West Pakistan Buildings & Roads Department Code

Applicable to the departments of Buildings, Road, Irrigation, Communication, Central Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs in the Province of Sindh, Punjab, KPK & Balochistan

CHAPTER-1 Establishment
A. Organization
B. Recruitment of Officers
C. Promotions
D. Punishments, Resignations, Rem-ovals, Dismissals And Deaths
E. Duties of Officers of the Buildings and Roads Department -
    I. Chief Engineer
    II. Regional Engineer Officer
    III. Superintending Engineer
    IV. Superintendent of Works
    V. Divisional Officer
    VI. Sub-Divisional Officer
F. Allowances, Advances and Compensations
G. Leave
H. Examinations -
    I. Training and examination of Engineers
    II. Professional examination
    I. Employment on Local Fund Works
J. Transfers -
    I. General
    II. Inter-provincial transfer
    III. Inter-departmental transfers.
K. Employment of Temporary and work charged Establishments -
    I. Temporary establishment
    II. Work charged establishment
L. Police and other Guards
M. Medical Establishment -
    I. General
    II. Pay and allowances of Medical establishment (Deleted)
    III. Leave, retirements and res-ignations M.Os. & A.MOS (Deleted)
    IV. Removal (Deleted)
N. Miscellaneous Rules -
    I. Personal
    II. Complaint against officials
    III. Procedure in regard to law suits
    IV. Security deposits
    V. Stationery and forms
    VI. Destruction of official records
    VII. General rules of office procedures
    VIII. Periodical returns

CHAPTER-11 Works
A. Classification of the Operation of the Building and Roads Department
B. Administrative Approval and Technical Sanction
C. Requisitions by Civil Officers
    I. General
    II. Procedure in regard to original petty works costing more than Rs. 2,500
    III. Procedure in regard to original works costing more than Rs. 2,500
    IV. Procedure in regard to repairs.
    V. Limitation of sanction.
D. Preparation of Projects -
    1. General
    II. Original Works -
        (a) Civil Buildings
        (b) Roads
        (c) Town water supply projects
        (d) Open capital account expenditure
    III. Repairs -
        (a) General
        (b) Special Rules
E. Contracts and Works Orders -
    I. General
    II. Contract document
    III. Tenders
    IV. Security for performance of contracts
    V. Provision in contracts for imported stores
    VI. Enforcement of terms of contract
    VII. Officers empowered to execute contracts
    VIII. Piece work
F. Sale and Acquisition of Land -
    I. Sale of Government land and immovable property
    II. Acquisition of land -
        (a) General
        (b) held for military purpose.
        (c) Acquisition of land by private negotiation
G. Execution of Works -
    I. Commencement of work
    II. Scope or sanction.
    III. Lapse of sanction
    IV. Alterations in design during construction
    V. Miscellaneous rules for the execution of work
    VI. Advances to contractors
    VII. Sanitation on extensive works
    VIII. Information to be given to the Survey Department
    IX. Execution of works by Civil Officers
H. Deposit Works
I. Disposal of Estimates -
    I. Office of record for estimates.
    II. Communication of sanctions to estimates to audit Officers
J. Supplementary and revised estimates -
    I. Supplementary estimates
    II. Revised estimates
    III. Utilization of Completion
K. Completion Reports, Certificate and Plans -
    I. General
    II. Works executed on behalf of other Department
    III. Record and other drawings and plans
    IV. Office of record
    V. Preparation and Disposal of Completion

ANNEXURE TO CHAPTER II
A………………………………………
B. Delegation of Powers under Financial Rules and Powers of Re-appropriation – Power Delegated to various officers -
C. Rules for the payment of compensation
D. Grant-in-aid for contribution works.
E……………………………………….

CHAPTER-III Public Buildings
A. General-
    L. General rules
    II. Fixtures and furniture -
        (a) Fixtures
        (b) Furniture's
    III. Purchase and sale of Government buildings
    IV Hire of office accommodation for officers of the buildings and Roads Department
    V. Renting of buildings
    VI. Taxes
    VII. Sanitary, water-supply and electrical Installations
    VIII. Inspection of Public buildings
    IX. Registers of buildings
    X. Plans and Buildings
B. Residences for Govt. Officials -
    I. General
    II. Special rules relating to expenditure on Residences of his Excellency the Governor
    III. Classification of residential Bldg. & Assessment of rent
    IV. Rent-Rules for Government Buildings Used as residences.
    V. Periodical Review of concession

ANNEXURE TO CHAPTER - III
Rent of-GOVERNMENT RESIDENCES

CHAPTER IV Miscellaneous Rules regarding office work excluding Accounts Procedures
A. Initial Records or Account
    I. Muster Rolls.
    II. Measurement Books
    III. Progress report of measurements on works Executed under contract
B. Custody of cash
C. Cashiers
D. Stores-
    I. General
    II. Acquisition and manufacture of stores
    III. Reserve of stock
    IV. Stock taking
    V. Depreciation of Plain and machinery
    VI. Mathematical instruments
E. Storekeepers
F. Loss of Cash
G. Rules for Divisional Workshops.
H. Transfers of Charge -
    I. General
    II. Divisional & Sub-Divisional Officers
    III. Reconstitution of Executive or Sub-Divisional charge
    IV. Other officers
I. Heavy Expenditure at the end of the year

CHAPTER-V Powers of Sanctions of the West Pakistan Government in Buildings and Roads Department and of the Authorities Subordinate to it
A. General-
    I. Fundamental conditions
    II. Commencement of work in anticipation of Detailed estimates of the complete project.
    III. Commencement of works in anticipation of the Orders on the Buildings & Roads budget.
B. Powers of Government in the Administrative Departments -
    I. Administrative approval
        (a) Residential buildings
        (b) Other public works
    II. Technical sanction -
        (a) General
        (b) Original Works
        (c) Renewals & replacements
        (d) Maintenance & repairs.
        (e) Supplementary and revised estimates
    III. Stores
    IV. Remission of departmental charges
    V. Miscellaneous powers

ANNEXURES OF CHAPTER - V
A. Auditor General's Direction for establishment -
B. Regarding date of birth

APPENDICES
1. Classes of deeds, contracts and other instruments and the officers authorized to execute them for and on behalf of the Governor of the West Pakistan
II. Statement showing the minimum periods for which official records in the buildings. and Roads Department should be preserved
III. List of Periodical Returns
IV. Sanitary rules on Extensive Works
V. Store rules farmed buy the West Pakistan Government with instructions regarding the preparation of indents
VI. Instructions for the guidance of Superintending Engineer acting as arbitrators
VII. Instructions to be observed when divisions Sub-Divisions are amalgamated formed or separated