Section 20

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(2) The Sarpanch shall maintain a Panchayati Adalat Fund in an account book in Form No. 32 in which all fees received and all expenses incurred by it shall be entered. Balance of account at the end of each quarter of the year beginning from 1 st April shall be disbursed in equal proportion by the Deputy Director of Panchay ats to each Gaon Sabha situated within the circle of the Panchayati Adalat concerned : Provided that the amount to be distributed after the close of a quarter shall be the outstanding balance of the quarter previous to such quarter. Rule157 Summons to a person to attend or produce a document Every summons or notice issued by a Panchayati Adalat shall be duplicate and in Form No. 24. It shall specify the time, date and place at which the person is required to attend and also whether his attendance is required as an accused, a defendant, a judgment debtor or other party or as a witness and whether for the purpose of giving evidence or to produce a document or for other purposes. If any particular document is to be produced, it shall be described in the summons or notice with reasonable accuracy. The price of the summons shall be 5 nP. each and it shall be realised from the party on whose behalf the summons is issued. Rule158 Summons to produce a document Any person may be summoned to produce a document without being summoned to give evidence and any person summoned merely to produce a document shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such documents to be produced instead of attending personally to produce it. Rule159 Persons exempted from attendance in court not to be summoned No Adalat shall summon to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence persons who according to the custom of the country or under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 are exempt from personal attendance in court. Rule160 Service of summons If the person on whom the summons or notice is to be served resides within the jurisdiction of the Adalat the procedure outlined in Rule 63 shall be followed. Rule161 Service Fee If the summons or notice is to be served at the instance of a party, the Panchayati Adalat shall except in a criminal case initiated by a Police Officer or a revenue case initiated by a Patwari or an officer of the Revenue Department, recover a fee of 50 nP. per summons or notice from the party. The fee shall be credited to the Panchayati Adalat Fund and paid to the process-server at the rate of 25 nP. per summons or notice. Rule162 Person charged with process serving The summons or notice shall ordinarily be served by a chowkidar or process-server but the Sarpanch, Naib Sarpanch, or Panch who directs its issue may in his discretion cause it to be served by any other person. Rule163 Method of service within jurisdiction The summons or notice shall be served by delivery to the person concerned whose signatures or thumb-impression shall be taken on its duplicate copy. If the person concerned cannot be found or if it appears that he is evading service, the Sarpanch or a Panch may order that the summons or notice may be served on an adult male member of his family residing with him or affixed in presence of two witnesses to some conspicuous part of the house in which the person ordinarily resides. The summons and notice shall thereupon be deemed to have been served on the person concerned. In case the summons or notice cannot be served in the manner contemplated as above, or as provided under Rule 165, the Panchayati Adalat may cause it to be published in a newspaper having local circulation. On publication the summons or notice shall be deemed to have been served on the person concerned. Rule164 Diet Money No diet money shall be paid to any person who resides within the jurisdiction of the Adalat. Rule165 Method of service outside jurisdiction If the person to be summoned by an Adalat in a suit, criminal case or a proceeding resides outside the jurisdiction of the Panchayati Adalat, the Adalat shall send the summons by post or otherwise to the Circle Panchayat or the Circle Court within whose jurisdiction the person on whom it is to be served resides and such Adalat shall cause it to be served as if it were summons issued by it and shall return the duplicate to the Adalat concerned. If the person summoned in a witness the Adalat shall require the person at whose instance the summons is to be issued to deposit diet money payable to the witness under these rules before the summons is issued. The amount of the diet money shall be noted on summons and shall be paid to the witness on his appearance. Rule166 Procedure of summons issued under Rule 165 A summon issued by an Adalat under Rule 65 shall be sent to the Circle Panchayat or Court concerned by post or otherwise and shall contain a note that it has been issued by the Adalat of its own motion and that die money shall be paid by the Adalat to the witness on his appearance. Rule167 Diet money from Panchayati Adalat Fund When an Adalat summons a witness of its own motion and such witnesses reside beyond its jurisdiction, it shall pay diet money to the witness out of the Panchayati Adalat Fund. Rule168 Refusal to summon a witness An Adalat may refuse to summon a witness if in its opinion his attendance cannot be procured without an amount of delay expense or inconvenience which in the circumstances would be unreasonable. Rule169 Diet Money defined Diet money consists of (a) daily allowance and (b) travelling expenses, and is intended to reimburse witnesses for reasonable expenses incidental to their attendance before the Panchayati Adalat. Rule170 Rates of daily and travelling allowances Daily allowances and travelling allowance shall be paid at the following rates by the Sarpanch considering the status of the witness (i) Daily allowance.... 75 nP. to rupee one and 50 nP. per day. (ii) Travelling allowance for a Actual expenses incurred up to a maximum journey by road. of 40 nP. a mile. (iii) Travelling allowance for a One and a half railway fare at third or journey by rail second class rate. (iv) If a servant or officer of the Government or a local body is summoned as a witness his daily and travelling allowance shall be governed by the rules of the Government or the local body, as the case may be. If there are no rules for any local body in this connection the daily and travelling allowance shall be determined by the Panchayati Adalat in accordance with the above rules. Rule171 Register of diet money and issue of receipts Whenever diet money is deposited, the Adalat shall give a receipt to the person depositing it and shall forthwith enter in the register of diet money, in Form No. 28 the name of the depositor and the amount deposited. The payment of diet money to a witness or its repayment to the depositor shall be under the signatures of the Chairman or Panch, as the case may be, in whose presence the money is paid. Rule172 Powers of investigation The Adalat or any member of it duly authorised in this behalf may, for ascertaining facts conducive to the proper disposal of a case or reference enter upon any land or building at any time between sun rise and sun set after giving twenty-four hours notice to the occupier or when there is no occupier to the owner of such land or building or in his absence his representative. If the land or building is in the occupation of person who according to the custom of the country do not appear in the public, due notice may be given to them to withdraw. Rule173 Execution of application (1) The decree or order holder may after the passing of the decree or order put in an application for its execution on payment of the same fee as is provided for the institution of the original suit, criminal case or proceeding before the Adalat which passed the decree or order and the same shall be included in the costs. (2) The Adalat shall issue a notice to the opposite party to pay up the decretal amount or comply with the order within 30 days or suc.h further time not exceeding three months as it may deem fit to allow after the notice is served. If the amount is not paid or order not complied within the period specified in the notice, the decree or order shall be sent to the Senior Sub-Judge/A.D.M., or Revenue Assistant, as the case may be, for execution as provided in sub-section (2) of Section 83 of the Act and in case of civil decree, the judgment debtor shall be liable to pay interest on the decretal amount at 6 per cent per annum from the date of institution of the suit till the date of realisation of the decretal amount. Rule174 Fee for calling up records to be deposited by party at whose instance records are called for (1) Before entertain under Sections 61, 75 (2) or 76 and calling for record of a suit, criminal case or proceeding from a Panchayati Adalat at the instance of any party, the authority concerned shall direct the applicant to deposit a fee of Rs. 1.50 (Rupees one and 50 nP.) only together with money-order charges for this purpose and shall send the amount to the Sarpanch of the Circle Panchayat concerned. (2) The Sarpanch shall within a week of the receipt of the above fee send the required record either by registered post acknowledgment due or by any other means to the authority concerned: Provided that the record of a suit, criminal case or proceeding called for by an authority concerned of its own motion shall be sent to it at the cost of the Circle Panchayat within a week of the receipt of its requisition. CHAPTER 8 MAINTENANCE AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY, RULES REGULATING THE POWER OF GAON PANCHAYAT TO ACQUIRE, HOLD AND TRANSFER PROPERTY AND TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS ETC. Rule175 Acquisition of land When any land is required for any public purpose, under the Act, the Chief Commissioner may on the request of the Gaon Panchayat proceed to acquire it under the provision of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and on payment by the Gaon Panchayat of the compensation awarded thereunder, the land shall vest in the Gaon Panchayat free of all encumbrances for the use of the purpose for which it was acquired. Rule176 Transfer of immovable property vested in the Gaon Panchayat The Gaon Panchayat shall not transfer otherwise than by way of lease, without a premium any immovable property vested in it except with the previous approval of the Chief Commissioner in case its value exceeds five hundred rupees and on such conditions as the Chief Commissioner may approve and in other cases sanction of the Deputy Commissioner with such conditions as he may impose shall be necessary. Rule177 Scale map of land In case when the sanction of the Chief Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner is required for the transfer of property vested in the Gaon Panchay at, the Panchayat shall report the proposal in Fom No. 29 to which a scale map in duplicate of the land and surroundings shall be attached. Rule178 Lease without premium In the case of a lease without premium transferring immovable property vested in the Gaon Panchayat, a reasonable annual rent shall be reserved and made paymable during the whole term of the lease and the lease or any agreement to grant the lease shall not be made without the previous sanction of the Gaon Panchayat by a resolution : Provided that when the term of the lease exceeds ten years but not thirty years, the previous sanction of the Deputy Commissioner and when the term exceeds thirty years, the previous sanction of the Chief Commissioner shall also be obtained. Rule179 Lease by auction or tender The Panchayat shall not ordinarily transfer property vested in it by lease except by auction or after inviting tenders. In cases when public tenders have not been invited, the Panchayat shall record its reasons for entertaining a private offer and the method adopted by it in fixing a fair rent. Rule180 Approval of Deputy Commissioner or Chief Commissioner When these rules require the previous approval of the Deputy Commissioner to a transfer of property vested in the Gaon Panchayat any instrument whereby the transfer is effected shall record the fact of the approval of the Deputy Commissioner or of the Chief Commissioner having been obtained. Rule181 Nazul land Maintenance and management of Nazul land shall be governed by rules framed by the government. Rule182 Register of immovable property A Gaon Panchayat shall maintain a register in Form No. 30 of all immovable property (including trees) which is vested in the Gaon Sabha or is placed under the Gaon Sabhas management or is held by the Gaon Sabha on lease land and which is not Nazul. Rule183 Separate register for different kinds of property Property vested in the Gaon Sabha, property placed under its management, property held by the Gaon Sabha on lease, shall respectively be entered on separate parts of the register. Rule184 Periodical examination of register The Gaon Panchayat shall periodically but not less than once a year cause the regiser to be examined and verified by the Panchayat Inspector who shall be required to certify that record is correct. Rule185 Transfer No immovable property vested in or belonging to a Gaon Sabha shall be transferred by sale, mortgage or exchange except on the resolution of a Gaon Panchayat and with the sanction of the Chief Commissioner. Rule186 Contract for work or supply and inviting of tenders All contracts whether for execution of any work or for supply of any article shall be sanctioned by the Gaon Panchayat: Provided that if the value of the contract exceeds Rs. 50.00 nP., the contract shall be sanctioned only after calling for tenders and shall be in writing and shall be signed by the Pradhan and one other member of the GaOn Panchayat : Provided further that if the value of the contract for any work exceeds Rs. 1000.00, the sanction of the Chief Commissioner will be necessary. CHAPTER 9 RULES GOVERNING SANITATION ETC. Rule187 Registration of births and deaths (a) A Gaon Panchayat shall undertake registration of births, deaths and marriages and the reporting of epidemic diseases and for the purpose shall comply with all orders of the Director of Health Services or any order working under his authority and of the Chief Commissioner. (b) A Panchayat shall maintain registers of births and deaths and marriages in Forms Nos. 31, 31 -A for every village situated in its jurisdiction and the Pradhan and the Secretary of the Gaon Sabha shall be responsible for its correct maintenance. Rule188 Reports of births, deaths and marriages The head of the family or in his absence any other member, thereof shall report birth, death or marriage occurring in his family within three days of the occurrence at the latest to the Secretary, Pradhan or Up-Pradhan of the Gaon Sabha concerned and the officer receiving the report shall give a receipt of the same to the reporter. Any person who fails without sufficient cause to make a report under this rule shall be punishable by the Panchayati Adalat with a fine which may extend to rupee one only. Rule189 Chowkidar to report births, deaths and marriages It shall be the duty of a Chowkidar to report to the Pradhan or in his absence to the Up-Pradhan, or Secretary of the Gaon Sabha every birth or death or marriage occurring in the area assigned to him by the Panchayat within two days of the occurrence. CHAPTER 10 APPOINTMENTS ETC. OF SERVANTS, RULES GOVERNING THE APPOINTMENT ETC., OF THE SERVANTS OF GAON PANCHAYAT Rule190 Preparation of lists of officers and establishment their salaries, allowances and duties A Gaon Panchayat shall subject to provision in the budget by a resolution as its meeting, prepare a list of officers and other establishment, except the Secretary required for them and shall also decide the salaries and allowances to be paid to them and determine the duties to be assigned to each one of them : Provided that no person other than a menial servant shall be appointed to any office whose age is below 21 years or above 45 and who or whose relation is a member of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat, in whose term the appointment takes place. The maximum age limit shall not, however, apply to those who are already in the service of Government or a local body. Rule191 Sanction of the Director (1) The resolution of the Panchayat passed under Rule 190 containing the information required therein shall at once be submitted to the Director. The Director may approve, modify or reject the proposal. The Gaon Panchayat may then appoint the staff in accordance with the scheme as approved by the Director. (2) A Gaon Panchayat may subject to the approval of the Director make any change in the scheme aforesaid. (3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-paragraph (1), a Gaon Panchayat may in case of emergency appoint a servant without the sanction of the Director for a period not exceeding three months. (4) The power of appointment, discharge or dismissal of a servant of a Gaon Panchayat shall be exercised by the Panchayat, but the power of punishment, disciplinary action or promotion may be delegated to such officer of the Panchayat as the Director may appoint in this behalf provided that an appeal from the order of such officer shall lie to the Gaon Panchayat within 15 days of the date when the order is communicated to the person concerned. Rule192 Appointment, leave and dismissal etc., of Secretary (1) Subject to such directions including directions regarding payment from the Gaon Sabha Area Fund, of his salary, allowances and other dues as the Chief Commissioner may give, there shall be appointed by the Deputy Commissioner, a Secretary for every Gaon Panchayat or group or Gaon Panchayats. The Secretary so appointed shall also be ex-officio Secretary of Gaon Sabha or Gaon Sabhas concerned. (2) The Secretary shall in the matter of leave, promotion, transfer dismissal, removal and other disciplinary action be under the administrative control of the Deputy Commissioner : Provided that an order of the Deputy Commissioner removing or dismissing a Secretary shall be appealable within aperiod of sixty days to the Chief Commissioner, whose decision shall be final. Rule193 Qualifications of Panchayat Secretary The Secretary of the Panchayat shall be required to possess the minimum educational qualifications of High School Examination or any other examination declared by the Chief Commissioner as equivalent thereto and shall satisfy any other qualifications as the Chief Commissioner may by general or special order fix. Rule194 Duties of Secretary It shall be the duty of the Secretary (1) to comply with and see that all provisions of the Act and Rules and bye-laws made thereunder and all orders issued or authorised by the Chief Commissioner or the authorities authorised under the Act or these Rules are complied with by the Gaon Panchayat and Panchayati Adalat and shall bring to their notice any irregularity or omission on their part and (2) to carry out orders of the Gaon Panchayat and Pradhan or Up- Pradhan, passed by or under the Act and to perform any other duties and to exercise such other powers as may be assigned to or conferred on him by or under the Act or any other law. Rule195 Qualification for other staff Other staff required for the Gaon Panchayat or the Circle Panchayat shall possess the educational qualification of Hindustani Middle examination or any other examination declared by the Chief Commissioner as equivalent thereto: Provided that preference shall ordinarily be given to experienced hands. Rule196 Appeal against punishment order Order of the Panchayat punishing, discharging, removing or dismissing a servant other than the Secretary of the Panchayat shall be appealable within thirty days to the Deputy Director of Panchayats. Rule197 Charge-sheet and explanation before punishment Before a Gaon Panchayat or a competent authority, under the Act or these Rules, passes an order of punishment by way of discharge, removal or dismissal, it shall frame a charge or charges against the person concerned and shall give a copy of the same to him and require him within a reasonable time to be specified in the order to submit explanation to the charge or charges, on consideration of which the Gaon Panchayat or the competent authority, as the case may be, shall pass necessary orders. Rule198 Delegation of powers to Secretary and appeal against his orders A Gaon Panchayat may delegate its powers under Rule 191 (4) to its Secretary, subject to any restrictions and subject to approval of the Director. The order of the Secretary shall be appealable to the Gaon Panchayat within 15 days of the date when the order concerned is communicated to the servant. Rule199 Determination of the period of office of a servant The term of office of a servant of the Gaon Panchayat or of the Circle-Panchayat shall not be determined until (a) his resignation has been accepted in writing by the authority competent to appoint his successor, or (b) he has given to the authority competent to appoint his successor at least three months notice when his pay exceeds Rs. 15.00 and in other cases a sum equal to one month's pay, or (c) he has paid or assigned to the Panchayat a sum equal to three months pay when his pay exceeds Rs. 15.00 and in other cases a sum equal to one month's pay, or (d) he has been given by the authority competent to appoint his successor not less than three months notice or a sum equal to three months pay in lieu of notice when his pay exceeds Rs. 15.00 and in other cases not less than one month's notice or a sum equal to one month's pay in lieu of notice. Rule200 Leave and officiating arrangement The grant of leave to servants of the Gaon Panchayat and Circle Panchayat and the amount of remuneration to be paid to the persons, if any, appointed to act for them whilst on leave shall be regulated by the rules governing non-gazetted Government servants of the Delhi Administration: Provided that the casual and sick leave to servants other than the Secretary shall be granted by the Secretary and casual and sick leave to the Secretary shall be granted by the Deputy Director while privilege leave to all servants of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat shall be granted by the Deputy Director. Rule201 Retention and Retirement employees (1) No employee shall be retained in the service of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat after he attains the age of 65 years and no extension of service for more than one year at a time shall be allowed in case of any employee who has completed his 60th year. (2) On or before September 1 st in each year, a list shall be prepared in the appended form of all employees in the service of the Gaon Panchayat and Circle Panchayat whose age on April 1st next following will exceed 60 years. (3) The list shall be considered by the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat, as the case may be, at a meeting or in the case of employee whose appointment is in the hands of another authority by such authority and definite, orders shall be passed by the Gaon Panchayat, Circle Panchayat or such authority referred to above as to the retention or retirement of every employee mentioned therein. Rule202 Provident Fund If the system of provident fund is adopted by any Panchayat it shall follow rules and regulations framed in this behalf by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for its employees. CHAPTER 11 THE CUSTODY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE GAON SABHA AREA FUND Rule203 Maintenance of Gaon Sabha Area Fund and its transactions (1) The administration of the Gaon Sabha Area Fund and of the Circle Panchayat Fund shall be in the hands of the Gaon Panchayat and the Circle Panchayat respectively subject to the general control of the Deputy Director. (2) All money transactions to which any member of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat or any officer or servant of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat in his official capacity is a party, shall without any reservation be brought to account. No money pertaining to the Fund with the exception to authorised advances shall be kept apart from the general balance at credit of the Fund. (3) Money due to the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat shall be collected either by payment at the Gaon Panchayat Officer or Circle Panchayat Officer or by outdoor collections or by both methods as the Deputy Director of Panchayats may direct. The money received shall be acknowledged by the officer appointed to receive the dues and authorised by the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat to sign the receipts. (4) Accounts of all income and expenditure of the Gaon Sabha Area Fund shall be maintained by the Pradhan, and the Circle Panchayat Fund by the Sarpanch, in an Account Book in Form 32. The accounts shall be closed and balanced at the end of every month and shall be examined and passed by the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat at a meeting next following. Rule204 Maintenance of Gaon Sabha Area Fund and its transactions (1) The cash balance of the Funds shall ordinarily be kept in the nearest post office savings bank or a neighbouring Co-operative Bank or with the prior approval of the Deputy Director of Panchayats with a local banker or the person, or invested in the post office cash certificates in the name of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat, as the case may be, or it may be deposited and operated upon in any other manner specified by the Chief Commissioner in a general or special order. Permanent Advance Provided that any amount not exceeding the limit of twenty-five rupees may be kept in the custody of the Pradhan or Sarpanch as permanent advance for current expenditure and that such limit may be raised by the Deputy Director of Panchayats in special cases. (2) If such cash balance is kept with a local banker or other person. (i) the solvency of such banker or person shall be ascertained and certified before the fund is deposited with him and verified once a year by the Deputy Director of Panchayats, and (ii) a pass-book shall be maintained in Form No. 33 and it shall be sent with every remittance or withdrawal to such banker or person. He shall enter in the pass-book the amount credited or withdrawn, as the case may be, and sign such entry. The balance shall be struck monthly and noted in words and figures duly signed by such banker or person. (3) The pass-book or post office cash certificates, as the case may be, shall always be kept in the custody of the Pradhan or Sarpanch, as the case may be. Rule205 Sanction to expenditure from Panchayat Fund The Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat may sanction expenditure from the Funds, upto the amount actually in hand for any legitimate purpose, with due regard to the budgeted allotment for any specific item. Explanations For purposes of this rule expenditure on the purchase of portraits of high personages, the hoisting of the National Flag and the presentation of addresses to High personages shall be deemed to be expenditure for a legitimate purpose: Provided that the expenditure on presentation of addresses shall not on any one occasion, exceed ten rupees. Rule206 Requisition for withdrawal (1) Subject to the provisions of clause (2) of this rule, money shall not be paid from the fund except on a requisition for withdrawal signed by the Pradhan or Sarpanch, or such other officer as may be appointed by the Panchayat in this behalf. (2) Sums for amounts less than rupees ten shall be paid in cash from the permanent advance, but shall be duly supported by receipt from the payee. Rule207 Instruction for maintenance of accounts In matters of details connected with the keeping of accounts, the instructions of the Deputy Director of Panchayats shall be followed. Rule208 Person debarred from collection or book-keeping No person employed in the business of a bank or a banker with whom the fund is deposited shall be required or permitted to assist in any way in collecting the revenue of the fund or posting the books of the fund. Rule209 Language of accounts and care of account books The figures in accounts and registers shall be written in Hindi or English. Account Books and registers shall be strongly bound and pages shall be numbered before being brought into use. Rule210 Attestation of corrections Corrections and alterations in the account if any shall be made neatly in red ink and attested by the person making the correction or alteration. Alterations and corrections in a voucher shall be authenticated by the payee and in the cash book by the Pradhan or Sarpanch or such other officer as may be appointed by the Deputy Director in this behalf. Erasures and overwriting shall on no account be permitted in registers, statements, cheques, vouchers or in accounts of any description. Rule211 Periodical audit of accounts Periodical audit of the accounts of the funds will be arranged for by the Deputy Director according to the orders of the Chief Commissioner. Rule212 Steps for disposal of audit notes After each audit of the accounts under orders of the Deputy Directors the Pradhan or the Sarpanch shall deal promptly with the objections statement which is appended to the audit note. The Pradhan or the Sarpanch should also within a month after the receipt of the note convene a special meeting of the Gaon Panchay at or Circle Panchay at to consider the objections and suggestions made by the Auditor and to decide upon the"action to be taken with regard thereto. The action so taken should be indicated on an interleaved copy or on the margin of the audit note. An annotated copy shall also be sent to the Deputy Director as promptly as possible and in any case within three months of the receipt of the note. Another annotated copy should be kept and produced for the information of the inspecting officer at the next visit. Rule213 Treatment of embezzlement Whenever an embezzlement of money belonging to Gaon Sabha Area Fund or to the Circle Panchayat Fund is discovered, enquiry should at once be instituted by the Pradhan or Sarpanch as the case may be and the fact of embezzlement should be immediately reported to District Magistrate and also to the Deputy Director who will if so desired by the District Magistrate investigate the matter. Rule214 Pay bills of establishment (1) Pay bill of the establishment shall be prepared from the establishment list of permanent staff in standard Form 34 with full details of name and shall show separately in column 3 thereof the salary and leave allowance claimed for each person for the month, whether actually drawn or not and in column 4 any amount not drawn but held over for subsequent payment. Column 5 shall be used to show the amount actually drawn for each incumbent. When salary is drawn for a portion of a month only, the rate at which it is drawn and the number of days for it is claimed shall be stated against the names of the employees in the body of the bill. The pay of temporary establishment shall be billed for separately and the sanction quoted. Pay-in-arrears should not be drawn in the ordinary monthly bill but separate with quotation of the bill from which the charge was omitted or withheld. Travelling allowance will be drawn as a contingent charge. (2) The pay bill or a copy of it shall also be used as an acquittance roll and the receipt of each person shall be taken thereon when the pay is distributed to the staff. Rule215 Security from employee entrusted with custody of money or property (a)Every employee entrusted with the expenditure or custody of money or property of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat shall be required to furnish security for an amount to be fixed by the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat, as the case may be, in each instance, with due regard to the responsibility of the office. (b) The sum of security shall generally be equal to the maximum amount which the employee may have in his hands at any time and the Secretary of the Gaon Sabha and the Inspector of Panchayat shall see that the amount of cash left in the hands of the employee never exceeds the amount of security taken of him. (c) In the case of every employee affected by this rule a security bond shall be executed in Form