ABSTRACT
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SERVICES -C) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms.No.676 dated 18th November, 1978.
Read
the following:-
1. U.O. Note. No.1665/Ser-C/60-1, G.A. (Ser-C) Dept., dt. 9-5-1960.
2. U.O.Note. No.1455/61-1, G.A. (Ser-C) Dept., dt. 23-5-1961.
3. U.O. Ms. No.
470/G.A. (Ser-C) Dept., dt. 8-7-1974.
ORDER:
According to the Business Rule 28 (3) (a), a Minister may send for any paper from any Department for his information and may record his views on the case and, if he so expressly desires, the case should be re-circulated to him before final action is taken. Where the Minister in-charge of the subject disagrees with the views recorded by the Minister who called for the case, the latter Minister will be intimated of the decision after issue of orders, but if in any case the latter Minister expressly indicates a desire, the case will be circulated to the Chief Minister before orders are issued.
A convention was established that in matters of postings and promotions of officers if a Minister other than the Minister directly concerned was desirous of putting forward his views to the Minister in -charge, it should be done at a discussion and that if the two Ministers do not agree, the matter should be referred to the Chief Minister for a decision. It was clarified in the U.O. Note, second cited, that if a Minister cal1s for a file of a Department, which is not under his, the file should be circulated to him through the Minister in-charge of the subject, except in cases of urgency. After the receipt of the file, if that Minister wants to record anything contrary to the views of the Minister concerned, he can do so but on a separate note sheet. The matter should then be referred to the Chief Minister for a decision. The matter was reviewed, and instructions were issued in the U.O. Note third cited that the provisions of the Business Rules should be followed.
It has now been decided that instead of Ministers calling for files and noting on them they should discuss the matter with the concerned Minister.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (2) and (3) of Article 166 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following amendment to the Andhra Pradesh Government Business Rules.
AMENDMENT
For clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 28 of the said rules, the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -
"(a)
A minister, instead of calling for any papers/files from any department not
under his charge, may, if he is desirous of putting forward his views to the
Minister in-charge, do so at a discussion with the said Minister and, if the
two Ministers do not agree on any point or points, the matter shall be referred
to the Chief Minister for his decision thereon".
