. .. WORKS

CHAPTER II A. CLASSIFICATION OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

B. WORKS ENTRUSTED TO DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS/ORGANISATIONS DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS 88-94

I. II. III. IV.

Forest Department Excise Department

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95 96 97 98
99-103

Petty Construction and Repairs

Public Works executed by Civil Officers acting as Public Works Disbursers

C. ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND TECHNICAL SANCTION. D. DEMANDS OF CIVIL OFFICERS

I. General III. IV.

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104-107 108 109 110 1 11 112-121 122-125 126-130 .. .. .. .. .. .. 131-132 133-146 147 148 149 149-A

II. Petty Original Works Costing Rs. 10,000 or less .. Procedure in regard to original works costing more than Rs.10,000 Procedure in regard to repairs ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ..

V. Limitation of sanction
E. PREPARATION OF PROJECTS.

I. General

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II. Original Works (a) Civil buildings .. (b) Roads .... .. .. (c) Town- Water Supply Projects/ Rural Water Supply Projects/Schemes III. Repairs (a) General ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (b) Lump-sum repair estimates (c) Special Repairs IV. Roads F.
CONTRACTS

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I-A Registration of contractors I. Methods of execution of Works .. .. .. .. .. .. .. II. Contract documents and enforcement IV. Tenders V. Forms of security for performance on contracts .. VI. Custody of accepted tenders and other contract documents Authority competent to give certified copies of tenders and agreements VI. Officers empowered to execute contracts and rules on contracts

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G. SALE, ACQUISITION AND LEASE OF LAND I. Sale of Government land and immovable property (a) General .. .. .. .. .. .. 162-165 166-170 171 172 173-181 182 183-185 186 187-188 189-195 196 .. .. .. 197 198 199 II. Acquisition of land (b) Land held for military purposes H. EXECUTION OF WORKS I. Starting Works .. .. .. .. .. .. II. Scope of sanction

III. Lease of lands in charge of the Public Works Department

III. Commencement of work in anticipation of detailed estimates of the complete project .. IV. Lapse of sanction .. .. .. .. .. V. Alteration in design during construction VII.Water Supply to Government buildings VIII. Advances to Contractors IX. Sanitary rules on extension works .. X. Information for the Survey of India
I. DEPOSIT WORKS -

VI. Miscellaneous rules for the execution of works .. ..

XI. Construction and maintenance of mortuaries in section H of the Chapter 200 I. General 201-205 206 207-208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216-220 221-222 223 224

II. Special Rules for works wholly financed from non-Government funds III. Rules relating to construction estimates for Irrigation and Subsidiary works IV. Government works partly contributed for by local bodies and private parties V. Clearance of prickly-pear
J. DISPOSAL OF ESTIMATES

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Office of record for estimates

II. Communication of sanctions to estimates to the Audit Officer III. Supplementary estimates IV. Revised estimates V. Utilization of completion report as revised estimate ..
K. COMPLETION REPORTS, CERTIFICATES AND PLANS

I. General II. Works executed on behalf of other departments .. III. Record drawings IV. Office of record

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CHAPTER III PUBLIC BUILDINGS A. GENERAL I. General Rules II. Fixtures and Furniture (a) Fixtures (b) Furniture (i) General (ii) Residence of high officials III. Purchase, sale and transfer of Government buildings (a) Purchase of buildings (b) Sale and dismantlement of buildings (c) Transfer of buildings IV. Hire of office accommodation for officers of the Public Works Department V. Renting of buildings VII. Taxes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 261 262 263 .. .. VI. Custody of vacant Government buildings 234 235-238 239 240-242 243-248 249 250- 251 252 253 254 255-256 257-258 259 260 230-232 233 .. 229 225-228

VIII. Remission of municipal tax for vacant buildings, etc... VIII-A. Taxes on new buildings IX. Sanitary and water-supply installations X. Electrical and sanitary works XI. Buildings of historical interest XIII. XIV.

XII. Use of Government buildings by Auxiliary Forces. Inspection of public buildings Registers and plans of buildings (a) Register of buildings (b) Plans of buildings
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B. RESIDENCES FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ..

CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION OR LEASING OF RESIDENCES FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

I. General

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264-267 268-269 270-282 283-284 285-287

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II. Classification of residential buildings D. MISCELLANEOUS

E. UPKEEP OF THE COMPOUNDS ATTACHED TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS F. INSPECTION BUNGALOWS

G. RYOT SHEDS (Deleted) ..

H. HOSTELS ..

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CHAPTER IV. MISCELLANEOUS RULES REGARDING OFFICE WORK, EXCLUDING ACCOUNTS PROCEDURE

A. INITIAL RECORDS OF ACCOUNTS . . I. Muster Rolls .. .. .. ..

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II. Measurement Books : Measurement and Checkmeasurement. III. Progress Reports of works B. CUSTODY OF CASH I. General .. .. II. Precautions to be observed for cashing or remitting of Government money from one office to another C.
CASHIERS

I. General D. STORES I. General

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300-302 303 304-306

II. Security deposit (Subordinates) .. ..

II. Acquisition of Stores (a) Purchase of Stores (i) Stores (other than tools and plants) (ii) Tools and Plants (b) Indents- (i) Purchase of Meterials (ii) On other Departments (d) Manufacture III. IV. Reserve of Stock Stock-taking .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 342 343 344-346 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 329-330 331-332 333-339 340-341 323 . 325-327 328 324 .. .. .. .. .. .. 313-315 316-321 322 .. .. .. 307-308 309-312

(c) Purchase from Government Workshops

V. Natural disasters VI. Disposal of Stores (a) Loss of Stores (b) Sale of Stores (i) General (ii) Surplus Stores VII. Hire of tools and plant VIII. Mathematical instruments

IX. Insurance of Government Property E.

DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE.

I. Sale of usufruct of trees, grass etc.

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vi II. Rents of buildings and lands III. Navigation revenue .. .. .. ... .. .. 347 348 349 350 351 .. 352 353 354 355-357 358-359 360-365 366
CHAPTER V SPECIAL RULES FOR IRRIGATION, NAVIGATION, EMBANKMENT AND DRAINAGE WORKS . A. INTRODUCTORY

IV. Rents and freights of boats and other floating plant. V. Public Works Department, toll-gates F.
MISCELLANEOUS

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Maintenance of ferry boats Supply of Medicines

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I-A. Bridge over irrigation canals and channels III. Store keepers G. RULES FOR DIVISIONAL WORKSHOPS H. TRANSFERS OF CHARGE I. General

II. Executive Engineers and Deputy Executive Engineers. III. Other Officers

367-369 ... .. 370-372 373 374 375-377 378-379 380-381 382 384 385-388 389 390-392 393 394 .. 395 396 397-398 399-400 401-402 .. ..

B. WORKS FOR WHICH CAPITAL AND REVENUE ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT I. Productive and unproductive works .. .. II. Conditions relating to productive works ., III. Unproductive-works IV. Classification V. Principles for determining what expenditure is chargeable to Capital and what to Revenue .. VI. When Capital and Revenue Accounts should be kept C. WORKS FOR WHICH ONLY REVENUE ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT.. E. F. G.
MINOR IRRIGATION WORKS, IRRIGATE LESS THAN 40 HECTARES INVESTIGATION OF NEW IRRIGATION SCHEMES .. DEBIT OF EXPENDITURE ON INVESTIGATIONS

D. WORKS FOR WHICH NEITHER CAPITAL NOR REVENUE ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT .383 ..

H. PREPARATION OF PROJECTS-IRRIGATION WORKS I. General II. Particular instructions as regards storage projects. III. Irrigation Projects affecting Indian States IV. Embankments (Flood protection works) .. V. Project estimates VI. Sanction to projects VIII. Completion reports .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

VII. Closure of construction estimates .. .,

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CHAPTER VI POWERS OF SANCTION

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POWERS OF GOVERNMENT

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Fundamental Conditions Reports of probable excesses ..

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III. Revised State Expenditure IV. Transferred expenditure V. VI. B. Famine relief works Powers of Re-appropriation

POWERS OF ENGINEER IN CHIEF/ CHIEF ENGINEERS OF ALL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS/ORGANISATIONS DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS

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I. Sanction to estimates (a) Administrative sanction. (b) Technical sanction. (c) Excesses over estimates. (d) Electrical maintenance estimates. II. Re-appropriation of funds Voted expenditure. Non-voted expenditure. III. Sale or dismantlement of buildings IV. Office furniture. V. Contracts VI. Write-off VII. Law suits. VIII. Miscellaneous powers and acceptance of arbitration awards. IRRIGATION Dept. Deleted 416 C. POWERS OF SUPERINTENDING ENGINEERS
OF ALL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS

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(a) Original works (b) Repairs Irrigation Works II. Photographic charges .. . . .. .. (c) Tools and Plant

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viii III. Contracts IV. Stores. (b) Disposal of stores. (c) Losses due to depreciation. (d) Write-off. (e) Sale and dismantlement of public buildings. (f) Losses in manufacture. V. Powers of reappropriation VI. Miscellaneous powers ., .. .. .. 424 425-427 427-A .. .. .. .. .. 422 423

(a) Purchase, manufacture and repair

VII . POWERS OFSUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL,

ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT

(a) Administrative approval. (b) Technical sanction. (c) Excess over estimates. (d) Contracts D. POWERS OF EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS
OF ALL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS/ DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS

(I) Original works. (II) Repairs .. (III) Tools and Plant Irrigation works IV. Contracts. V. Stores. .. .. ..

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(a) Purchase, manufacture and repair (b) Write-off, (c) Disposal of stores (other than tools and plant) (d) Sale and dismantlement of public buildings VI. Powers of reappropriation VII. Miscellaneous powers E. POWERS OF EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECTRICAL I. Original Works (a) Administrative sanction (b) Technical sanction II. Ordinary repairs III. Excess over estimates IV. Tenders V. Write-off 433 434 435

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POWERS OF DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS OF ALL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS POWERS OF DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS ELECTRICAL, ROADS & BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT 436 436-A

G. POWERS OF SUPERINTENDENT, PUBLIC WORKS WORKSHOPS,

HYDERABAD SITANAGARAM AND DOWLAISWARAM G-II POWERS OF SECTION OFFICERS a. Irrigation Department b. All other Engineering departments dealing with the public works c. Electrical in R&B Department

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H. POWERS OF CIVIL OFFICERS I. Accord administrative sanctionl.. (A) Original works other than residential buildings and electrical works (B) (C) Electrical works (1) Non-residential buildings (2) Residential buildings Powers of District Collectors II. TO IV Stores .. .. .. Deleted .. .. 444-446 447 APPENDIX No. Relates to central works Deleted Rules for preparation of estimates for military defenses works Deleted Contracts and agreements involving liabilities on the part of the State. Different classes of deeds, contracts and other instruments which may be executed by the Public works Department and the Authorities empowered to execute them. Deleted Instructions regarding testing of stores purchased in India Rules for the Occupation of Inspection bungalows Agreement for hiring Government tools and plant. Agreement for Deposit works (Irrigation) Deleted Sale notice for lease of grass and usufruct of trees etc. Procedure to be followed in the case of emergent works Sanitation of camps and mazdoors' lines. Form of Agreement for adoption in cases in which I I- A II .. .. ,, ,. 441 442 443& 448 Residential Buildings, 439-440, ., .. 438

(D) Powers of the Military Secretary to the Excellency the Governor

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x Government buildings are leased out to private individuals. Form of Agreement for adoption in cases in which Government buildings belonging to private parties or local bodies are leased by Government for occupation by their officers or offices. Form of order of grant of all kinds of Government lands in charge of the Public works Department for temporary occupation for Agricultural purposes Form of order of grant of all kinds of Government lands in charge of the Public works Department for temporary occupation for Non Agricultural purposes Deleted Destruction of records Deleted Rules regulating the payment of bonus to contractors Deleted Rules regarding the relation of Public works officers to collectors of districts and other local heads of Department. Rules for the construction and maintenance of Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samithies and municipal roads on canal and channel banks. Ordinary fire rules for Government buildings (Non-residential) Standard scale of electrical fittings for court houses, etc. Standard scale of electrical fittings for Government residences Data statement for calculating rent of buildings Training module to Engineers ( Chapter-1) Rules for Registration of contractors Hiring of Equipment to Contractors and other Private Bodies Natural Disaster management.( Chapter-IV) Guide lines for localization and cropping pattern for major, medium and minor irrigation projects A.P Grama Panchayat, Public or Govt. Ferries rules 2000 and section 57 of A.P.P.R Act 1994. Reservoirs - guide lines for management of flood out flow Guide lines for preparation , submission, appraisal, and clearance of flood management schemes Rules to the AP farmers management irrigation systems ACT 1997. FORMS i. Check slip to accompany estimates (for civil works) for technical sanction ii. Register of Component works iii. Register of Bridges iv. Register of land Acquisition v. Register of Buildings vi. Report of survey committee regarding assessment of present condition of machinery inspected and release value recommended for projects Page No. XIII

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XIII-B

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xi SUBJECT INDEX MEMORANDUM OF TREATMENT 377 402 403 - 422

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