Act Description : ANDHRA PRADESH (NON-DELTA AREA) DRAINAGE CESS

ACT, 1986

Act Details :

 

 

ANDHRA PRADESH (NON-DELTA AREA) DRAINAGE CESS ACT, 1986

 

20 of 1986

  

STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Under Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1985 (Andhra Pradesh Act No.26 of 1985) the Government are empowered to levy and collect, for a period of five years from the date of commencement of the Act as drainage Cess, on every land in the Delta Area, as tax at such rate per acre per annum not exceeding the rates specified in the Act, as may be specified by the Government by notification, for execution of drainage schemes in the Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Areas. The provisions of that Act are applicable only to the Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Areas, comprised in East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore districts. 2. The Nallamada drain is one of the major drains in Krishna Western Delta with a catchment of 1563.80 Square Kilo Meters of upland and 29.45 Square kilo Meters of delta. The drain has no bank in the upland area and both banks align from Pedanandipadu road bridge till it joins Commamur canal. During floods lot of damage is being caused mostly due to non-existence of banks and consequent breaches

 

to both the banks of Commamur canal at several places especially down the Nallamada under tunnel several villages are completely cut off from all sides due to the over flowing of the drain resulting in huge submersion. There is need for taking up improvements and forming flood banks on either side of the Nallamada drain above Appapuram Channel upto Pedanandipadu road bridge. The beneficiaries are willing to pay drainage cess. 3. The Government after examination of the above proposal consider that it is not possible to collect any drainage cess in the non-delta area under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1985 to carry out works on the Nallamada drain, in non-delta area. Therefore, it is considered necessary to collect separate drainage cess from the beneficiaries in the area covered by the Nallamada drain in non-delta area for carrying out improvements contemplated, which would avert submersion of 4,047 hectares of land in the upland area which are being badly damaged due to floods in the drain by undertaking, a separate legislation on the lines of the Andhra Pradesh (Non-Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1976, since the five year period specified in Rule 3 (1) of said 1976 Act expired by 5th September, 1981. In the first instance it is proposed to undertake improvements under the Nallamada Drainage Basin and to levy and collect drainage cess at the rate of Rs. 50/- per hectare per annum from the beneficiaries of the Scheme, for a period of five years. Later on, the proposed measure may be extended to other non-delta areas also. 4. It is also proposed to constitute the proceeds of the drainage cess collected under this measure into a separate fund called 'Non-Delta Drainage Cess Fund'. The Fund is proposed to be vested in the Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Drainage Board, which will administer the said Fund and apply the proceeds thereof to drainage schemes undertaken in the non-delta areas. 5. This Bill is intended to give effect tot the above proposals.

 

An Act to provide for the levy and collection of Drainage Cess on all lands comprised within Non-Delta areas in the State of Andhra Pradesh for the purpose of raising funds to meet the expenses incurred on Drainage Schemes undertaken in Non-Delta areas and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows

 

Section 1 Short title, commencement and application

 

(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh (Non-Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1986.

 

(2) It shall come into force on such date. (The Act came into force on 16-9-1986 as per G.O.Ms.No.430, Irrigation and Command Area Development (Drainage) dt. 12-9-1986 published in A.P. Gazette RS to Part I (E.O.) dt. 16-9-1986), as the Government may, by notification, appoint.

 

(3) It shall apply,--

 

(i) in the first instance to the non-delta areas under the Nallamada drainage basin;

(ii) to such other non-delta areas in the State on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.

 

Section 2 Definitions

 

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Board" means the Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Drainage Board established under Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1985.

 

(b) "Collector" means any officer in-charge of a revenue division and includes a Deputy Collector, a Sub-Collector and an Assistant Collector;

 

(c) "drainage cess" means the tax leviable and collectable under Section 3;

 

(d) "drainage scheme" means any scheme for the improvement of drains in the non-delta area and for the formation of flood moderating reservoirs in the upland areas across the streams flowing into the non-delta area and includes any scheme relating to the following works in the non-delta area which are owned or controlled by the Government or constructed or maintained by them and not handed over to any person:-

 

(i) channels whether natural or artificial for the drainage of waste or surplus water and escape channels from an irrigation work together with dams, embankments, weirs, sluices, groynes, pumping sets and other works connected with or auxiliary to all such channels;

(ii) all works for the protection of lands from floods or from erosion.

Explanation:- For the purpose of this clause any part or stage of a scheme shall be deemed to be a scheme;

 

 

(e) "Government" means the State Government;

 

(f) "land" means wet or dry land;

 

(g) "non-delta area" means the area comprising all the lands other than the lands in the deltas of the Krishna, Godavari and Pennar rivers irrigated whether by flow or lift under the net work of canals from any drain;

 

(h) "notification" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word "notified" shall be construed accordingly;

 

(i) "owner" in relation to any land, means the person liable to pay the public revenue due on the land and includes a ryot having a permanent right of occupancy within the meaning of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates Land Act, 1908.

 

Explanation:- the expression "person liable to pay the public revenue" in relation to any land in respect of which no public revenue is payable means the person who would have been liable to pay public revenue had it been payable on such land;

 

(j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.

 

(k) "upland area" means any area other than the delta area.

Section 3 Levy and collection of drainage cess

 

(1) There shall be levied and collected by the Government for a period of five years from the date of application of this Act, as a drainage cess on every land in the non-delta area for the purposes of this Act, a tax at such rate per hectare per annum not exceeding rupees fifty as the Government may by notification specify.

 

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prevent the Government from levying and collecting at any time after the expiration of the period of five years mentioned in that sub-section the drainage cess or any

arrears pertaining thereto which is leviable or collectable during the said period of five years.

 

(3) The Drainage Cess leviable under this section on any land shall be payable by the owner of such land.

 

Section 4 Procedure to be followed before levying drainage cess

 

(1) Before levying the drainage cess in respect of any land, the Collector shall cause a consolidated notice for the entire period of five years mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 3 to be served upon the owner of the land requiring him to make payment for each year of such amount of the drainage cess and within such period as may be specified therein.

 

(2) A notice under sub-section (1) may be served on the owner of the land in the manner prescribed.

 

(3) A separate notice to the same effect shall be served in the prescribed manner on all persons known or believed to be the owners or interested in the lands specified in the notice so far as such service may be practicable.

 

Section 5 Appeal

 

(1) Any person aggrieved by the levy of drainage cess under this Act may, within sixty days of the service of the notice referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 4, appeal to such authority as the Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf and the said authority may

pass such order on the appeal as it thinks fit.

 

(2) Any order passed by the appellate authority under sub-section (1) shall subject to the provisions of Section 6 be final.

 

Section 6 Revision

 

The Government may at any time either suo-motu or on an application, call for and examine the record relating to any order passed or proceedings taken by the Collector under this Act or by the appellate authority under Section 5 for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the legality or propriety of such order or as to the regularity of such proceedings and pass such order in reference thereto as they think fit:

Provided that no order adversely affecting any person shall be passed under this section unless such person has been given an opportunity of making his representation.

Section 7 Powers and functions of the Board

 

(1) the Board constituted under Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1985 shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as the Government may, from time to time, assign to it under this Act.

 

(2) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Board shall appoint a Committee for the purpose of performing such functions as the Board may assign to it.

Section 8 Constitution of the proceeds of drainage cess

into a separate fund and its administration and application

 

(1) The proceeds of the drainage cess levied and collected under this Act, reduced by the cost of collection as determined by the Government, shall after due appropriation made by the Legislative Assembly of the State by law, be constituted into a fund to be called the "Non-Delta Drainage Cess Fund".

 

(2) In addition to the proceeds referred to in sub-section (1) any moneys received from the State or Central Government or any source for the purposes of this Act, shall be credited to the Fund.

 

(3) The Fund shall vest in, and be administered by the Board in such manner as may be prescribed.

 

(4) The Fund, insofar as it relates to the proceeds of the drainage cess levied and collected in a division shall be applied towards meeting the cost of the drainage schemes which the Board may, with the concurrence of the Government, undertake in that division. The expenses of the Board and its committees shall also be met out of the Fund:

 

Provided that it shall not be necessary to obtain the concurrence of the Government as aforesaid in respect of such class of drainage schemes as may be prescribed.

Section 9 Drainage cess payable under this Act to be treated as Public revenue upon the land

 

The drainage cess payable under this Act by an owner in respect of any

land be deemed to be public revenue due upon the said land and the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 (Act 2 of 1864) shall apply.

 

Section 10 Power of Government to fix instalments etc., of drainage cess

 

Where the Government are of opinion that it necessary so to do, they may, by notification ,fix the number of instalments in which and the time within which the drainage cess shall be payable by any owner or any class of owners.

 

Section 11 Exemption or reduction of drainage cess

 

(1) If, in the opinion of the Government, the enforcement of all or any of the provisions of this Act causes undue hardship on account of unforeseen calamity or any other reasonable cause to an owner or class of owners in respect of any land or class of lands held by such owner or class of owners, the Government may, by notification, and for reasons to be recorded therein,--

 

(a) grant exemption or make a reduction in the rate of drainage cess payable,--

(i) by any owner or class of owners;

(ii) in respect of any land or class of lands held by such owner or class of owners; and

 

(b) cancel such exemption or vary such reduction.

 

(2) Any notification issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, on the Table of the Legislative Assembly of the State, while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and shall be subject to such modification or annulment as that Assembly may make.

Section 12 Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil Courts

 

No Civil Court shall entertain any suit or other proceedings in respect of any order or decision passed by the Collector, the appellate authority or the Government under this Act or in respect of any other matter falling within the scope of any of those authorities.

Section 13 Power to give directions

 

The Government may give such directions to the Board as appear to them to be necessary for carrying out any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule notification or order made thereunder and the Board shall comply with every such directions.

Section 14 Power to make rules

 

(1) The Government may, by notification make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

 

(2) Every rule made under this section shall, immediately after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State if it is in

session and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session, or in two successive sessions and if before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

Section 15 Repeal of Act 37 of 1976

 

The Andhra Pradesh (Non-Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1976 is hereby repealed.

 

RULE: 

ANDHRA PRADESH (NON-DELTA AREA) DRAINAGE CESS (LEVY AND COLLECTION) RULES, 1986

 

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 14 of the Andhra Pradesh (Non-Detla Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1986 (Andhra Pradesh Act 20 of 1986), the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following rules, namely :-

 

Rule 1 Short title

 

These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh (Non-Delta Area)

Drainage Cess (Levy and Collection) Rules, 1986.

Rule 2 Definition

 

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) "Act" means the Andhra Pradesh (Non-Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1986.

 

(b) "Appellate authority' means the authority appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act.

 

(c) "Form" means a Form appended to these rules.

 

Rule 3 Service of Notice

 

(1) The notices referred to in sub-section (1) and (3) of Section 4 of the Act shall be in Form-I and they shall be issued over the signature of the fascimile signature of the Collector having jurisdiction.

 

(2) The notices referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be served by delivering it in person to the owner of the land concerned, or to his agent, or to any adult female member of his family, or if none of the said courses is practicable, by affixing the notice at the last known place of residence of the owner or by communicating it to the last known address of the owner under a certificate of posting.

 

Rule 4 Appeals

 

Every appeal under sub-rule (1) of Section 5 of the Act shall be accompanied by the original notice or an authenticated copy thereof levying the drainage cess under Section 4 of the Act and shall set forth concisely the grounds of objection to the drainage cess levied by the Collector.

Explanation (1):- An appeal shall be filed within sixty days of the service of the notice under sub-section (2) of Rule 3 of these Rules, excluding the time taken for obtaining a certified copy of the notice in case it was not served by delivering it in person to the owner concerned or his agent or any adult male member of his family;

 

Explanation.(2):- A single appeal may be filed to the appellate authority against orders passed by the Collector levying drainage cess by more than one affected person jointly, subject to payment by each of them of such stamp duties as would have been payable, if each of the affected persons had filed it serverally.

 

Rule 5 Inquiry by the Appellate Authority

 

If the appellate authority while hearing the appeal against the order passed by the Collector considers that any further inquiry is necessary, he may make such inquiry himself or cause it to be made by any officer subordinate to him, specifying the points on which such inquiry is necessary.

Rule 6 Inquiry by the Government

 

If the Government while examining the record relating to any order passed by the Collector or the appellate authority consider that any

further inquiry is necessary, they may cause it to be made by any officer, specifying the points on which such inquiry is necessary.

APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX

 

APPENDIX

 

Form 1

 

NOTICE UNDER SUB-SECTION (1)/SUB-SECTION (3) OF SECTION 4 OF THE ANDHRA PRADESH (NON-DELTA AREA) DRAINAGE CESS ACT, 1986.

 

ANDHRA PRADESH (NON-DELTA AREA) DRAINAGE CESS FUND RULES, 1986

 

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of Section 14 of the Andhra Pradesh (Non Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1986 (Andhra Pradesh Act No. 20 of 1986) read with sections 7 and 8 of the said Act, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following rules, names

 

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

 

Rule 1 Short Title

 

These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh (Non Delta Area) Drainage Cess Fund Rules, 1986.

Rule 2 Definitions

 

In these rules, unless the context other wise requires:

(a) "Act" means the Andhra Pradesh (Non Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1986.

 

(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Drainage Board, consituted under Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Area) Drainage Cess Act, 1985.

 

(c) "Committee" means a committee appointed by the Board under sub section (2) of section 7 of the Act.

 

(d) "Division" means a non delta division as may be specified.

 

(e) "Government Servant" means a person in the employment, or appointment to any office, under the Government ;

 

(f) "Member" means a member of the Board or the Committee, as the case may be;

 

(g) "Secretary" means the Secretary to the Board.

 

PART 2 BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES

 

Rule 3 Strength and Powers of the Divisional Committees

 

(1) The number of members of a Committee appointed by the Board for each Non Delta division shall not exceed eight.

 

(2) The committee for each district in the Non Delta Area shall consist of the following, namely:-

 

(i) The District Collector Chairman.

(ii) The Chairman, Zilla Praja Parishad of the District.

(iii) The Members of the Legislative Assembly representing the Non Delta areas of the District.

(iv) The Members of Parliament of the District.

(v) Members other than the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the State Drainage Board established under sub section (1) of Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Godavari and Pennar Delta Area) Drainage cess Act, 1985 (Act 26 of 1985).

(vi) The Presidents of the Mandal Praja Parishads representing the Non Delta Areas of the districts; and

(vii) The Superintending Engineers Incharge of the works in the district.

 

(3) The Board shall not assign any functions to a Committee which would involve an authority for approval of a drainage scheme costing

more than two lakhs.

Rule 4 Travelling Allowances and Daily Allowance of Members being Government Servants

 

The Chairman or member, who is a Government servant, shall be entitled to such travelling and daily allowances as are admissible under the rules applicable to him for journeys performed on official duty. When such journeys are performed exclusively for the purposes of the Board or its Committees, the Board shall reimburse to the Government, the amount so paid towards the travelling and daily allowances of the Government servant.

Rule 5 Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance payable to Chairman and Members of the Board and Committees not being Government servants

 

(1) The Chairman and members, not being Government servants shall be entitled to travelling allowance and daily allowance and such other allowances as may be admissible, for the journeys performed by them for the purposes of the Board or its Committees, as the case may be, according to the Andhra Pradesh Travelling Allowance Rules as applicable to the class of officers to which the Government may declare them to correspond in status.

 

(2) No journey shall be performed by the Chairman or a member for the purpose of the Board or its Committees outside the State of Andhra Pradesh without the prior approval of the Government.

 

(3) The Joint Secretary Deputy Secretary to Government, Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, who is appointed as the Secretary of the Board, shall be the Controlling Officer in respect of all

travelling allowance bills claimed under this rule.

 

(4) The Chairman or a member, not being a Government servant, shall not be entitled to any remuneration other than the allowances provided in these rules.

 

Rule 6 Conveyance Allowance

 

The Chairman or a member, not being a Government servant, residing at a place where the meeting of the Board or its Committee is held, shall not be entitled to any travelling allowance, but shall be entitled to the actual cost of conveyance, to and from his residence to the place of the meeting, subject to a maximum of rupees ten per day of the meeting.

 

Rule 7 Secretary of the Board

 

The Board shall, with the previous approval of the Government, appoint a person, not being a member of the Board, to be the Secretary of the Board, who shall be the Chief executive officer of the Board.

 

Rule 8 Time and place of the meeting of the Board

 

The Board shall meet at such time and place as the Chairman may, from time to time, determine.

Provided that the Board shall meet at least once in two months.

Rule 9 Powers to convene meeting of the Board

 

The Chairman may, at any time call for a meeting of the Board and shall do so, if a requisition for that purpose is received from not less than five non official members of the Board specifying the purpose for which the meeting is proposed to be called or if a direction from the Government to do so is issued.

 

Rule 10 Notice of meetings

 

(1) Ordinarily, not less than ten days clear notice of every meeting not being an adjourned meeting of the Board shall be given to each member. But, a meeting may be convened at a shorter notice by the Chairman, if in his opinion the Board has to consider any matter of urgency.

 

(2) A notice may be sent to a member by post or served on him in person.

 

(3) Any irregularity in giving notice to any of the members shall not invalidate any resolution passed at meetings.

Rule 11 Presidency over meetings

 

(1) The Chairman shall preside over every meetings of the Board.

 

(2) If the Chairman is not present at any such meeting, the members present shall choose one from among themselves to preside over that

meeting.

Rule 12 Quorum and other matters

 

(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be six. If there is no quorum within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for the meeting, no meeting shall be held and the Chairman or presiding member of the meeting shall adjourn the meeting to a specified time and date.

 

(2) If at any time during the progress of the meeting, after its commencement, there is no quorum it shall not be dissolved but shall continue to be held.

 

(3) No quorum shall be necessary at an adjourned meeting.

 

(4) No matter shall be considered at an adjourned meeting, other than matters left over at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

Provided that the Chairman or the presiding member may bring or direct to be brought any new matter, which in his opinion is urgent, before an adjourned meeting of the Board, with or without notice.

 

(5) Any point of order raised at a meeting shall be decided by the Chairman or the presiding member and his decision thereon shall be final.

 

(6) The Chairman or the presiding member of a meeting may direct any

member whose conduct at the meeting is, in his opinion, disorderly, to withdraw and any such member so ordered shall withdraw.

 

(7) No proceedings of the Board shall be invalid by reason merely of a vacancy existing in the Board or any reason of any irregularity in the conduct of the business of the meeting.

 

(8) Every member shall have one vote. All questions which come up before any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairman or the presiding member of the meeting shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.

 

(9) In cases not expressly provided for in these rules for the conduct of a meeting, the decision of the Chairman or the presiding member at the meeting on all matters relating to the conduct of business at the meeting shall be final.

 

Rule 13 Record of Business

(1) The proceedings of every meeting of the Board shall be recorded in a minute book to be kept for this purpose by the Secretary and shall be signed by the Chairman or the presiding member at that or the next succeeding meeting. The proceedings shall be circulated to all the members and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Government.

 

(2) An entry of such proceedings in the minutes book shall be conclusive evidence of the fact of such proceedings having taken place in the meeting of the Board.

 

Rule 14 Transaction of business by circulation of papers

 

(1) Any business which it may be necessary for the Board to transact may, if the Chairman or the presiding member so directs, be dealt with by circulation of papers under registered cover among the members for the time being available at their usual address and any resolution so circulated and approved by the majority of the members signing, shall be deemed to be a resolution passed at a meeting of the Board. When any business is so referred to the members by circulation, a period of not less than seven clear days shall be allotted for the receipt of replies from the members such period being reckoned from the date on which the notice is issued.

 

(2) The result of such circulation shall be communicated to all the members.

 

Rule 15 Committees

 

Rules 4 to and 8 to 14 shall, as far as may be, apply to the transaction of business of the Committee of the Board, subject to such further instructions as may be issued, from time to time, in this regard by the Board.

 

Rule 16 Delegations

 

Subject to such conditions and limitations, as may be specified in the order, the Board may with the approval of the Government, by general or special order, authorise the Chairman, any other member, the Secretary or other officer of the Board, to exercise such of its powers and perform such of its functions under the Act as it may deem necessary.

PART 3 NON DELTA AREA DRAINAGE CESS FUND

 

Rule 17 Administration of the Fund

 

(1) The Non Delta Area Drainage Cess shall be collected and credited to the following Head of Accounts : 0702. Minor Irrigation 04. Flood Control M.H. 103. Drainage Projects . . D. Non Delta Areas S. H. (01) Drainage Cess Collections". Subject to the provision under sub section (1) of section 8 of the Act at the end of each financial year, equivalent amount shall be transferred to Non Delta Drainage Cess Fund. Account by debit to the following Head of A Account, namely : 2711 Flood Control 03. Drainage 797 Transfer to Reserve Funds S.H. (02) Transfer to Non Delta Area Drainag Cess Fund 230. Inter Accounts transfer".

 

(2) The Expenditure on the drainage schemes shall be debited to the appropriate head of account within the consolidated Fund of the State, either in the revenue or capital head according to the expenditure falling under revenue or capital head and at the end of each financial year, an equivalent amount shall be transferred to the Andhra Pradesh (Non Delta Area) Drainage Cess Fund Account from the concerned head by means of a deduct entry.

 

(3) The expenditure incurred by the Board for purposes common to all or any of the divisions, like the establishment, tools and plants, shall be apportioned among the divisions concerned as far as possible in the proportion in which the expenditure is incurred on the drainage schemes in the respective divisions.

 

(4) The Board shall submit, for approval of the Government, in each financial year not later than the 1st October, a statement of programme of the activities proposed to be carried out by it in the ensuing financial year as well as the financial estimate in respect thereof. The Government may specify the form in which the programme of activities and annual financial estimates (original or

supplemental) shall be submitted by the Board to the Government.

 

(5) The Board shall be treated as an office subordinate to Government in matters relating to the preparation and submission of the annual budgets.

 

(6) A supplementary programme of activities and financial statement, if necessary, shall also be submitted to the Government during the financial year to which the supplementary statement pertains.

 

(7) The Board shall, as soon as possible after the close of each financial year, submit to the Government an annual report of the Board operations during that financial year and the activities that are likely to be undertaken in the next financial year.

 

(8) The annual report referred to in sub rule (7) shall, in addition to, matters of general interest, deal with the following matters, namely :

 

(a) a map showing the jurisdiction of the Board with important works marked thereon ;

(b) the names of the members, and Chief officers of the Board, organisation of the Board and a chart showing the organisation ;

(c) review of the work done by the various committees ;

(d) the progress made in the planning and construction programme in the financial year; and

(e) the annual budget and the expenditure incurred.

Rule 18 Drainage Schemes

 

It shall not be necessary for the Board to obtain the concurrence of the Government in respect of any drainage scheme costing less than rupees ten lakhs.Act Type : Andhra Pradesh State Acts