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Department may correspond with attached and subordinateoffices under the control of other departments subject to generalinstructions as the latter may issue.41.5 Inter-departmental consultation :(i)Inter-departmental consultation may take the form of interdepartmentalnotes, inter-departmental meetings or oraldiscussions.(ii)In making written inter-departmental references, the followingpoints should be observed :(a) Inter-departmental references, will normally be madeunder the directions of an officer not below the rank of UnderSecretary or as may be provided by the departmentalinstructions.(b) The points on which the opinion of other departments issought or which it is desired to bring to their notice should beclearly stated.(c) Where possible, the drafts of the orders proposed to beissued may also be shown to the departments sought to beconsulted.(d) When it is necessary to consult more than onedepartment on a case, such consultation may be effectedsimultaneously by self-contained inter-departmental notesunless :(i)it involves copying of a large number ofdocuments available on the file; or(ii) the need for consulting the second departmentwould arise only after the views of the first have becomeavailable.(iii) (a) When such reference requires concurrenceof one or more Ministries under the Government of India(Transaction of Business) Rules, the following furtherpoints should be observed :Page 270 of 270