Parks & Horticulture Authority Rawalpindi

DIRECTOR ADMIN & FINANCE

Administrative Powers

To appoint, to transfer, promote, suspended and punish any employees in BS-1 to BS-16.
To sanction Earned Leave upto 120 days at a time to the employees BS-1 to BS-16.
To sanction the holding of departmental inquiries in respect of employees of the Authority upto BS-16 under disciplinary Rules in case.
To sanction expenditure on any single item upto Rs. 50,000/- subject to the Budgetary provision in each case.
To sanction refund of security deposits under the Rules.
To allow the employees subsistence allowance for the suspension period at the rate prescribed by the Provincial Government to its Officers / Officials.
To sanction payment / advance from General Provident Fund account of the employees BS-1 to BS-16.
Full power to sanction expenditure on stationary, contingency, medicine and legal charges including conveyance charges and hire charges (tentage, furniture etc.) subject to the budget allocation.
Hiring of office equipment and machinery etc. upto Rs. 10,000/- in each case.
Full powers to sanction the payment of Government, Semi Government Organization and to Agency for the purchase of stores and services considering the same on single quotation basis.
Full powers to sanction the payment of all utility dues / claims (WAPDA, NTC, OGDCL, WASA and POL bills, newspaper bills, advertisement bill etc.)
To sell un-serviceable or surplus stores by auction upto Rs. 50,000/-
To sanction arrear claims of employees of the Authority w.r.t. pay and allowances BS-1 to BS-19.
To sanction expenditure on account of medical reimbursement charges upto Rs. 20,000/-
To sanction expenditure on entertainment upto Rs. 5,000/- at a time subject to the budgetary allocation.
To enter into agreement with hospitals, medical test laboratories, life insurance companies, courier services, office canteen, parking stand,, POL/CNG stations/POL companies for provision of fuel facilities and medical stores for provision of health facilities to employees of PHA Rawalpindi.
To sign contracts related with his Directorate with the prior approval of DG.
To sanction / engagement of contingent paid staff under the rules at the rate approved by the competent authority from time to time.
Full powers to sanction compensation payable to any individual under the law / rules or judgment of courts.

Financial Powers

To sanction refund of security deposits.
Drawing and disbursing officer (concurrent powers)

Deputy Director Admin

To sanction expenditure, subject to budget allocations upto Rs. 2,000/- on items shown in detail in the approved budget.
To sell by auction to the highest bidder, any surplus or unserviceable store, material etc. the value of which does not exceed Rs. 2,000/-

Deputy Director Finance

To exercise all powers attached to drawing and disbursing officers subject to sanction by the competent authority (concurrent powers)

DIRECTOR Engineering

The Director Engineering PHA Rawalpindi would exercise the same powers as are exercised by Chief Engineer and Superintending Engineer in Communication & Works Department, Public Health Engineering Department, RDA and WASA Rawalpindi and as prescribed in the Punjab Delegation of Financial Powers Rules 20016 as amended from time to time.

Deputy Director Engineering/XEN

The Deputy Director Engineering PHA would exercise same powers as allowed to the XEN/Executive Engineer in communication & Work Department, RDA WASA Rawalpindi and PHE Department and in the delegation of powers under Financial Rules 2006 as amended from time to time.

DIRECTOR HORTICULTURE

To transfer employees in BS-1 to BS-03 within Directorate of Horticulture.
To make appointments of work charged staff upto 20 persons at a time with the prior approval of DG PHA for maintenance, development of parks / green belts etc. and works of emergent nature, subject to the conditions that firstly budgetary provision / available exits in the sanctioned estimates / budgetary allocation; secondly, the services of the work charged staff governed as per the Preface to the Schedule of Wag Rates periodically notified by the Finance Department.
To sanction expenditure on local purchase of lawn mowers and relevant gardening machinery and for maintenance, beautification or regulation of parks upto Rs. 100,000/- with the prior approval of DG and subject to budgetary provisions.
To sanction expenditure on hiring of furniture / tentage etc. for fair, shows, exhibitions, seminars or workshops; upto Rs. 100,000/- in each case with the prior approval of DG PHA.
To sanction expenditure on hiring of field equipment, machinery and materials for maintenance / development / regulation of any site through plantation / turfing etc. upto Rs. 100,000/- in case with the prior approval of DG subject to budgetary provision.
To sanction expenditure on freight for movement of PHA properties related to his Directorate upto Rs. 100,000/- in each case with the prior approval of DG subject to budgetary provision.
To purchase plants, seeds and pots / gamlas and materials relevant to the Horticulture processes upto Rs. 100,000/- in each case with the prior approval of DG subject to budgetary provision.
To sign contracts related with his Directorates with the prior approval of DG.

Power of Allied Staff