G.O.(Ms)No.109, Salem City Municipal Corporation Dedicated Water Supply Scheme, 2013

What the order does

G.O.(Ms)No.109 of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MC.II) Department, dated 18 July 2013, releases Rs.37.45 crore from the State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund for the Dedicated Water Supply Scheme of Salem City Municipal Corporation.

An earlier government order had given revised administrative sanction of Rs.320.54 crore for the scheme as a grant from the Infrastructure and Amenities Fund. The Commissioner of Salem City Municipal Corporation later requested the additional Rs.37.45 crore available with the Director of Town and Country Planning.

Who is affected

G.O.(Ms)No.109 primarily concerns Salem City Municipal Corporation and the government authorities responsible for funding, accounting and implementing the water supply scheme. The authorities named include:

• The Commissioner of Municipal Administration.
• The Commissioner of Salem City Municipal Corporation.
• The Director of Town and Country Planning.
• The relevant Pay and Accounts Officer or Treasury Officer.
• The Accountant General, Chennai.

Property buyers and owners in Salem should understand that the document is a financial sanction for a municipal water supply project. It does not contain provisions transferring land, changing land classification, approving development or granting an individual water connection.

Key financial and administrative provisions

G.O.(Ms)No.109 provides that:

• Rs.37.45 crore is to be released from the State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund for the Dedicated Water Supply Scheme.
• The expenditure must be recorded under the new account head specified in the order for capital outlay on water supply and sanitation.
• The expenditure must be adjusted against the specified State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund account.
• The Commissioner of Municipal Administration is the estimating, reconciling and controlling authority for the new account head.
• The relevant Pay and Accounts Officer or Treasury Officer must open the new account heads in their records.
• The Commissioner of Municipal Administration may draw and disburse the sanctioned amount.

Legislative and contingency arrangements

G.O.(Ms)No.109 treats the expenditure as a new service. Legislative approval was to be obtained later. Until that approval, the expenditure was to be met initially through an advance from the Contingency Fund, subject to separate orders from the Finance (BG-I) Department.

The Commissioner of Municipal Administration was directed to submit the required proposal to the Finance (BG-I) Department. The Accountant General, Chennai, was asked to make the necessary adjustments at the end of the financial year 2013 to 2014.