G.O. (Ms.) No. 79, Implementation E-evaluation System, 2016

What the document does

G.O. (Ms.) No. 79 of the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (ST.2&E) Department approves expenditure for an E-evaluation System under the Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives Scheme. The Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department had proposed Rs.62.46 lakhs for implementation across 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.

The Standing Finance Committee approved the proposed scheme at a total cost of Rs.62.46 lakhs. The Government then sanctioned Rs.41.00 lakhs for the current year, 2016-2017.

Who it affects

G.O. (Ms.) No. 79 mainly concerns the Evaluation and Applied Research Department and the government officers responsible for authorising, accounting for and monitoring the expenditure. It directs action by:

• The Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department.
• The Pay and Accounts Officer (North), Chennai.
• The government accounting authorities responsible for the listed heads of account.

The document does not prescribe duties for property buyers, landowners, developers or registration applicants. It contains no provision changing land title, land use, patta, survey records, registration or property transactions.

Key provisions

• Rs.41.00 lakhs is sanctioned for implementation of the E-evaluation System during 2016-2017.
• The expenditure is to be charged to the specified account for implementation of the E-evaluation System under the State Innovation Fund.
• The expenditure is to be met from the State Innovation Fund through the deduction and contra debit accounting arrangements listed in the document.
• The Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department is designated as the estimating, reconciling and controlling authority for the new head of account.
• The Pay and Accounts Officer (North), Chennai is directed to open the new head of account in the books of accounts.
• The Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department is authorised to incur the sanctioned expenditure and must follow applicable procedures and codal provisions when purchasing items.
• The Finance Department gave its concurrence through U.O.No.47094/Public/2016 dated 22 September 2016.

Relevance to land and property

G.O. (Ms.) No. 79 is an administrative expenditure sanction for a government evaluation system. Nothing in its text creates, transfers, restricts or records an interest in land, so the document does not identify a direct effect on an individual property purchase or ownership claim.