CONTENTS - Central Public Works Department

8 SECTION 2
to them in Appendix-I, to estimates for minor works and additions and alterations to the existing
Government-owned residential buildings irrespective of the capital cost of the buildings subject to
the conditions, that:
(i) The powers delegated to them will not apply to residential units occupied by Ministers/Members
of Parliament
(ii) The prescribed scale of amenities in residential building shall not be exceeded.
(iii) The prescribed specifications of the amenities shall not be exceeded.
(iv) The additions and alterations to be sanctioned shall be of the general type. All such cases
where there are no precedents, or where there are likely to be repercussions should be referred
to the Ministry of Urban Development.
(v) The funds are available in the budget.
2.3.4 Material deviations over original Sanctioned Scheme.
Material deviations that significantly alter the scope of work from the original sanction should not be
made without the approval of the authority that accorded administrative approval to the work, even though
the cost of the same may be covered by savings on other items.
2.3.5 Excess over administrative approval
Excess up to 10% of the amount of the administrative approval may be authorised by Officers of the
CPWD, up to their respective powers of technical sanction. In case it exceeds this limit, a revised
administrative approval must be obtained from the authority competent to approve the cost so enhanced.
No revised administrative approval is, however, necessary if the excess is covered by the requisite
expenditure sanction.
2.4 Expenditure sanction
(a) Expenditure sanction is to be accorded by the Administrative Ministry/Department to indicate that
funds for the project/work have been provided, and liability can be incurred.
(b) An order of appropriation or re-appropriation of funds shall operate as sanction to incur expenditure
on minor works, and it shall not be necessary to issue any formal order conveying sanction to
incur expenditure in such cases.
2.4.1 Powers for accord of expenditure sanction
(a) Ministries/Departments of the Central Government may issue expenditure sanction in respect of
major works costing up to a specified limit without consulting the Ministry of Finance.
(b) In the case of works under the Administrative control of National Capital Territory of Delhi, necessary
expenditure sanction will be issued by the Lt. Governor, Delhi after obtaining concurrence of the
Delhi State Division of the Ministry of Finance, where necessary.
(c) The Director General (Works) and Additional Directors General have been delegated powers as
in Appendix-I to accord expenditure sanction for construction of houses for CPWD project staff in
major projects, and for CPWD maintenance staff.
2.4.2 Excess over expenditure sanction
Expenditure sanction can be exceeded upto 10%, beyond which revised Expenditure Sanction shall
be necessary. This should be applied for as soon as such excess is foreseen.
2.5 Technical sanction
A “technical sanction” amounts to a guarantee that the proposals are technically sound, and that the
estimates are accurately prepared and are based on adequate data.