DEFENCE SERVICE REGULATIONS - Military Engineer Services

56. A Surveyor’s Assistant Grade I in the office of a G.E. will:–
(a) prepare tender documents (except specifications and drawings) for works services within the
GE’s powers for entering into contract;
(b) technically check all deviation orders, rates and contractor’s bills before payment and muster
rolls after payment;
(c) carry but such other technical duties relating to contracts and biBs as he may be directed to
perform.
1 New Para 54-A added vide CS No. 90/1/94.
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56.A The detailed duties of SA-I working in the office of CEs/CsWE have been laid down in table
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57. A Superintendent Clerical is responsible for the supervision, training, guidance and discipline
of the staff working under him.
58. Superintendents B/R and E/M Grade II and Supervisors B/S Grade II are generally posted as
assistants to Superintendent/ Supervisor Grade I. They will perform such duties as may be assigned to them.
A Superintendent B/R or E/M Grade II may be placed in charge of an independent section under a GE.
When so employed, he will carry out the duties and exercise the technical and financial powers laid down for
a Superintendent Grade I in charge of a Sub-division (see para 52 and Table B).
59. A Surveyor’s Assistant Grade II will generally be responsible for squaring and abstracting
dimensions, and pricing and moneying out of bills of quantities and estimates. He may also be required to take
off quantities, prepare estimates for or take measurements of small services and to carry out such other
technical duties relating to contracts and bills as he may be directed to perform.
60. The duties of a Draftsman in an engineer office include:–
(a) preparing designs from sketches and instructions;
(b) making plans from measurements, including chain surveying and levelling;
(c) tracing and copying plans ;
(d) keeping all record plans amended to-date;
(e) keeping registers of buildings amended to-date;
(f) such other technical duties as he may be directed to perform.
1 New Para 56-A added vide CS No. 90/1/94
61. A Storekeeper is responsible fon-
(a) the receipt and issue of stores in accordance with the prescribed procedure;
(b) the safe custody in good order and condition of all stores in his charge;
(c) the correct maintenance of tally cards and the Stock Register;
(d) the actual quantities of the stores on charge;
(e) the observance of precautionary measures against fire and the maintenance of fire appliances in
bis charge in good order. He will inform the B.S.O. or Supervisor Grade I of his requirements for stores and
will carry out the instructions given in Chapter X.
62. A clerk in an engineer office is responsible for all clerical work ordered by the officer under
whom he is employed including the maintenance of accounts.
63. The duties of a clerk employed as a cashier include the custody and handling of cash to the
extent of the amount of his security deposit (see paras 102 & 103), recording receipts and payments in the
Cash Book (IAFW-2246) and taking charge of documents connected with this work. He will neither receive
cash nor make payments except tinder the written orders of the GE. He may be assigned other clerical duties
besides those of a cashier.
A J.C.O., W.O. or O.R. may also be required to carry out the duties of a cashier as described above
provided that the amount of cash to be handled by him does not in any case exceed Rs. 1,000.
64. The functions of the DAD AAO(M.E.S.) attacked to engineer offices are three fold:–
(a) as accountant i.e., maintaining certain accounts in accordance with the prescribed rules and
from the data furnished to him;
(b) as primary auditor, i.e., charged with the responsibility of applying certain preliminary
checks to the initial accounts, vouchers, etc;
(c) as financial assistant, i.e., as an assistant to the GE in all matters relating to accounts, budget
estimates and operation or financial rules.
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