G.O.Ms.No. 148, Purchase of 17 New Vehicles for Public Works Department Divisions, 2008
The Public Works (G1) Department issued G.O.Ms.No. 148, dated 21 May 2008, granting administrative sanction of Rs.80.75 lakhs to purchase seventeen new jeeps for Public Works Department Divisions in the Buildings Organisation. The vehicles were approved under the Part II Schemes for 2008-2009 as replacements for vehicles proposed for condemnation, and the document does not change land ownership, land use or property rights.
What the document does
The Public Works (G1) Department issued G.O.Ms.No. 148, dated 21 May 2008, to approve the purchase of seventeen new jeeps for Public Works Department Divisions in the Buildings Organisation. The Government granted administrative sanction of Rs.80.75 lakhs under the Part II Schemes for 2008-2009.
The approval followed a proposal from the Chief Engineer (Buildings), Public Works Department. The Standing Finance Committee approved the proposal, and the Finance Department gave its concurrence.
Why the vehicles were approved
The Buildings Organisation was functioning with 50 Divisions and 188 Sub Divisions. It carried out works for the Public Works Department and other State departments.
The document records the following reasons for replacing vehicles:
- There were 238 Executive Engineers and Assistant Executive Engineers eligible for motor vehicles.
- The Buildings Organisation was using 38 petrol jeeps and 93 diesel jeeps.
- Most of the vehicles were more than 30 years old and required replacement.
- Condemnation proposals had been received for seventeen vehicles.
- The Chief Engineer (Buildings) therefore requested approval to purchase seventeen new jeeps on a replacement basis.
Financial and administrative provisions
G.O.Ms.No. 148, dated 21 May 2008, contains these main provisions:
- Administrative sanction was granted for Rs.80.75 lakhs, described as Rupees eighty lakhs and seventy five thousand only.
- The sanction covered seventeen new jeeps for Public Works Department Divisions in the Buildings Organisation.
- The expenditure was assigned to the specified Public Works head of account for the purchase of motor vehicles.
- The Chief Engineer (Buildings), Public Works Department, was authorised to incur the expenditure under the existing procedure.
- The estimates submitted by the Chief Engineer (Buildings) were approved.
- The approval was issued with the concurrence of the Finance Department.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
G.O.Ms.No. 148, dated 21 May 2008, is an internal government vehicle purchase sanction. The text contains no provision about private or government land ownership, patta, land classification, land use, planning permission, registration or property transactions. It therefore does not state any requirement that a property buyer or owner must follow.
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Common questions
Does G.O.Ms.No. 148 affect my land or property rights?
No land or property provision appears in the document. It only sanctions funding to purchase seventeen replacement jeeps for Public Works Department Divisions in the Buildings Organisation.
How much expenditure was approved?
The Government granted administrative sanction of Rs.80.75 lakhs for purchasing seventeen new jeeps.
Why were seventeen new jeeps required?
Most of the 131 jeeps in use were recorded as being more than 30 years old, and condemnation proposals had been received for seventeen vehicles.
Who was authorised to spend the sanctioned amount?
The Chief Engineer (Buildings), Public Works Department, was authorised to incur the expenditure under the existing procedure.
