Authority to contracts

Authority to contracts.-(1) Subject to the terms of this Act, the Chairman may on behalf of the Committee enter into any contract the value or amount whereof does not exceed Rs. 3000.

1. (2) No contract the value or amount whereof exceeds Rs. 3000 but does not exceed Rs. 25000 shall be entered into on behalf of a Committee unless it has been sanctioned by the Committee.
2. (3) No contract the value or amount whereof exceeds Rs. 25000 but does not exceed Rs. 50000 shall be entered into by or on behalf of a Committee unless it has been sanctioned by the Director Local Bodies.
3. (4) No contract the value or amount whereof exceeds Rs. 50000 shall be entered into by or on behalf of the Committee unless it has been sanctioned by the Government : Provided that when the estimated cost of a work exceeds ten thousand rupees, it shall not be entered into unless the estimates pertaining to that work have been checked by an Engineer specially empowered by the Government in this behalf :