MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) & (b): Sanction for prosecution of three officials of Departmental Accounts Organization of MHA,
which comes under Department of Expenditure, has been issued by the Office of Controller General of
Accounts, New Delhi.
(c) & (d): An instance of procurement of tube lights in the year of 2008-09 and April, 2009 at more than
MRP was noticed. In the particular case the contract was awarded to L-I firm on the basis of open tender
but it had charged excess amount for the said period which amounted to Rs. 17,226/-. This amount has since
been recovered from the supplier and deposited into the Government account.
(e): In order to ensure that there is no recurrence of any supplier quoting rate which is higher than the
MRP, it is being specifically mentioned in the further tenders that the rate of the item including taxes
should not exceed the MRP and in case, it is subsequently found that the firm has supplied the items at
higher rates, then the excess amount shall recovered. In so far as the issue of purchase of items from
Kendriya Bhandar (KB) is concerned, after issuance of new General Financial Rules (GFR), 2005, the special
dispensation to KB/NCCF stood withdrawn from 1st July, 2005 vide Deptt. of Expenditure O.M. No. 1/12/E.II
(A)/94 dated 29TH July, 2005. However, some purchases are being made from KB/NCCF from time to time as per
DoPT’s O.M. No. 14/12/94-Welfare(Vol.III) dated 5th July, 2007 wherein Ministries/Departments are permitted
to make purchases at their discretion of all items required for office consumption upto Rs. one lakh under
GFR 145 & 146. Kendriya Bhandar is also associated in the tender process in MHA.
