DEFENCE SERVICE REGULATIONS - Military Engineer Services

Sub–Head C– Maintenance and
Operations – Installations.
254. The budget provision under this head covers the expenditure incurred by the M.E.S. on the
maintenance and operation of installations for the supply of water and electricity, and payments made by
them to municipalities, etc., for the supply of water and electricity at stations where there are no separate
M.E.S. installations. Expenditure on the maintenance and operation of ice plant, refrigeration, air–
conditioning, mechanical sewage disposal and other E/M installations is also provided for under this head (see
also para 927).
The responsibility of the M.E.S. in respect of these installations is given in Chapter XI.
255. The following items of expenditure are chargeable to sub–Head C– Maintenance and Operation
of Installations :
(a) Maintenance of buildings, including accommodation for installation staff, and other structures
which form part of and E/M installation or workshop.
(b) Petty repairs to workshops, installations and supply system (para 258)
(c) E/M Renewals (para 259).
(d) All stores, minor spare parts, expendible tools, fuel lubricants, jointing and packing materials,
charts for recording meters, cleaning materials and other consumable stores, required for the daily running and
maintenance of an installation (para 274)
(e) Pay and allowances of personnel, whether permanent, temporary or casual, employed in
maintaining and operating an installation (para 909).
(f) Payments made for water and electricity obtained from outside sources.
(g) Telephones for all E/M installations and workshops (para 117).
256. The following charges are not debitable to the works services budget :
(a) The cost of drawin water from springs, wells, etc., by animal or manual labour and distribution
other than by pipes or ducts.
(b) Charges connected with water supply to troops on the line of march or in training camps other
than at camping grounds in M.E.S. charge.
257. Charges on account of maintenance and operation of sewage disposal installations, disinfectors,
boilers, stand by sets, lifts etc., and expenditure on telephones in E/M installations will be booked against
Detailed Head (e) – Miscellaneous.
258. Petty repairs cover all repairs, irrespective of cost which may be necessary to maintain an
installation (including supply system) or workshop in good working condition. Replacement and supply of
monor spare parts necessary for the normal maintenance of a plant will also be classified in this category.
259. An E/M renewal may be defined as th replacement of a complete installation, or whole of a
definite portion of an installation or of a complete unit forming part of an installation.
The following will also be treated as renewals :-fa) Extensive reconstruction of a supply system.
(b) Increased capacity of plant or accommodation for the installation.
(c) The substitution of superior for an inferior class of work. When however the portion replaced is
still serviceable, it will be classed as an original work.
(d) Replacement and supply of major spare parts.
In case of any dispute, the CWE’s descision as to whether a particular work shall be classified as an
original work, renewal or petty repair, shall be final.
260. Replacements & renewals costing up to Rs. 50,0007- will be treated as ordinary repairs and
charged to the appropriate installation under Sub-Head C. Those exceeding Rs. 50,0007- will be financed
from Detailed Head (d)—Special Repairs (see para 125 of sub head B).
All alterations to the capital cost arising out of renewals of whatever value will be entered in the Plant
Record Book (IAFW- 2208) maintained for each installation (see para 903 et seq.)
Sub-head D-General Charges
261. The detailed heads under this sub-head are delated in Appx C. The descriptions of these
detailed heads indicate the nature of the items that are property chargeable to them.
262. The following items are chargeable to Detailed Head (f)–miscellaneous
(a) Law charges incidental to a work or to the hiring of accommodation or resumption of sites.
(b) Chowkidars employed on the care of vacant buildings and property.
(c) Compensation paid under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (para 96).
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