WAPDA Book of Financial Powers (May 2016)
WAPDA Book of Financial Powers (May 2016)
WAPDA Book of Financial Powers (May 2016)
1. Preface i
2. General Instructions ii
3. Definitions iv
7. Section-IV Powers for Acceptance of Bids for Works, Goods, Materials, Instruments, 17
T&P/Store Items, Repair Works, Variation Orders, Extention Of Time &
Contractor’s Claims etc.
10. Section-VII Powers for Acceptance of Bids for Works, Goods, Materials, Instruments, 34
T&P/Store Items, Repair Works, Variation Orders, Extention Of Time &
Contractor’s Claims etc.
13. Section-X Powers for Re-Appropriation of Funds within the approved Budget 48
Allocation of a Scheme or Project
17. Section-XIV Powers for payments under Court Orders, waiver of Internal Audit 64
Objections and Write-Off of irrecoverable amounts etc
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22. Section-XIX Powers for various matters contained in this Book and Powers not contained 80
in this Book but specifically delegated by General or Special Order of the
Authority
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PREFACE
PREFACE
The financial powers delegated to various officers of WAPDA had been framed in accordance
with WAPDA Act 1958, for the first time in 1977 with the title as “WAPDA BOOK OF
FINANCIAL POWER 1977” thereafter reviewed and published in 1995 and 2003.
WAPDA has to deal with development of Water and Power resources of Pakistan, which
directly or indirectly relates to procurement of works, goods and services. Since 2003, cost of
materials, labour and equipments in market has registered appreciable increase. These factors
coupled with regulatory changes have necessitated reviewing the existing financial powers. In order
to bring the financial powers as per Public Procurement Rules-2004, Planning Commission’s guide
lines and in line with the latest requirements of the technological and functional responsibilities of
officers of WAPDA and with a view to achieving the optimum operational efficiency in WAPDA,
this new Book of Financial Powers-2016 has now been approved by the Authority.
In order to ascertain the required increase in the delegation of financial powers to update the
WBOFP-2003, firstly the inflation rates in terms of CPI, Published by Federal Bureau of Statistics,
Govt. of Pakistan, and secondly the difference of rates of items provided under WAPDA Composite
Scheduled of Rates Published during 2005 and 2013, have been considered. As a result, for the
present (reviewed) financial powers, an enhancement of about three (03) times over the monetary
limits of previous financial powers of 2003 has been arrived at.
This book shall be maintained and kept upto date in respect of all amendment/modifications
made therein by the Authority from time to time. For this purpose Heads of Division/Offices shall
nominate one of their subordinate to perform this duty carefully so that correct application and
exercise of powers contained in this book shall be ensured.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. The exercise of powers covered by the present delegation will be consistent with such detailed rules
or procedures as may have already been approved by the Authority or have been issued with the
consent of the Authority or as the Authority may at any time approve.
2. The decision about the delegation of financial powers as now taken are contained in Section-I to
XIX. In addition to the specific conditions governing the delegation as have been provided for in the
foot-notes under the relevant clauses, the delegation will be subject to the following general
conditions:
i. that the powers are not exercised except to promote a program, project or activity approved by a
competent authority;
ii. that funds exist or are provided in the sanctioned budget of the Authority either on lump sum
basis or specifically for the project or activity in connection with which the power is exercised.
The provision contained at Section 5.6.2. of Wapda Budget Manual 2014 would be followed
for fixing physical targets of development projects against PSDP annual allocation.
iii. that foreign exchange if involved has been either already made available or its provision exists
in the foreign exchange budget of the Authority sanctioned by the Government (Release of cash
foreign exchange will be made by the Authority as soon as the allocation to the Authority has
been approved and made available by the Government);
iv. that an individual item is not split up into parts merely to enable a part of the whole item to
qualify for a particular sanction;
v. that powers delegated to and exercisable by an officer shall also be exercisable by his higher
authority, including Members and the Chairman;
vi. that officers working as staff officers and not holding independent charge of an office shall not
exercise powers delegated to officers of their rank in this book unless they are specially
authorized to do so by their respective Heads of Division in which case consent of the Authority
to their exercising such powers in their respective sphere of duties shall be presumed to have
been given.
vii. the financial powers as provided in this book do not include the powers of Drawing &
Disbursing. The powers of Drawing & Disbursing will continue to be delegated by the Authority
only; an officer having been delegated powers of Drawing & Disbursing as DDO cannot further
delegate unless the Authority’s specific approval is obtained to that effect.
viii. that Superintending Engineers, Chief Engineers and General Managers working as Project
Directors shall, unless otherwise decided by the Authority by general or special orders, exercise
powers in their respective sphere of duties as delegated to officers of their rank in this book.
Project directors already delegated more powers than contained in this book under any existing
general or special order of the Authority, shall continue to exercise those powers unless they are
withdrawn or modified by the Authority;
ix. that for the implementation of Projects funded by foreign financial institutions, Chief Engineers
and General Mangers appointed as Project Directors may exercise financial powers of next
higher authorities respectively. In such cases, the existing powers of the next higher authorities
shall be increased by 100%.
x. that the appointment of Project Directors of the rank of the Chief Engineers and General Mangers
shall be decided by the Authority. Member concerned shall appoint Project Directors of the rank
of Chief Engineers and below depending upon the nature, size and complexity of the projects, for
projects other than foreign funded.
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
xi. that powers delegated to and exercisable by an officer shall be to the extent that they are
consistent with the Public Procurement Rules-2004 and wherever there is any conflict, Public
Procurement Rules will prevail.
xii. that book shall be maintained and kept up to date in respect of all amendment/modifications
made therein by the Authority from time to time. For this purpose, Heads of Division/Offices
shall nominate one of their subordinate to perform this duty carefully so that correct application
and exercise of powers contained in this book is be ensured.
xiii. the financial powers stipulated in this Book for various tiers of management will be reviewed on
an annual basis in the light of indices published in the latest edition of Economic Survey of
Pakistan, and the office of Director General Finance (B&C) will issue revised financial limits for
various tiers of management under various heads of accounts accordingly.
DEFINITIONS
6. BANK Means the bank with which the Authority transacts its business
and with which the officers concerned, of the Authority are
authorized to deposit or receive money on behalf of the
Authority.
9. COMPETENT AUTHORITY Means the “Authority” or any other officer of the Authority
(Including Chairman and Members of the Authority) to whom
relevant powers may be delegated by the Authority by general
or special order.
11. DEPOSIT WORK This term is applied to works of construction or repair, the cost
of which is met, not out of Authority’s funds, but out of funds
from non-Authority Sources, which may either be deposited in
cash or otherwise placed at the other disposal of a competent
authority. Works executed for municipalities and other public
bodies fall under this category when the cost is chargeable
either to cash deposits made for the purpose, or to their credits
balances at banks. However the work of providing service
connection on payment of cost thereof does not fall within the
definition of “Deposit Works”.
13. FINAL PAYMENT This term denotes the last payment on a running account made
to a contractor on completion or termination of his contract and
in full settlement of the account.
14. FINANCIAL YEAR This term denotes the period from Ist July to 30th June (both
inclusive) for which budget is prepared and for which account
is kept.
15. INTERMEDIATE PAYMENT This term is applied to a disbursement of any kind on a running
account, not being the final payment. It includes an “Advance
payment”. A “Secured Advance” and “On Account payment”
(other than final payment on a running account) or a
combination of these.
16. MAJOR HEAD OF This term means the main unit of classification of revenue and
ACCOUNT expenditure in Authority’s account.
17. MINOR HEAD OF ACCOUNT This term denotes the division or sub-division into which a
major head of account, for the purpose of financial control, is
divided.
18. ON ACCOUNT PAYMENT This term denotes a payment made on a running account to a
/PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT contractor in respect of works done or supplies made and duly
measured. Such a payment may or may not be for the full value
of work or supplies, if it is an intermediate payment; it is
subject to final settlement of the running account on completion
of the contract for the work or supplies.
19. ORIGINAL WORKS OR Subject to any general or special orders issued by the Authority
REPAIRS the following principles shall be observed in classifying the
expenditure between “Original Works” and “Repairs”:-
20. PRIMARY UNIT OF For purposes of financial control the funds allotted to each
APPROPRIATION major head of account is divided into primary unit of
appropriation.
21. REPEAT ORDERS Means procurement of the same commodity from the same
source without competition and includes enhancement of
contracts.
22. RE-APPROPRIATION The transfer of funds from one unit of appropriation to another
such unit.
23. REVENUE OF WAPDA This term is applied to sum received by the Authority in
accordance with the provision of Wapda Act. 1958.
24. RUNNING ACCOUNT This term is applied to the account with contractor when
payment for work or supplies is made to him at convenient
intervals subject to final settlement of the account on the
completion or determination of his contract.
25. SECONDARY UNIT OF This term is applied to division or sub-division into which a
APPROPRIATION primary unit of appropriation is, for the purpose of financial
control, divided.
26. SUB-HEAD In the accounts of works and in works estimates this term is
used to describe the sub-division into which the total cost of a
work (or its sub-works if it is a large work) is, for purpose of
financial control and statistical convenience, divided. The
several descriptions of work that have to be executed in the
course of constructions or maintenance or a work or sub-work
e.g. excavation, brick-work, concrete, wood-work, etc. are
treated as the sub-heads of it.
27. SUB-MAJOR HEAD This term denotes an intermediate head of account introduced
between a major head and the minor head under it, when the
minor head are numerous and can conveniently be grouped
together under such intermediate heads.
28. TECHNICAL SANCTION This name is given to the order of a competent authority
sanctioning a properly detailed estimate of cost of a work of
construction or purchase of goods, materials, instruments, T&P
items and repair works carried out departmentally or otherwise.
Such orders shall be passed by officers of the Authority to
whom such powers are delegated by the Authority, may
normally be done when expenditures are accurately known.
29. UNIT OF APPROPRIATION This means the lowest division or sub-division into which a
sub-head of account is, for the purpose of financial control,
divided.
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SECTION-I POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY
SECTION- I
POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY
(5) Where a scheme is sanctioned by the Government under sub-section (4), the
Authority may:
(a) Undertake any joint venture or work in association with the Provincial
Government, an agency, corporation, company, authority or any person and may
subscribe to the equities and acquire such other rights and obligations as may be
necessary for such joint venture or association;
(b) Promote, form or sponsor any company or companies having objects of installation
of Thermal and Hydel projects and development and utilization of any resources of
energy for generation, transmission and distribution of power and for survey,
investigation, exploitation and utilization of resources of energy for generation,
transmission and distribution of power;
(c) Subscribe for, take or otherwise acquire, hold and dispose of shares, bonds
debentures, commercial papers or other securities of any company promoted;
formed or sponsored under clause (b) and receive dividends or other payments
there from and transfer to it any of its land or any other property, moveable or
immoveable, tangible or intangible, against cash shares, bonds, debentures,
commercial papers or other securities as is desirable or necessary to enable it to
privatize or otherwise restructure any operation of the Authority;
(d) Enter into any of the following arrangements, which may be consistent with its
objects, namely:
(i) Provision of services and personnel:
(ii) Provision of goods, appliances, plants, machinery and other material; and
(iii) Purchasing of electrical capacity and energy from any company specified in
clause (b); and
(e) Enter into any contract or agreement with any company or company specified in
clause (b).
(f) Notwithstanding any terms of any contract entered into by the Authority for the
supply of Electricity to any person, transfer such contract to any company or other
entity promoted, formed or sponsored pursuant to a scheme framed under clause
(vii) of sub section (2).
Explanation: - For the purpose of this section, the expression "privatize" means the
transfer or disinvestments of any of, its assets, property, rights or liabilities,
interest, power houses, grid operation of work or maintenance thereof, or
generation or its distribution, by the Authority, with the prior approval of the
Federal Government, for valuable consideration to any person, company or body
on ownership basis or for management, control, operation or maintenance, either in
joint venture or in association or otherwise and subject to such conditions as the
Authority may impose.
(2) Before the Authority exercises any control under clause (1) of sub-section (1), area
over which and the extent to which control is intended to be exercised be agreed to
and notified by the Government in the official Gazette.
Authority to have Powers and Obligations of Licensee under Act IX of 1910
12. The Authority shall for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1910 be deemed to
licensee and shall have all the powers and discharge all the obligations of licensee
under the said Act.
Provided that nothing in Sections 3 to 11 Sub-Sections (2) and (3) of Section 21
Sections 22, 23 and 27 or in clauses I to XII of the Schedule to the said Act relating
to the duties and obligations of a licensee shall apply to the Authority.
Powers Regarding Certain Matters
13. (1) The Authority may take such measures and exercise such powers as it necessary or
expedient for the carrying out of the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by the preceding
sections and the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section the Authority offer
carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(a) Undertake any works, incur any expenditure, procure plant machinery
materials required for its use and enter into and perform all such contracts as
it may consider necessary or expedient;
(b) Acquire by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise and dispose of by lease,
exchange or otherwise any land or any interest in land;
(c) Place wires, poles, wall brackets, stays, apparatus and appliances for
transmission of electricity or for the transmission of telegraphic telephonic
communications necessary for the proper execution of a scheme;
(d) Direct the owners of private lands to:
(i) Carry out measures for training of streams;
(ii) Undertake anti-erosion operations including conservation of forests
and Reforestation;
(e) Restrict or prohibit by general or special order the clearing and breaking up
of land in the catchments area of any river;
(f) Direct that any work which has been required to be done by any person
under the two preceding clauses and which remains undone, shall, after due
notice to such person and consideration of any objection raised by him, be
executed by the Authority and specify the proportion in which the risk and
expense of such work shall be borne by such person or by any other person
who, after being given a reasonable notice and after such inquiry as the
Authority considers necessary, is held by the Authority to be responsible for
the execution of such work in whole or in part, and
(g) Seek and obtain advice and assistance in the preparation of execution of a
scheme from any local body or agency of the Government and such local
body or agency shall give the advice and assistance sought by the Authority
to the best of its ability, knowledge and judgment.
Provided that the Authority shall pay the cost of such advice and assistance if the
giving of such advice and assistance entails additional expenditure to the local
body or the agency.
(3) The acquisition of any land or any interest in land for the Authority under this
section or for any scheme under this Act shall be deemed to be an acquisition for a
public purpose within the meaning of the Land Acquisition Act-1894 and the
provisions of the said Act shall apply to all such proceedings.
Right of Entry
14. (1) The Chairman or any person authorized by him in writing may enter upon and
survey any land, erect pillars for the determination of intended lines of works,
make boring and excavations and do all other acts which may be necessary for the
preparation of any scheme.
(2) Provided that when the affected land does not vest in the Authority, the power
conferred by this sub-section shall be exercised in such manner as to cause the
least interference with and the least damage to the rights of the owner thereof.
(3) When any person enters into or upon any land in pursuance of sub-section(1), he
shall at the time of entering or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, pay or
tender payment for all necessary damage to be done as aforesaid and in case of
dispute as to the sufficiency of the amount so paid or tendered, the dispute shall be
referred to he Deputy Commissioner of the district whose decision shall be final.
Sanction of The Government
15. A scheme framed and sanctioned under this Act may be amended or modified by
the Authority at any time, but if a material change is made in the scheme, previous
sanction of the Government shall be obtained.
Explanation -An increase in the cost of the scheme by more than fifteen percentage
of the sanctioned cost, or a change in the benefit and cost ratio which either makes
the cost component in the ratio-exceed the benefits or reduces the benefits
components by more than fifteen percent shall be deemed to be a material change
for the purpose of this section
Explanation II. Any person referred to in the provisos to sub-section (1) who is
removed or retired from service by the Authority under this sub-section shall stand
reverted to which he is allocated under the province of West Pakistan (Dissolution)
Order, 1970 (p.o no.1 of 1970); and
1-B Service under the Authority is hereby declared to be service of Pakistan and every
person holding a post under the Authority, not being a person who is on deputation
to the Authority, from any province, shall be deemed to be a civil servant for the
purposes of the service Tribunals Act, 1973
1-C Any order of removal or termination of service passed by the Authority in exercise
of the power conferred by sub-section (1-A), shall not be called in question in any
proceedings taken under the industrial Relation Ordinance, 1969(XXIII of 1969),
or the Essential services (Maintenance) Act, 1952 (LIII of 1952) or under any law
for the time being in force, before any Court, Tribunal of Commission and any
order passed by any Court, Tribunal or commission after the Thirtieth day of
September 1975 and before the coming into force of the Pakistan Water and Power
Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance,1979, setting aside or modifying
or declaring any order of the Authority to be void and of no effect, shall stand
vacated
1-D Nothing contained in the industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969(XXIII of 1969),
shall apply to or on relation to any person employed as a member of the security
staff of the authority for the protection of the installations and establishment of the
Authority
(2) The Chairman in case of urgency, may appoint such officer and servants on such
terms and conditions as may be necessary.
Provided that every appointment made under this sub-section shall be reported to
the Authority unreasonable delay.
(3) Not withstanding anything contained in sub-section (I) or any rules, orders or any
rules made, orders or instruction issued by the Authority or in the terms and
condition of service of any person employed by, or serving under the Authority, the
Authority may, at any time transfer, second or depute any such person to any
company or other entity promoted, formed or sponsored pursuant to a scheme
framed under clause (Vii) of sub-section (2) of section 8 on such terms and
conditions as it may deem fit.
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SECTION-II POWERS OF MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY
SECTION- II
POWERS OF MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY
1. All Powers vested in the Authority under Section 8 (1) of WAPDA Act, 1958 with the
exception of cases relating to overall aspects of the operational plan and the fixation of targets
which shall be dealt with by the Authority.
2. All powers vested in the Authority under Section 8 (2) of WAPDA Act, 1958, except sub-
Para (vii) regarding privatize or otherwise restructure any operation of the Authority.
3. All powers vested in the Authority under Sections 9 (1) and 9 (2) of WAPDA Act, 1958,
provided the execution of any schemes framed or sponsored by the Central Government shall
continue to vest in the Authority.
4. All powers vested in the Authority under Sections 10 and 11 of WAPDA Act, 1958 provided
that in respect of privately owned Power Houses the power conferred by Section 11 (1) (i)
shall be exercised by the Authority.
5. All powers vested in the Authority under Section 13 WAPDA Act, 1958 provided that the
following cases shall be referred to the Authority for final decision:
i. Perspective and five year plans for the utilization of Water and Power Resources;
ii. Processing of PSDP and arrangements for internal and external loans and cash
foreign exchange;
iii. Annual Budget and Revised Estimates;
iv. Monitoring of Project Implementation;
v. Monitoring of Operational Plans;
vi. Cases involving departure from the approved Annual Development
Program/Operational Budget;
vii. Cases relating to acceptance of bids for works, goods, material, tools &
plants/stores and vehicles, where the lowest bid is accepted but the amount of such
bid exceeds Rs. 250 million;
viii. Cases relating to approval of Variation/Change orders in original contract/work
order, where value exceeds Rs. 250 million;
ix. Cases relating to grant of Extension of Time (EoT) beyond scheduled completion
of contracts for more than 9 months, in cases where EoT does not involve any
additional cost or more than 5% of the original contract price or Rs. 10 million,
whichever is less, in cases where EoT involves additional cost;
x. Cases relating to approval of Contractor’s other cost claims, exceeding 5% of the
original contract price or Rs. 10 million, whichever is less;
xi. Cases relating to engagement of Foreign and Local Consultants exceeding
estimated services cost of Rs. 50 million and Rs. 10 million respectively and for
appointment of Panel of Experts/Individual consultant/Advisor, cost exceeding
Rs. 5 million;
xii. Cases relating to grant of Extension of Time (EoT) beyond scheduled completion
of consulting services in cases involving additional cost for more than 25% and
50% of the original contract period, in case of Foreign and Local Consultants
respectively;
xiii Cases relating to approval of variation in consultancy cost exceeding 15% and 25%
of the original contract cost, in case of Foreign and Local Consultants respectively;
xiv Cases relating to approval of employment/replacement of employees of the
Consultants, where cost exceeding 15% and 20% of the original contract cost, in
case of Foreign and Local Consultants respectively.
xv Creation of posts for any position/level;
xvi Cases relating to disposal of property (temporary / un-serviceable /surplus
buildings) where the value of such property exceeds Rs. 20 million;
xvii Cases involving important policy decisions for departure from the established
policy;
xviii Cases involving sanction of Honoraria/Reward beyond ceiling amount fixed in
Clause G (a) and G (b) of Section XV of this Book.
6. All power vested in the Authority under Section-16 (1) of WAPDA Act, 1958.
7. All powers vested in the Authority under Section-17 and 18 of WAPDA Act, 1958 in respect
of the officers and staff of their respective wings (excluding Common Services) including
powers to revert deputationists to their parent departments subject to the following:
i. The appointment and removal of General Managers, Chief Engineers, officers of
equivalent status and above, will done with the prior approval of the Authority
(The retirement and removal of all officers and servants of the Authority under
Section-17 (I-A) shall however require the approval of the Authority).
ii. Appeals against order; of removal/dismissal of officers of the rank of
Superintending Engineer and above shall be heard and decided by the Authority.
Appeals against promotion of such officers will lie with the Authority only where
the rules and procedure have been violated.
iii. The laying down of the procedure for the recruitment of staff and the framing of
their service rules will be considered as question of personnel policy and will
require the approval of the Authority.
8. All powers vested in the Authority under Section- 26 of WAPDA Act, 1958.
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SECTION-III
POWERS FOR ACCORDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND
TECHNICAL SANCTION TO WORKS, GOODS, SERVICES AND TOOLS &
PLANTS/STORES
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POWERS FOR ACCORDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND TECHNICAL
SECTION-III SANCTION TO WORKS, GOODS, SERVICES AND TOOLS & PLANTS/STORES
SECTION-III
POWERS FOR ACCORDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND TECHNICAL
SANCTION TO WORKS, GOODS, SERVICES AND TOOLS & PLANTS/STORES
Note:
Purchase of vehicles shall be regulated strictly in accordance with the following instructions
subject to further instructions issued by the Authority from time to time:
1. Purchase of vehicles of all type shall be made on the basis of open competitive bidding;
2. Quotations shall be invited directly from the Government controlled agencies where the
price is fixed by the Government or any other authority, agency or body duly authorized by
the Government or from local original manufacturers/assemblers or their authorized agents
at manufacturer’s price dealing with import and sale of vehicles.
3. Advance payment for purchase of vehicles may be made against an Advance Bank
Guarantee for the full amount of the Advance from a Scheduled Bank in Pakistan or from a
Bank located outside Pakistan duly counter-guaranteed by a Scheduled Bank in Pakistan.
3. The cost of repairs/overhauling/spare parts of T&P, vehicles and machinery shall be governed
by the general rule that it must not exceed 60% of their replacement value.
4. Repeat orders may not exceed three years in duration and/or fifteen per cent of the original
scheduled completion time and/or original cost of procurement, respectively.
5. In case of manufacture/repair of machinery or parts, General Managers (Hydel), all Chief
Engineers and Resident Engineers on the Generation side, shall in interest of the Authority so
requires, be empowered to make advance payment of 50% of the total value of the order against
a Bank Guarantee and the balance 50% only on receiving delivery of the manufactured,
repaired machinery parts in accordance with the prescribed standardized/ specification and their
testing. The advance payment for manufacture or repair orders on Government and Semi-
Government Organizations may be 100 percent as aforesaid. Advance payment shall be
regulated in accordance with the procedure approved by the Authority.
6. The conditions laid down in Section - IV (Powers for acceptance of tenders/quotations for local
purchase of stores and tools and plants) and Section – V (Powers for engaging Consulting
Engineers and Administration of Consulting Services) shall apply "mutatis mutandis" to
powers delegated under above Clauses.
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POWERS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS FOR WORKS, GOODS, MATERIALS,
INSTRUMENTS, T&P/STORE ITEMS, REPAIR WORKS, VARIATION
SECTION-IV ORDERS, EXTENSION OF TIME & CONTRACTOR’S CLAIMS ETC.
SECTION-IV
POWERS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS FOR WORKS, GOODS, MATERIALS,
INSTRUMENTS, T&P/STORE ITEMS, REPAIR WORKS, VARIATION ORDERS,
EXTENSION OF TIME & CONTRACTOR’S CLAIMS ETC.
2. The powers delegated to Members, General Managers and Chief Engineers as indicated above
shall also include powers for entering into foreign contracts and procurement of Imported
proprietary material within the limits of their respective foreign exchange allocation.
3. All purchase orders for materials, Tools and Plants articles, survey and drawing instruments etc.
should contain the provision of inspection before acceptance by the purchasers.
4. Member concerned may waive off the condition of, inspection against the manufacturer's
warranty and factory test reports for all the tests as per WAPDA specifications, in case inspection
of material cannot be undertaken due to urgency.
Note:
i. The above powers shall be applicable for foreign funded project, in accordance with PPRA
Rule-5.
ii. The Project Directors may acquire alternate methods of procurement and others financial and
contractual powers as given under different Clauses of this book in line with exercising of
financial powers of next higher authority. In such cases, the existing powers of the next higher
authorities shall be increased by 100%.
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POWERS FOR ENGAGING CONSULTING ENGINEERS
SECTION-V AND ADMINISTRATION OF CONSULTING SERVICES
SECTION-V
POWERS FOR ENGAGING CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND ADMINISTRATION OF
CONSULTING SERVICES
Nature of Powers Competent Authority Monetary Limit
1. Foreign Consultants;
(In association with local consultants)
A. Short-listing of consultants. Members Rs. 200 million
Condition:
1. The engagement of consultants on any assignment shall be decided by the officers competent to
accept/approve consultancy cost as per powers delegated above.
2. For establishing the ranking of foreign and local consultants under Quality Base Selection (QBS)
and Quality Cost Base Selection (QCBS) methods are subject to approval by officers competent
to accept/approve consultancy cost as per powers delegated above, and option under Least Cost
(LC), Single Source (SS), Direct Selection (DS) and Fixed Budget (FB) methods of selection
shall be decided by the Authority, for estimated cost more than Rs. 5 million.
3. The response time shall not be less than fifteen (15) working days for national competitive
bidding and thirty (30) working days for international competitive bidding from the date of
publication of advertisement or as amended by the PPRA from time to time for inviting EOI and
RFPs or notice of invitation.
4. The Evaluation Committee for evaluation of Proposals shall be constituted as per WAPDA
Procurement and Contract Manual-2014 and in accordance with the instructions\guidelines issued
by the Authority.
5. The Evaluation Committee for evaluation of expression of interest/prequalification of consultants
shall be constituted as per WAPDA Procurement and Contract Manual-2014.
6. Members shall have powers for reasons to be recorded to select and engage consultants without
undertaking normal selection procedure, subject to any or in combination of the following
conditions and within the financial limit of Rs. 5.0 million;
a) For tasks which are natural continuation of previous assignment and continuity of technical
services are unavoidable,
b) In case of emergency, and
c) Where only one consultant is qualified or has experience of exceptional worth.
7. The procuring agency shall not hire a consultant for an assignment in which there is possibility of
conflict of interest such as;
i) If a consultant has been engaged to provide goods or works for a project, it shall be
disqualified from providing consulting services for the same project,
ii) A consultant shall not be hired for any assignment which by its nature, may be in conflict
with another assignment of that consultant, or,
iii) A key Person of a consultant exists in more than one assignment at the same time.
8. The bidder whose Technical and Financial Proposal is most advantageous shall be ranked highest
and his bid accepted, provided;
i) Prior negotiation shall be carried out with the highest ranked bidder regarding methodology,
work plan, staffing and special conditions of the contract,
ii) Negotiations with reference to TOR i.e, adjustments in man days of various level of
professionals etc. may be done, as per requirement if deemed necessary, without any rate
negotiations,
iii) The consultants shall not be permitted for substitution of key staff, unless both parties agree
that undue delay in selection process makes such substitution unavoidable.
iv) In case of failure of negotiations with the highest ranked bidder, the next ranked bidder shall
be invited for such negotiations or discussions,
v) Negotiations by a single person committee shall never be allowed.
9. Extension of time/variation of consultancy cost once approved shall be subsequently approved by
competent authority, accumulating time period and cost already approved.
10. The procuring agency may demand insurance on the part of consultant to cover its liability for
consequence of errors or omissions, and necessary costs shall be borne by the consultant which
shall be reimbursed by the procuring agency as out of pocket expenses by the consultant in
accordance with the contract agreement.
11. The consultant shall be held liable for all losses for damages suffered by the procuring agency on
account of any misconduct and/or unsatisfactory performance by the consultant in performing the
consultancy services. This liability shall be incorporated within the conditions of contract.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-VI
POWERS FOR ACCORDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND
TECHNICAL SANCTION TO WORKS, GOODS, SERVICES AND TOOLS &
PLANTS/STORES
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
POWERS FOR ACCORDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND TECHNICAL
SECTION-VI SANCTION TO WORKS, GOODS, SERVICES AND TOOLS & PLANTS/STORES
SECTION-VI
POWERS FOR ACCORDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND TECHNICAL
SANCTION TO WORKS, GOODS, SERVICES AND TOOLS & PLANTS/STORES
Ordinary Special
E. Administrative approval of works i. Members Full Powers Full Powers
of repair to Non-Residential
ii. General Managers Full Powers Rs. 2 million
Buildings.
iii. Chief Engineers Full Powers Rs. 1 million
iv. Superintending Full Powers Rs. 500,000
Engineers or equivalent
v. Senior Engineers or Rs. 40, 000 Rs. 20,000
equivalent
Ordinary Special
F. Technical sanction of works of i. Chief Engineers Full Powers Rs. 2 million
repair to Non-Residential
Buildings. ii. Superintending Full Powers Rs. 1 million
Engineers or equivalent
4. The term "Special Repairs" means such occasional repairs as become necessary from time to
time and which may have been carried out between times of periodical repairs like renewals of
roofs, renewals of damaged floors, doors and windows.
5. The above powers are meant for the single building and not for all buildings in the whole colony.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
POWERS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS FOR WORKS, GOODS, MATERIALS,
INSTRUMENTS, T&P/STORE ITEMS, REPAIR WORKS, VARIATION
SECTION-VII ORDERS, EXTENSION OF TIME & CONTRACTOR’S CLAIMS ETC.
SECTION-VII
POWERS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS FOR WORKS, GOODS, MATERIALS,
INSTRUMENTS, T&P/STORE ITEMS, REPAIR WORKS, VARIATION ORDERS,
EXTENSION OF TIME & CONTRACTOR’S CLAIMS ETC.
D. Award of contract/work orders for i. General Managers / Chief Rs. 500,000/- at a time.
procurement of works, goods, Engineers or other higher
materials, instruments, repair ranked officers.
works, hiring of vehicles and T&P
ii. Superintending Engineers Rs. 300,000/- at a time.
items against limited enquiry.
or equivalent / Resident
Engineers
Note:
Procurement under limited enquiry shall be opted only if following conditions exist:
i) The object of the procurement has standard specifications;
ii) Minimum of three quotations have been obtained; and
iii) The object of the procurement is purchased from the supplier offering the lowest price.
Conditions:
In order to ensure transparency in procurement procedure for construction, maintenance, repair works,
supply of goods, materials, instruments, vehicles, hiring of vehicles and T&P/store items, spare parts
and other items of proprietary nature, following guidelines/measures/steps shall be taken:
1. The Procuring Agencies shall engage in open competitive bidding if the cost of the object to be
procured would be more than the financial limit of Rs. 500,000 under normal conditions. (This
financial limit is subject to amendment by the Federal Government/PPRA from time to time).
2. The following procedures shall be permissible for open competitive bidding, namely;
(a) Single stage – one envelope procedure
(b) Single stage – two envelope procedure
(c) Two stage bidding procedure
(d) Two stage – two envelope bidding procedure
3. The Pre-qualification of bidders for civil works, shall be mandatory for estimated work costing
over Rs. 500 million in accordance with SOP/PQ-I of WAPDA Procurement Manual 2014.
4. All prequalification/qualification requirements shall be evaluated in accordance with the
evaluation criteria and other terms and conditions prescribed in the invitation to
prequalification/bids and prequalification/bidding documents and shall be approved by the
officers competent to accept bids/contracts in accordance with WAPDA Procurement Manual
2014.
17. Repeat order other than construction works contracts may be placed by the competent authority
on the basis of already accepted rates on the same firm with whom purchased order already
been placed provided;
a) The value of repeat order shall not be more than 15 percent of the value of original order.
b) The repeat order is placed within six months of the original purchase order.
c) The trend of price is not down ward.
18. All procurements are subject to availability of necessary funds and administrative approval of
the competent authority.
19. All goods, materials and T&P/store items to be purchased shall be subject to inspection by a
Committee constituted by the General Manager concerned, or CE/DG (P&D), or in accordance
with the procedures laid down by the Authority from time to time.
20. Each competent authority shall maintain a register recording therein the details of the sanctions
issued against various items under Clause 'C', ‘D’, and ‘E’ so as to ensure that the annual
ceilings of maximum amounts are not exceeded.
21. Rate contract may be executed by General Managers concerned/CE/DG (P&D) on annual basis
for common use items as far as possible.
23. The powers of Senior Engineers and officers of equivalent status to accept tenders for
constructions, maintenance and repair work and also for supply of cement, steel, bricks, sand
and bajri will be subject to the following conditions;
i) Administrative approval of the competent authority must be obtained before calling
tenders for construction and maintenance work or supply of materials etc.,
ii) Tenders will be issued after obtaining approval of the next higher authority,
iii) Tender documents to be issued, must contain the qualification and evaluation criteria, if
pre-qualification has not been done.
iv) Each Chief Engineer will collect a monthly Return from his sub-ordinate O&M offices
and render to General Manager by the 5th of the month following that to which it pertains,
showing full particular of all the contracts awarded by them during the month under
report. The monthly return shall be in the form appended as Annexure VII-B.
24. All procurements exceeding the prescribed limit i.e. Rs. 10 million, shall be subject to an
integrity pact, as specified by regulation of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority with the
approval of the Federal Government, between the procuring agency and the suppliers or
contractors. The present limit is subject to change from time to time as notified by PPRA.
ANNEXURE:VII-A
List of store materials (common use Items) which are to be procured by CE / DG (P&D)
Building Materials
1. Photocopies Machines
1. Electrodes
2. Tyres and Tubes
3. Automotive Batteries
VI. Miscellaneous
1. Electric Bulbs
2. Fans, Fluorescent Tubes and accessories
3. Cotton Rags
4. Uniform of Security & Technical Staff
5. Fire Fighting equipment
ANNEXURE:VII-B
MONTHLY RETURN OF O&M CONTRACTS AWARDED
Sr. Name of Cost Amount of Administrative Amount Date of Acceptance For items Name Total Total Remarks
No. work of administrative sanction with of Tender of tender rate successful No. of No. of
work approval with date by CE or Technical opening with date contracts contractor tenders tenders
date one up sanction. with and give and with issued received
amount percentage percentages whom
of allowed on of tendered enlisted
lowest sanctioned rate with
tender estimate above/below Region
the current No.
schedule or
rates
separately
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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POWERS FOR ENGAGING CONSULTING ENGINEERS
SECTION-VIII AND ADMINISTRATION OF CONSULTING SERVICES
SECTION-VIII
POWERS FOR ENGAGING CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND ADMINISTRATION OF
CONSULTING SERVICES
Nature of Powers Competent Authority Monetary Limit
1. Foreign Consultants;
(In association with local consultants)
A. Short-listing of consultants. Members Rs. 200 million
E. Approval to employ/replace
employees of the consultants.
i) Within rates prescribed in the General Managers Full Powers
consultancy agreement.
ii) At rates in excess of those Members Up to 20% of the
prescribed in the consultancy originally agreed cost.
agreement.
Condition:
1. The engagement of consultants on any assignment shall be decided by the officers competent to
accept/approve consultancy cost as per powers delegated above.
2. For establishing the ranking of foreign and local consultants under Quality Base Selection (QBS)
and Quality Cost Base Selection (QCBS) methods are subject to approval by officers competent
to accept/approve consultancy cost as per powers delegated above, and option under Least Cost
(LC), Single Source (SS), Direct Selection (DS) and Fixed Budget (FB) methods of selection
shall be decided by the Authority, for estimated cost more than Rs. 5 million.
3. The response time shall not be less than fifteen (15) working days for national competitive
bidding and thirty (30) working days for international competitive bidding from the date of
publication of advertisement or as amended by the PPRA from time to time for inviting EOI and
RFPs or notice of invitation.
4. The Evaluation Committee for evaluation of Proposals shall be constituted as per WAPDA
Procurement Manual-2014, and in accordance with the instructions\guidelines issued by the
Authority.
5. The Evaluation Committee for evaluation of expression of interest/pre qualification of consultants
shall be constituted as per WAPDA Procurement Manual-2014.
6. Members shall have powers for reasons to be recorded to select and engage consultants without
undertaking normal selection procedure, subject to any or in combination of the following
conditions and within the financial limit of Rs. 5.0 million;
a) For tasks which are natural continuation of previous assignment and continuity of technical
services are unavoidable,
b) In case of emergency, and
c) Where only one consultant is qualified or has experience of exceptional worth.
7. The procuring agency shall not hire a consultant for an assignment in which there is possibility of
conflict of interest such as;
i) If a consultant has been engaged to provide goods or works for a project, it shall be
disqualified from providing consulting services for the same project,
ii) A consultant shall not be hired for any assignment which by its nature, may be in conflict
with another assignment of that consultant, or,
iii) A key Person of a consultant exists in more than one assignment at the same time.
8. The bidder whose Technical and Financial Proposal is most advantageous shall be ranked highest
and his bid accepted, provided;
i) Prior negotiation shall be carried out with the highest ranked bidder regarding methodology,
work plan, staffing and special conditions of the contract,
ii) Negotiations with reference to TOR i.e, adjustments in man days of various level of
professionals etc. may be done, as per requirement if deemed necessary, without any rate
negotiations,
iii) The consultants shall not be permitted for substitution of key staff, unless both parties agree
that undue delay in selection process makes such substitution unavoidable.
iv) In case of failure of negotiations with the highest ranked bidder, the next ranked bidder shall
be invited for such negotiations or discussions,
v) Negotiations by a single person committee shall never be allowed.
9. Extension of time/variation of consultancy cost once approved shall be subsequently approved by
next higher authority, accumulating time period and cost already approved.
10. The procuring agency may demand insurance on the part of consultant to cover its liability for
consequence of errors or omissions, and necessary costs shall be borne by the consultant which
shall be reimbursed by the procuring agency as out of pocket expenses by the consultant in
accordance with the contract agreement.
11. The consultant shall be held liable for all losses for damages suffered by the procuring agency on
account of any misconduct and/or unsatisfactory performance by the consultant in performing the
consultancy services. This liability shall be incorporated within the conditions of contract.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-IX
POWERS FOR FIXATION OF RESERVE STOCK LIMIT
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-IX POWERS FOR FIXATION OF RESERVE STOCK LIMIT
SECTION-IX
POWERS FOR FIXATION OF RESERVE STOCK LIMIT
Note:
Allocation of fixed reserve stock limit for Chief Engineers and Superintending Engineers
shall be made by the concerned General Managers and Chief Engineers respectively. The
stock limit within their respective charges shall be fixed with due regard to the requirements
of the work involved. Chief Engineers and Superintending Engineers will, however, ensure
that the total does not exceed the overall limit fixed by the General Managers and Chief
Engineers concerned respectively.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
POWERS FOR SANCTION OF BUDGET/RE-APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
SECTION-X WITHIN THE APPROVED BUDGET ALLOCATION OF A SCHEME OR PROJECT
SECTION-X
POWERS FOR SANCTION OF BUDGET/RE-APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS WITHIN
THE APPROVED BUDGET ALLOCATION OF A SCHEME OR PROJECT
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XI POWERS FOR CREATION AND ABOLITION OF POSTS
SECTION-XI
POWERS FOR CREATION AND ABOLITION OF POSTS
2. The total expenditure on daily wage posts specifically provided for in the sanctioned work
estimates/deposit work shall not exceed 25 percent of the total estimated expenditure on work.
3. Copies of orders sanctioning the creation of posts shall be required to be endorsed to the next
higher administrative authority, the General Manager Finance/Director General Finance, Senior
Budget and Accounts Officer/Budget and Accounts Officer concerned.
4. Ordinarily, daily wages establishment shall not be engaged for normal maintenance and repair
work for which regular establishment already exists, except against vacant post where availability
of regular posting is expected to take considerable time and for works of emergency nature to be
specified and reported to the next higher/authority.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XII POWERS FOR CONTINGENT EXPENDITURE
SECTION-XII
POWERS FOR CONTINGENT EXPENDITURE
Contingent expenditure comprises those charges which are incidental to the management of an office "as
an office" and includes the cost of stationery, postage, telegram, furniture, advertisement, office rent,
books and periodicals charges on account of hot and cold weather, contingent establishment, liveries,
repairs to furniture, taxi hire on duty connected with the office and other similar petty charges.
Nature of Powers Competent Authority Monetary Limit
A. Purchase of Stationery articles. i. Members Full Powers
ii. General Managers/ Rs. 60,000 at a time
DG(Services)
iii. Chief Engineers/DGs Rs. 40,000 at a time
iv. Superintending Engineers or Rs. 20,000 at a time
equivalent / Director Budget
and Accounts / Sr.B&AO
posted with Chief Engineers
and Director (Legal) WAPDA
v. Senior Engineers or equivalent Rs. 3,000 at a time
/B&AO posted with
Superintending Engineers or
equivalent
Note:
In case of purchase from market the above powers shall be exercised only after a certificate has
been obtained from the Central Stationery Stores to the effect that the desired type and quality of
stationery in question cannot be supplied from the stock in the desired time. No such certificate
shall, however, be required in cases involving expenditure of an amount not exceeding
Rs.10,000 at a time in the case of officers mentioned at items (i) and (ii) above and Rs. 5,000 at
a time in case of officers items (iii) and (iv) above and Rs. 1,000 at a time in the case of officers
mentioned in items (v).
Note:
The above powers are subject to the condition that the pay allowed does not exceed that
sanctioned for regular establishment of the same category and that budget allocation in lump
sum or otherwise exists thereof under the sub-head ‘contingencies’.
H. Electricity, water charges, duties i. General Managers
and taxes.
ii. Chief Engineers/DGs
iii. Superintending Engineers or
equivalent/Director Budget
and Accounts /Sr.B&AO Full Powers
posted with Chief Engineers.
iv. Senior Engineers or
equivalent/B&AO posted
with Superintending
Engineers or equivalent.
Note:
1. Purchase/repair of articles and its rate contracts if required, shall be carried out through a
Committee constituted by General Manager concerned.
2. The above articles, shall not be hired.
3. Purchase of photocopier, mobile phone and digital camera will require concurrence of next
higher authority, maximum from General Manager concerned.
Note:
The books, periodical purchased shall be brought on the Register of Library Books and
maintained properly by the Librarian Incharge of the Central WAPDA Library.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XIII POWERS FOR DISPOSAL OF WAPDA PROPERTY
SECTION-XIII
POWERS FOR DISPOSAL OF WAPDA PROPERTY
Note:
1. The declaration of store materials, instruments, tools and plants, equipments and vehicles
including spare parts as surplus, unserviceable or scrap shall be made subject to the
recommendation of a Committee constituted for the purpose by the General Manager
concerned which shall include a representative of Finance/Accounts not below the rank of
a Grade-17 Officer. For vehicles the Convener of the Condemnation Board shall be
Director (Transport).
2. Amounts indicated above refer to the reserve price.
Note:
1. Amounts indicated above refer to the reserve price.
2. The amounts indicated above refer to the reserve price of each lot when stores are sold in
lots, and to the reserve price of each item when sold item-wise.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Government of Pakistan has imposed a ban on the
sale of used transformer oil and other waste oils in the open market. In this regard, list of approved
firms is issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources time to time. Field formations
may process disposal of used/waste oil to the approved firms only.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
POWERS FOR PAYMENTS UNDER COURT ORDERS, WAIVER OF INTERNAL
SECTION-XIV AUDIT OBJECTIONS AND WRITE-OFF OF IRRECOVERABLE AMOUNTS ETC
SECTION-XIV
POWERS FOR PAYMENTS UNDER COURT ORDERS, WAIVER OF INTERNAL AUDIT
OBJECTIONS AND WRITE-OFF OF IRRECOVERABLE AMOUNTS ETC.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XV POWER FOR WRITE OFF OF LOSSES
SECTION–XV
POWER FOR WRITE OFF OF LOSSES
iv) He may lodge a report in writing at the nearest police station in cases of serious nature
involving of large amounts of public money or of valuable property, with a copy to
Superintendent of police concerned, for prompt investigation and prosecution of the
accused. He may also with the sanction of the Authority file a recovery suit against the
person responsible for the loss in a court of law.
v) Anyone or more of the above course of action may, at the discretion of the competent
authority be taken against the persons responsible.
Note:
1) Where the reported loss is less than Rs. 250,000, the matter will be reported directly by the
Superintending Engineer concerned to chief Engineer, who will decide whether in the light of
facts of the case or the interest of justice an enquiry should be conducted through an enquiry
officer or enquiry committee. The enquiry committee, if ordered, shall be constituted as under:
i) A Grade 18 officer Convener
ii) A Grade 17 officer from Audit (outside the project). Member
iii) A Grade 17 officer from Directorate of investigation. Member
2) Where the reported loss amounts to more Rs. 250,000 and less than Rs. 1,500,000 the matter
will be reported by the chief Engineer concerned to General Manger concerned, who will
decide whether in the light of facts of the case or the interest of justice an enquiry should be
conducted through an enquiry officer or enquiry committee. The enquiry committee, if
ordered, shall be constituted as under:
i) A Grade 19 officer Convener
ii) A Grade 18 officer from Audit (outside the project). Member
iii) A Grade 18 officer from Directorate of investigation. Member
3) Where the reported loss amounts to more than Rs. 1,500,000 and less than Rs. 3,000,000 the
matter will be reported by the Chief Engineer concerned to the Member/Managing Director
concerned through General Manager concerned, who will decide whether in the light of facts
of the case or the interest of justice an enquiry should be conducted through an enquiry officer
or enquiry committee. The enquiry committee, if ordered, shall be constituted as under:
i) A Grade 20 officer Convener
ii) A Grade 19 officer from Audit (outside the project). Member
iii) A Grade 18 officer from Directorate of investigation. Member
4) Where the reported loss amounts to Rs. 3,000,000 and above the matter will be reported by the
Chief Engineer concerned to the Authority though General Manager (M&S) under intimation
to Member/Managing Director concerned .The Authority shall decide whether in the light of
facts of the case or the interest of justice an enquiry should be conducted through an enquiry
officer or enquiry committee. The enquiry committee, if ordered, shall be constituted as under:
i) A Grade 20 officer Convener
ii) A Grade 19 officer from Audit (outside the project). Member
iii) A Grade 19 officer from Directorate of investigation. Member
iv) A Grade 19 officer from Finance Division. Member
5) The enquiry officer, if ordered, shall be at least one grade higher than the officer, being
enquired or the enquiry committee so constituted shall have a convener who will always be, at
least one grade higher than the one being enquired into.
6) In case of enquiry against a grade 20/21 officer, an officer in the same grade senior to the
officer being enquired into may be appointed as Convener of enquiry committee.
D. Powers to remit over payment of pay i. Member concerned in Rs. 20,000 in each
and allowances made to WAPDA consultation with Member case.
employees due to oversight or Finance.
misinterpretation of rules.
ii. Members/Managing Directors Rs. 50,000 in each
case.
Condition:
i. The above financial powers will be exercised after conducting thorough investigation of each
case, in order to fix responsibility for over payments, upon the concerned officers/officials
due to whose negligence, the overpayment was made.
ii. Suitable disciplinary action under the relevant E&D Rules will be taken against the
officers/officials responsible for overpayment.
iii. Such cases should be properly examined by the General Manager Finance concerned with
recommendations on merits of each case to the Member concerned for decision.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XVI POWERS FOR ADVANCES TO EMPLOYEES
SECTION - XVI
POWERS FOR ADVANCES TO EMPLOYEES
Nature of Powers Competent Authority Monetary Limit
A. Advance for the i. Members Full Powers in
construction/purchase of a house or accordance with
ii. General Managers
a plot of land for construction of a relevant rules in case
house. iii. Chief Engineers of officer on whom
they are competent to
iv. DG Finance or equivalent
impose major penalty
v. Superintending Engineers or under the relevant
equivalent E&D Rules.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XVII POWERS FOR PURCHASES FOR WAPDA HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES
SECTION XVII
E. Purchase of blood for Incharge Wapda Health Units Full Powers as per Govt: Blood
hospitalized patients in Bank Rates in each case.
emergency cases
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
SECTION-XVIII MISCELLANEOUS POWERS
SECTION XVIII
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS
Nature of Powers Competent Authority Monetary Limit
A. Sanction of Law charges. i. General Managers
ii. Chief Engineers
iii. Superintending Engineers or
equivalent/Director Accounts/
Director Budget & Accounts/ Full Powers
Senior Budget & Accounts
Officers and Senior Engineers
or equivalent , duly authorized
by officers a (i) or (ii) above.
iv. Director(Legal) WAPDA
Note:
1. The above powers shall be exercised in accordance with the schedule of fees approved by the
Authority.
2. In cases when fees are in excess of those shown in the Schedule of fees, approval of Member
(Finance) in consultation with the Legal Advisor/Director(Legal) WAPDA, shall be obtained, in
each individual case.
B. a. Expenditure on formal i. Members Rs. 2,50,000/- in each
ceremonial functions. case
ii. General Mangers Rs. 50,000 in each case
Note:
Travelling, boarding/lodging and entertainment will be provided at Authority’s expenses. Study
tour programmewill be chalked out along with an estimate of expenditure by the Deputy Director
(Press) and submitted to Director Public Relations, WAPDA for approval of programme.
E. Serving meals to departmental labour i. Chief Engineer or equivalent Rs. 150 per head per
(skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled) day subject to
camped at site of work when called maximum Rs. 20,000/-
upon to work on un-foreseeable per case
emergency or break-down of serious
nature. ii. Superintending Engineer or Rs. 150 per head per
equivalent day subject to
maximum Rs. 10,000/-
per case
Note:
1. Assessment of compensation shall be based on the estimates provided by the Deputy
Commissioner/Commissioner/ Board of Revenue as per existing law.
2. Copies of orders sanctioning payment of compensation shall be endorsed to the next higher
authority and the Audit Officer concerned giving full details of the land acquired.
Authority Authority
Authority
competent to competent to Monetary
Nature of Powers competent to
make approve Limit
make payment
assessment assessment
Note:
1. The abbreviations "ALO" and "ALAO" used above denote "Land Acquisition Officer" and
"Assistant Land Acquisition Officer" respectively.
2. Assessment of compensation shall not be made at rates exceeding those fixed by the Deputy
Commissioner/Collector of the District except with the prior approval of the Authority.
3. Copies of orders sanctioning payment of compensation for damages shall be endorsed to the next
higher authority and the Branch Audit Officer concerned giving full details of damages.
WAPDA WBOFP-2016
POWERS FOR VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK AND
POWERS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK BUT SPECIFICALLY
SECTION-XIX DELEGATED BY GENERAL OR SPECIAL ORDER OF THE AUTHORITY
SECTION – XIX
POWERS FOR VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK AND POWERS NOT
CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK BUT SPECIFICALLY DELEGATED BY GENERAL OR
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE AUTHORITY.
Further, any power exclusively delegated to an officer through an individual order/instruction and not
covered under this revised book may be reported to DG Finance (B&C) for incorporating the same in
the amended version of the WBOFP.