CONTENTS - Central Public Works Department

SECTION 6
(3) The Divisional Officer will also inspect important buildings/structures once a year. He shall bring
to the notice of his Superintending Engineer, cases where he has reasons to doubt the structural
soundness of any building/structure and the latter will take such action as he considers necessary.
(4) In case of any deficiency found in the important buildings like Prime Minister’s House, Cabinet
Ministers’ House, Vice-President’s House and houses of other V.I.P’s, report about unsafe condition
of the house should always be sent to the Chief Engineer, who will route it through the Ministry to
the Department/Ministry concerned, if required, with his recommendations and proposal for repairs.
6.6.2 Demolition of unsafe buildings/structures
In case it is decided to demolish such unsafe building/structure, it should be disposed of without land
by auction under the powers vested in competent authorities as indicated in Appendix 1.
6.7 Disposal of Government buildings
(1) No Government building, built or purchased, should be disposed of by sale or demolition unless it
has previously been ascertained that it is not required by any Department of the Government, and/
or it is in dangerous condition and/or beyond economic repairs, or it is necessary to have a vacant
site for constructing a Government building or structure in place of the existing one.
(2) The powers for sale or dismantlement of public buildings are given in Appendix 1.
(3) When a building is proposed to be dismantled, a survey report should be prepared and submitted
for approval of the authority competent to sanction sale or dismantlement of the building. Where
the approval of the Government of India to the proposal of demolition of the building is necessary
and such approval in principle has been obtained, the Director General (Works)/Additional Directors
General/Chief Engineers are delegated powers as in Appendix-I to sanction such survey reports.
6.8 Fixing Reserve Prices
After the survey report has been sanctioned, the Director General (Works)/Additional Director General/
Chief Engineer shall in all cases fix the reserve price after taking into consideration the assessed salvage
value of the dismantled materials only.
Note: Salvage value shall be defined as the cost of dismantled materials less the cost of dismantling it.
6.9 Disposal of purely temporary structures
(1) Purely temporary structures erected during the construction of a work may, on the completion of
the work, or when the purpose for which the same were erected has been served, be sold or
dismantled under the sanction of the Executive Engineer who has been entrusted with full powers.
(2) If the structure is proposed to be sold without land, the Executive Engineer should fix the reserve
price, taking into consideration the life and condition of the structure and other local conditions
subject to the minimum as laid down in para 6.8 above.
6.10 Powers for acceptance of tenders for disposal of government buildings
(1) The building(s) should be disposed of by call of competitive tenders after giving wide publicity. The
financial powers of the authorities competent to accept the tender are given in Appendix 1.
(2) In case of emergency, the building(s), instead of being disposed of by call of tenders, may be
dismantled departmentally with the specific approval of the Director General (Works)/Chief Engineer.
Materials which have an intrinsic and/or aesthetic value may be retained, otherwise all the materials
shall be disposed of by public auction, or in any other manner as deemed fit.
6.11 Consultations with Department of Archaeology for new constructions
(1) In case of construction of any new building/structure at or in close proximity to any protected,
monument, the Senior Architect and Superintending Engineer/Executive Engineer should invariably
consult the Department of Archaeology prior to conceptualizing the design for the proposed structure.
(2) No ancient monuments should be demolished in the set up and construction of new townships,
colonies and extensions to the present structures, wherever such monuments exist without
consulting Archaeological Department.
(3) No religious edifice should be destroyed or damaged in the execution of works without the full and
free consent of the persons/institutions interested in it, nor without the concurrence of the principal
civil or political authority on the spot within whose jurisdiction such edifice stands.
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