G.O.(Ms.) No.79, Online Valuation Certificates under CMSPGHS, 2014

What the government order changes

G.O.(Ms.) No.79 of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS-1) Department, dated 3 July 2014, changes how payments are processed for beneficiaries of the Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green House Scheme. Valuation certificates must be generated online instead of being created manually.

The change was introduced because the earlier process caused delays between preparation of a valuation certificate by an overseer and receipt of the cheque by the beneficiary. The Government also recorded that funds were accumulating in some village panchayats while other panchayats faced shortages because fund release was not dynamically linked to physical progress.

Who is affected

G.O.(Ms.) No.79 directly affects:

• Beneficiaries receiving payments for houses under the Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green House Scheme.
• Union Overseers and Assistant Engineers who record construction progress in the field.
• Block and Village Panchayat officials involved in valuation and payment processing.
• District Collectors, District Rural Development Agencies, treasury officers and other authorities administering the scheme.

The document concerns scheme housing and payment administration. It does not announce a general change to private land valuation, property registration or patta procedures.

Key provisions

G.O.(Ms.) No.79 provides that:

• Beneficiary payments must be based on an online valuation certificate rather than a manually created certificate.
• The online certificate must be generated using software developed by the National Informatics Centre, Chennai.
• The software is linked to an application on smartphones available with Union Overseers and Assistant Engineers.
• Field officers can upload the progress of each house directly from the site, together with photographs and geographic coordinates.
• Uploaded construction progress forms the basis for payment.
• The model work order in Annexure I is approved for use with the online system.
• The model valuation certificate in Annexure II is approved.
• The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj may issue further implementation guidelines in consultation with the National Informatics Centre, Chennai.

What the model valuation certificate records

The approved model valuation certificate includes the scheme year, district, block, panchayat, habitation, beneficiary, work identification, estimate and patta extract details. For the basement stage, it records work descriptions, quantities, rates and amounts, certification by the Junior Engineer or Assistant Engineer, check measurement, materials issued, deductions, the net amount payable and the beneficiary’s bank account details.