CHAPTER-VI

I-Payments - General Instructions

Rule 74 : Presentation of Claims :
(A) Claims for Payments : Claims against Government may be related to personal claims of
Government
servants, contingent expenditure, miscellaneous expenditure, refunds, grant-in-aid, stores, Works,
Tools and
plant and payment of loans and advances.
These payments on Government account may be made out of permanent advance or through
Cheques
issued against the bills presented to the Treasury in physical form as well as electronic form and
encashed by the
DDO through Bank draft, Bankers Cheque, Money orders, credit note, ECS, bank transfer as per
procedure,
instructions and conditions specified in these rules.
2[All types of Government payments shall not be made in cash except Imprest, Secret Service
Fund,
Pension schemes of Social Justice Empowerment Department, Scholarships and Transport
voucher in
Education Department, where bank and post office facility is not available.]
(1) Passing of Bills in Treasury : After receiving bills from DDOs, every bill shall be allotted a
token number
with date through Treasury Computer System, thereafter the bills shall be examined by the
auditor/accountant
concerned and if it is found appropriate as per check list (Rule 60(2) of Treasury Rule) and other
prescribed
rules and instructions the bill shall be passed and entered in Treasury Warrant Register and
computer and then
the bill shall be authenticated in computer by the accountant for payment and shall be submitted
to T.O./A.T.O.
for final authentication in Treasury Computer System and Treasury Warrant Register as per rules.
(2) Issuance of Cheques : After passing a bill, Treasury will issue a Cheque against it and the
Cheque will be
given to the DDO. The bills passed for payment will be retained by the Treasury/Sub-Treasury.
(3) Definition of Cheque : A Cheque is an instrument written on a bank authorized for
Government
transactions signed by delegated signatory instructing the bank to pay that sum to the payee or
authorised
person.
(4) (i) Format of Cheque :
jktLFkku ljdkj GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
pSd tkjh gksus ds fnukad ls 30 fnu rd oS/k

VALID FOR 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE.

(Cheque Issueing Treasury)
dks"kky; ------------------------------- TREASURY ------------------------------------Date/fnukad-----------------------------------PAY TO ..dks ;k vknskkuqlkj OR ORDER :Ik;s
RUPEES................
..vnk djsa(Bank Branch Name)
-------------- :i;s ls de
UNDER Rs..........
dks"kkf/kdkjh @ mi dks"kkf/kdkjh
------------------------------TREASURY OFFICER / SUB TREASURY OFFICER
.........................................
(CHEQUE NUMBER) (CITY/BANK/BRANCH CODE)
(4)(ii) Supply of Cheques to treasuries : All Cheques will be got printed by Director,
Treasuries & Accounts from Govt. Security Press. Adequate stock of printed Cheque Book
required for supply to the treasuries shall be kept by the DTA. Supplies will be obtained
periodically (quarterly) by the treasuries as per their requirement.
-----------------------------------------------------------1. Chapter VI substituted vide Circular No. 1/2010 dated 1.2.2010.
2. Added vide Circular No. 13/2010 dated 4.6.2010
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(1) Annual bank/branchwise demand of Cheques shall be sent by the Treasury officer to the DTA
in the
month of December in the prescribed demand note.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of Treasury Officer to obtain the annual Demand of Cheques
from all the
Sub-treasuries falling under his jurisdiction.
(3) Immediately after the received Cheques have been examined carefully, the number of
Cheques in each
roll shall also be counted.
(5) Security of Cheques :
(i) All the Cheque rolls received from the DTA shall carefully be kept in the Double Lock of
Treasury/ SubTreasury.
(ii) When a Cheque is taken out for issuing, special care shall be taken to ascertain by
examination of
its printed number, MICR Code, Bank Branchs Name that it was actually taken from the roll
notified and in use.
(iii) Separate Cheques will be used for each bank branch or Sub- Treasury. Cheque rolls obtained
for use
on a particular bank shall not be drawn on other Bank/Sub-Treasury.
(iv) Treasury Officer shall notify to the bank upon which he issues the cheque number of each
Cheque
which from time to time are being used.

(v) Cheque rolls will be issued daily to the Cheque writer by the Officer incharge who will not be
lower
than the post of the A.T.O. in Treasury and Sub-Treasury. The Cheque writer shall maintain
complete
record of issued Cheques, passed Cheques, cancelled Cheques, spoiled or lost Cheques on daily
basis.
The Cheque writer in the presence of Officer incharge shall keep the remaining Cheques in the
single
lock at the end of the day.
(6) Validity of Cheques : Cheques shall be payable within 30 days after the date of issue. For the
cheques
being issued in the month of March, the validity will be 30 days from the date of issue of Cheque
or last
working day of March whichever is earlier.
(7) Precaution in writing of Cheques : General Instruction :
(i) In all Cheques a sum in little excess of the payable amount, shall be mentioned in words in the
given
column, for example for rupees 20/- shall be mentioned under rupees thirty only. The amount
shall be written
in the manner prescribed for bills in clause (3) of rule 80 GF&AR and abbreviations such as
eleven hundred for
one thousand one hundred shall not be used.
(ii) All corrections and alterations in a Cheque shall be attested by the issuing authority,.
(iii) The Treasury will issue one Cheque against one bill submitted by the DDO. The Cheque will
be issued
with the Code number and designation of the DDO.
(iv) Entry of Token number, bill number, date, Auditor number, warrant number and Cheque
number will
be printed on Cheque through Treasury computer system.
(8) Payment to the third party :
If the DDO issues an advice in form G.A. 106 to the Treasury, giving full particulars of the
payment and
payee, then the Cheque may be issued in favour of third party. The Cheque shall be collected by
the DDO and if
it is not encashed by the party concerned, DDO will be responsible for intimation of cancellation
of that
particular Cheque to the Treasury/Sub Treasury .
(9) Cancellation of Cheques :
(1) If payment is not received in the validity period, the Cheques will be treated as cancelled for
payment
and DDO shall send the cheque to issuing treasury for cancellation. The payment order written
on the bill by
Treasury/Sub-Treasury will also be cancelled, bill will be returned to the DDO.
(2) If the DDO re-submits the bill with genuine reasons in writing to Treasury/Sub-Treasury for
revalidation, TO/STO will examine the reasons and re-validate the claim and a fresh Cheque will
be issued.

(3) Cheques can be cancelled by Treasury/ Sub-Treasury on written request of DDO.

(4) Treasury/Sub-Treasury will not issue Cheque for payment of bills which are to be paid
through ECS.
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(5) When it is necessary to cancel a Cheque, the cancellation shall be recorded in the
Cancellation Register
and the Cheque shall be destroyed as per procedure laid down for weeding of Treasury record. If
the Cheque to
be cancelled is not in the possession of the Treasury, the Treasury officer shall promptly inform
the bank to
stop payment of the Cheque.
(6) Treasury shall intimate the bank with a list of cancelled Cheques once day a month.
(7) Cancellation of Cheque shall also be recorded in Ty-3 and Ty-4.
(8) Treasury shall maintain complete record of issued Cheques, encashed Cheques, non-encashed
Cheques,
cancelled Cheques, spoiled Cheques in prescribed register.
(B) Payment through E.C.S. :
(i) Salary payments can be made through electronic Clearing System. If an employee /
employees of an
office opt for ECS, he/they will have to submit a mandate to the DDO duly authorized by the
bank branch
concerned.
(ii) It is not mandatory for the employees to open bank account with one bank. Saving Bank
accounts can
be opened in any bank branch of the City.
(iii) DDO will collect the mandate forms and Submit to the sponsor bank in the prescribed form
for ECS.
DDO shall also provide the data base for ECS to the sponsor bank and Treasury.
(iv) Sponsor bank is the Bank who is authorized for Govt. transaction and from where the DDO
is
authorized by the Treasury/Sub Treasury to draw payments.
(v) The DDO shall have to Submit duly authenticated soft copy of salary bill to the Treasury
before 20th of
every month. Treasury will provide hard copy to DDO and DDO will submit the salary bills
(hard copy) to
Treasury duly discharged for payment.
(vi) DDO code, Budget Head, Bill No. Date, Auditor code, warrant No., Gross and Net Amount
of Bill
will be provided on payment authority issued by TO/STO in hard copy to the Bank and DDO.
(vii) The hard copy of payment Advice provided to the Bank by Treasury will be given back
alongwith
daily payment scroll. On the basis of payment scroll and payment Advice, treasury will prepare
daily Account.
(viii) Salary bills for payment through ECS will be presented in to Treasury 10 days before the
last
working day of the month.

Rule 75 : Definition of bill :

Bill is a statement of claims against the Government containing details of the
nature and amount of the claim either in gross or by items and includes such a statement
presented in the form of
a simple receipt.
Rule 76 : Signature and Countersignature on Bills :
(1) Unless the Government have expressly authorized in the case of any specified office, no
payment may be
made on a bill unless signed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer. Bills having signature by a
mark, seal or
stamp shall not be entertained.
(2) Bills requiring countersignature should not be presented at Treasury before such
countersignature has been
obtained
Rule 77 : Specimen Signature :
The Head of Office/Drawing and Disbursing Officer/ Regional Officer/Head
of Department or any authority authorized to draw Cheques or sign or counter signature bills
shall send a
specimen of his signature in the following form to the Treasury and the Bank through his higher
officer or other
officer whose specimen signatures are already with the Treasury and the Bank. When such an
officer hands over
charge of his office to another officer, he shall likewise send a specimen of the signature of the
relieving officer
to the Treasury/Bank.
FORM OF SPECIMEN SIGNATURE
Name of Department/Office--------------------------------Specimen Signature of Shri--------------------------------Designation---------------------------------------------------Specimen Signature Signature of the Relieving officer or higher officer with
designation
1. -----------------------2. -----------------------3. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date-------------------------- ----------------------------The form shall be pasted by the Treasury Officer and the Bank Manager in a separate file under
their personal

custody as per Treasury Rules.

Rule 78 : Requirements at the time of creation of a New Office :
(1) When a new office is established, the
Heads of Department shall ensure that following documents have been sent to the Treasury
Officer(s) and Bank
concerned, so as to enable the Treasury Officer and Bank to authorise payments :(i) A copy of the sanction issued by the Government for creation of new office(s) specifying
therein the
number of posts of various designation;
(ii) Copy of order declaring Heads of Office under rule 3 of these rules; and
(iii) Attested specimen signature of first Head of Office by the Controlling authority or by
another Drawing
and Disbursing officer whose signature are available in treasury and Bank.
(2) In the case of more than one treasuries are working at a place Treasury will be allotted by the
finance deptt.
to the newly created office.
Rule 79 : Preparation and form of bills :
The following instructions with regard to the preparation and form
of bills shall be observed as under :
(1) A bill presented at the Treasury as a claim for the payment of any amount by the Government
shall
contain particulars of :
(i) The nature of the claims;
(ii) The amount claimed;
(iii) The period to which the claim relates if it arises periodically e.g. a claim for pay and fixed
allowances;
(iv) The orders sanctioning the charge, if it was incurred under special orders, copies to be
certified by a
Gazetted Officer;
(v) The authority for any deductions made in the bill;
(vi) Complete accounts classification i.e. the major head, minor head, Sub-head and the detailed
head,
voted or charged, plan or non-plan or C.S.S. to which the charge is debitable;
(vii) In case of adjustments between departments, names of the department alongwith accounts
heads to
which charges are to be debited and receipts credited;
(viii) The nature of recoveries from the pay and allowances of Government servants under each
head
supported by schedules showing full particulars of recoveries; and
(ix) Appropriations, wherever necessary.
(2) (i) Printed form of bills preferably be used Photo stat, typed, cyclostyled form may be used in
case printed
forms are not available.

(ii) Suppliers' bills shall be in duplicate. The duplicate copy shall be a carbon copy of the
original.
(iii) In case of medical reimbursement and T.A. claims, essentiality certificates and T.A. Bill
shall be
submitted with an extra copy.
(iv) The original bill shall only be accepted by the Treasury.
(3) All Bills shall be filled in and signed in ink or by ball pen by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer. The
amount of each bill shall, be written in words as well as in figures. The word only shall be
inserted after the
number of whole rupees and care shall be taken to leave no space for interpolation as in the
following example:
Rupees twenty-six only.
(4) (i) All corrections and alterations in the bill shall be attested by the dated signature of the
Drawing and
Disbursing Officer, as many time, as such corrections and alterations are made.
(ii) Erasures and overwriting in any bills are absolutely forbidden and shall be avoided; if any
corrections are
necessary, the incorrect entry shall be cancelled neatly in red ink and the correct entry inserted.
Each such
correction, or any interpolation deemed necessary, shall be authenticated by the Drawing and
Disbursing
Officer by his dated signatures against each such correction.
(5) Charges against two or more major heads of account shall not be included in one bill. This
rule does not
apply to the allowances of a Government servant drawn with pay which can be drawn in single
bill.
(6) Original Bill/Photo copy of Bill/Duplicate Bill affixed with the facsimile signature of the
authorized officer
presented by Telecommunication Department, P.H.E.D., R.S.E.B.forming Sub-vouchers of the
contingent bills
may be accepted for payment, if otherwise in order.
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(7) When any kind of bill is required in duplicate or triplicate, only one copy shall be signed or
countersigned in
full, the other copy or copies being initialed.
Rule 80 : Payment through Messenger :
(1) When the payee sends a messenger to receive payment on a Cheque, he shall be required to
produce a letter
of authority, the signature of the messenger, shall also be taken on the Cheque as a proof of the
messenger
having actually received the money on behalf of the payee.
(2) Dates of payment shall when possible be noted by the payees in their acknowledgements in
Sub-vouchers,
acquittances rolls, etc. If for any reason such as illiteracy or the presentation of receipts in
anticipation of

payment, it is not possible for the payee to note dates of payment, the dates of actual payment
shall be noted by
Drawing and Disbursing Officer on the documents under his initials, either separately for each
payment or by
groups, as may be found convenient.
(3) When the Drawing and Disbursing Officer desires to encash a Cheque issued in his favour
through a
messenger who is an employee of the office, he shall invariably record a separate and clear
authority in the
following manner to receive payment on his behalf on the body of the Cheque;
"Pay to .............................(designation) whose specimen signature is .hereby attested".
Signature of the messenger
Signature of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer
The above procedure shall also be followed when payment has to be made to a firm or private
party
by endorsing the Cheque in his name.
(4) In non-banking Treasury in which the endorsement on a Cheque is unauthorised, incomplete
or otherwise
irregular, the Cheque will not be paid by the Treasury Officer.
(5) When the payment is desired wholly or partly by a Bank draft, a formal application for the
draft shall
accompany the Cheque and the manner in which payment is desired shall also be indicated in the
drawer's
receipt on the Cheque.
(6) For avoiding cash handling, cheque may be drawn in favour of Post Office.
Note:- A register of Payments made by Money orders, bank drafts shall be kept in Form G.A.
103.
Rule 81 : Payment on Identity Card:
The Banks will make payment of Government
Cheques to the department/offices only on production of identity card by the cashier in form
appended with this rule. The identity cards shall be stored by the Treasury Officers and he
shall issue the same to the Head of Department/ Office. The Head of the Department/ Office
shall intimate the name of the cashier/ and one link cashier to the Treasury Officer and send
their photos in triplicate. The photos of cashier/ link cashier will bear signature of the person
concerned on left upper corner of the photo duly attested by the Head of Office on the right
lower corner of the photo. The Treasury Officer on receipt of the three copies of photo, paste
one copy on the identity card and fill up the details. He will attest the photo on the right hand
corner partly on the photo and partly on the identity card. He will also affix facsimile stamp
of the Treasury at the left hand corner, which should be partly on the photo and partly on the
card. He will forward the second copy of the photo, after putting his signature on the righthand
corner, to the Bank and keep the third copy of the photo in the guard file for the record.
In case of change of the cashier/link cashier, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer will obtain
the identity card back and send the same to the Treasury Officer along with the details of the
new cashier/link cashier alongwith photographs in triplicate. The Treasury Officer will
prepare another identity card in such cases and obtain the old photo back from the Bank and

cancel the same and keep it in his record. The specimen photo in the card shall be replaced by
the new one and kept on record. No payment shall be made to person other than the holder of
such an identity card.
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IDENTITY CARD FOR BANKING TREASURY
GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
IDENTITY CARD
1. Name of Department
2. Name of District Treasury
3. Name of Government employee
4. Designation
5. Name of the Department/Office where employed
6. Personal identity, if any
7. Date of birth
8. Period for which this identity card has been issued (The
period should not exceed by three years)

9. Date of renewal
10. S.No.
11. District Treasury/Sub-Treasurys Name
PHOTO
Signature of the Govt. Employee Counter Signature of District Treasury
Officer
Stamp of the Treasury Signature of the Drawing & Disbursing
Officer.
DIRECTIONS
1. This identity card shall be used only by the cashier/link cashier who takes payment
from the Bank.
2. This identity card shall be shown when so desired.
3. This identity card shall be returned back at the time of retirement/transfer on new post/
resignation/ suspension or termination of service.
4. This identity card shall never be mis-used.
5. This identity card shall be kept very carefully and in the case of its being lost, the
information shall be given at once to the concerned Treasury Office/Bank.
Note : (i) After receiving passed Cheques from Treasury/ DDO will submit them to bank
with prescribed endorsement slip or other documents as desired by the bank.
Rule 82 : Rounding off of Government Transactions :
(1) Government transactions in respect of revenue and expenditure or book
adjustments involving fraction of a rupee shall be brought into accounts by rounding off to
the nearest rupee, fractions of 50 paise and above to be rounded off to the next higher rupee
and fractions of less than 50 paise to be ignored other than service tax on State Insurance
premium.
(2) The following are the guidelines to implement above rule :(a) Rounding off Personal claims of Government Servants :-

(i) All entitlements due to a Government servant such as pay, dearness allowance, house
rent allowance, city compensatory allowance, etc., and all inner column deductions from
salary bills shall be rounded off to the nearest whole rupee. In case of deductions of life
insurance premium of L.I.C. the individual amount of premium shall be recorded in the
inner column of the schedule of deductions.
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In these cases where Government servant has more than one policy, the rounding off
shall be done only of the total of insurance premium indicated in the schedule of deductions
and not that of individual premium.
(ii) In the case of Traveling allowance/Medical claims, the Rounding off shall be done only
at the last stage and not in respect of each item. For example, railway fare, mileage and daily
allowance, etc.
(iii) In case of service tax on State Insurance premium the amount shall not be rounded off.
It shall be computed on Actual basis.
(iv)Recovery of interest on loans and advances shall be made in whole rupee.
(b) Rounding off of other Transactions :(i) Sums representing dues/amounts fixed by or under any law shall be rounded off to the
next higher rupee.
(ii) All petty local purchases, repairs, etc., out of permanent advance which are accounted
for in Cash Book shall be in whole rupee. The suppliers should be persuaded to co-operate in
rounding off whole rupee on each occasion.
(c) Rounding off of transactions between Government and Local Bodies :- Rounding
off shall be done as per Rule 276 of Chapter XVI of these rules.
Rule 83 : Bill Register :
All bills before sending them to the Treasury for payment shall be
assigned a number by entering them in a Bill Register to be maintained in Form G.A. 59.
Rule 84 : Presentation of Claims :
(i) Save as hereinafter provided, bills or claims presented to Drawing and Disbursing Officer
and all Cheques tendered at the Treasury shall be duly receipted for payments and stamped
where necessary and accompanied by a slip in Form G.A. 23 (former GA 18) Receipts duly
stamped, where necessary, for all other payments made on bills shall be given at the time of
payment. At places where the cash business of the Treasury is conducted by the Bank, this
rule shall apply Subject to the rules governing the working of Bank treasuries.
The supplier's bills presented in the office need not be accompanied by receipt given
in advance of actual payment.
(ii) Bill transit Register :
(1) The Head of Office shall maintain a Bill Transit Register in Form G.A. 24 (form GA 59A). All Bills shall be presented at Treasury through this register. The Register shall be
reviewed bi-weekly by a Gazetted Officer and the result of review recorded therein.
(2) When the DDO receives cheques from Treasury against the presented bills, he shall
enter Cheque No. and date in the bill transit resister in remarks column in GA 24 (former GA
59A).

(3) All Cheques passed by the Treasury shall be entered with number and date in the register
of watching encashment of Cheques in form G.A.-25 (former GA 173) before these are sent
to the bank for payments.
(4) When a person not in the Government employment claims payment for work done,
service rendered, or articles supplied, such claims shall, unless there are express orders of the
Government to the contrary, be submitted through the Head of the Department or other
responsible Government servant under whose immediate order the service was done or
articles supplied for which payment is demanded.
(5) Unless in any case the sanctioning authority directs otherwise, all bills for grant-in-aid,
contributions, etc., to local bodies religious and other non-government bodies or persons
shall be presented for payment either through some responsible Government servant or after
these have been countersigned by him to the concerning institutions. Transit Register for
presentation of claim toTreasury is also applicable for such institutions after
countersignature of the concerned.
Rule 85 : Stamps for Receipts :
(1) Receipts for all sums exceeding (Rs. 5000/-) must be stamped unless they are exempt
from stamp duty in accordance with provisions of Stamps Act as applicable to Rajasthan
as under :(a) Receipts given by or on behalf of Government.
(b) Receipts for any payment of money without consideration such a receipts for
grants-in-aid bills, etc.,
(c) Money paid to a Government servant for Department purchases;
(d) Cheques drawn by Public Works Department and Forest
Department;
(e) Receipts endorsed by payees on Postal Money Orders;
(f) Receipts given for payment of interest on Government of India Promissory
Notes;
(g) Receipts given by a worker on a famine relief work in respect of sums
exceeding (Rs. 5000/-) paid to him on account of the wages of relief workers;
(h) Payment of salary and allowances etc. of Gazetted Officer credited to the
Bank Account of the Concerned Officer.
Note:- In order to avoid objection and loss of revenue Treasury Officers
should pass bills only when the bills are properly receipted and
stamped in cases payments exceed (Rs. 5000/-).
(2) The limit of (Rs. 5000/-) upto which a receipt is not required to be stamped, shall be
applied to the net amount payable on a bill and not the gross claim preferred therein,
Bills exceeding (Rs. 5000/-) shall be passed by the Treasury Officer only when the
same are properly receipted and stamped as required under the Law/Rules.
(3) Cash memos shall contain an acknowledgement of the receipt of money from the
person named therein. It will be necessary to get stamps affixed when the amount
exceeds (Rs. 5000/-).
Rule 86 : Payment at Sub-Treasury :

Except as expressly provided in these Rules, or

otherwise specially ordered by the Finance Department, no bill or Cheque may be presented
at a Sub-Treasury without being first submitted to, and the payment directed by, the Treasury
Officer :
Provided that where under the provisions of these Rules or under any special order of
the Finance Department, a Sub-Treasury is permitted to cash bills or Cheques without orders
of the Treasury Officer, the payment to such bills or Cheques shall be made without first
submitted to and payment directed by the Treasury Officer.
Rule 87 : Duplicates and Copies of Bill, etc. :
Duplicates or copies of a bill or other
documents for the payment of money which has already been paid, shall not be issued on the
ground that the originals have been lost. If any necessity arises for such a document, a
certificate may be given that on a specified day a certain sum was paid to a certain person.
This prohibition extends only to the issue of duplicates on the ground that the originals have
been lost and does not apply to cases where duplicates have to be prepared and tendered with
the originals under any rule or order.
Rule 88 : Loss of bills and presentation of duplicate bills :
(1) In case of a bill, which has been signed by the Drawing & Disbursing Officer, is lost
before payment, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall obtain Non-Payment Certificate
from the Treasury Officer in the proforma given below, irrespective of whether the bill was
passed or not by the Treasury before signing a duplicate bill. The duplicate bill shall bear
distinctly on its face the word 'Duplicate' written in red ink. The Treasury Officer on receipt
of such requisition from any Drawing and Disbursing Officer, shall after due verification
from his record, issue Non-Payment Certificate in the following proforma :
Non-Payment Certificate from Bank
"Certified that bill No.....................dated...............for Rs....... (Rupees ............................)
reported by (Drawing and Disbursing Officer) to have been drawn by him on this Treasury
and passed by the Treasury on ........ vide Warrant Register No................. debitable to
Head................ has neither been paid nor will be paid if presented hereafter. "
In case of bill/cash memos lost before submission, the Drawing & Disbursing Officer
shall obtain non-payment certificate from the Bank in the following Performa. The duplicate
bill/cash-memo shall bear distinctly on its face the word "Duplicate" written in red ink. The
DDO after verification from his record will pass the claim.
(Indemnity Bond)
(In respect of claims supported by duplicate bill/cashmemos)
I/We.................................hereby certify that the original bills/cashmemos detailed below have
been lost before submission to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer.
1.
2.
3.
4.

While submitting the claim alongwith duplicate bills/ cashmemos,

I...............................(Designation)................ Deptt./Office)......................... hereby declare that
I have not drawn the amount of above bills/cashmemos previously and if found so I shall be
liable to any punishment which is deemed proper. I shall not prefer the claim if the original
bills/cashmemos are found later on.
Witness :
Signature of the claimant
(Designation (In case of Govt. Servants)
Rule 89 : Certificate in lieu or Vouchers of Payee's Receipts : Certificate of Payments
(1) In case where it is not possible or expedient to support a payment by a voucher or by the
payee's receipt like loss of bill, receipt, etc., a certificate of payment as given below duly
signed by Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be placed on record, in the office and where
necessary submitted to the Accountant General:
CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT
"It is certified that a sum of Rs...........................(in words) Rs. (---------) drawn vide
Cheque No./Treasury Voucher No. ..................... Dated .......... for payment to
M/s............................... on account of ......................has actually been paid to
.............................on......................... by cash/through Cheque/Bank Draft No.............
Dated.............."
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(2) In cases where vouchers or payee's receipts cannot be obtained due to amount being petty
and payee's being illiterate, etc., similar action as in clause (1) above may be taken to treat as
voucher in support of payment Petty contingent charges shall be paid on Form G.A. 107.
(3) In the case of articles received by value payable post, the value payable cover, together
with the invoice or bill showing the details of the items paid, for, shall be accepted as a
voucher. The Drawing and Disbursing Officer should endorse a note on the cover to the
effect that the payment was made through the post office and this also covers charges for the
money order commission.
(4) A certified copy marked (Duplicate) of a receipted voucher may be retained by the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer, should this be ncessary to complete the record of his office,
but the payee shall not be required to sign such a copy or give a duplicate acknowledgement
of the payment.
II - TIME BARRED CLAIMS - PRE CHECK
Rule 90 : Time-barred Claims :
(1) Any claim of pay and allowances, traveling allowances,
medical charges, contingent expenditure, grant-in-aid, scholarship, etc., except those of
pension, interest on Government securities or any other class of payment which are governed
by special rules or orders of the Government against the Government shall be preferred in
the Treasury within two years of their becoming due. In cases they are not preferred within
two years of their becoming due, the claims shall be treated as time-barred and shall not be

presented without the sanction of the competent authority.

(2) The Head of Office responsible to ensure that all claims are presented within two years of
their becoming payable.
Note:- This rule does not apply to claims of Rs. 2000/- or less which are preferred
within three years of becoming due subject to the condition that claims
preferred on one occasion shall not be split to bring the amount within its
purview.
(3) All petty claims against Government of an amount upto Rs. 100/- for more than 3 years
old where the delay in submission is not adequately explained shall be rejected forthwith.
Rule 91 : Pre-check :
All time-barred claims shall be sanctioned and paid only after precheck
by the Heads of Office/Regional Officer/Head of Department, with due consideration
to the provisions contained in the manner prescribed in the Delegations of Financial powers.
Rule 92 : Requirements for Pre-Check :
All time-barred claims shall be supported by :
(i) a certificate from the Head of Office that on the basis of available records, payment of
the claim has not been made before;
(ii) a certificate from the claimant concerned stating in clear terms that he has not drawn the
amount of the claim previously; and
(iii) an indemnity bond in the following form duly stamped and executed by the claimant
concerned undertaking to refund overpayment of the same if detected on.
FORM OF INDEMNITY BOND
We/I...................of M/s......................./of....................... hereby promise to refund to the
Government of
Rajasthan any amount which may here-in-after be found to have been paid to us/me in excess in
respect of
our/my claims for Rs..................Bill No.(nature of claims)...............dated......... for Rs.................
for the period
from ....................to ............ which has been drawn by .........................(Name of the Drawing &
Disbursing
Officer).
Signature of the claimant
Designation (in case of Government servant)
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Rule 93 : Reckoning of time limits for Pre-check :

The time limits prescribed in Rule 90 shall be reckoned from the date on which the charge

becomes payable as under :

(1)(i) Grant-in-aid, Scholarship, Stipends, refunds of revenue /deposit and other claims, from
the date of sanction.
(ii) Contingent claims. From the 1st of the following month in which the claim is presented
to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer.
(2) In cases where claims have once been presented to the Treasury but in consequence of
some objection taken by the Treasury, the payment has been delayed, the Treasury Officer
will not refuse to pay such claims if the objection is settled.
Rule 94 : Time barred claims under Limitation Act :
Claims against Government which
are time-barred under the provisions of section 3 read with the schedule of the Limitation
Act, 1963 (No.36 of 1963) or under any other provisions of law relating to limitation shall not
ordinarily be entertained. Any payment arising out of such claims shall not be made without
prior sanction of the Competent Authority.
III - CHEQUES
Rule 95 : Authority to draw Cheques : Save as expressly provided in these rules, no person
is authorised to draw on a Government Bank by means of cheques without special orders of
the Government/Accountant General as the case may be.
Rule 96 : Supply of Cheque Book by Treasury :
(1) Subject as hereinafter provided in this rule, Cheque book shall be supplied by the district
Treasury to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned.
(2) The Treasury Officer shall supply a Cheque book only on receipt of the printed
requisition form which is inserted in each book towards the end, duly signed by the
Government servant authorized to draw on the Treasury.
Rule 97 : Separate Cheque book for each Bank/Treasury :
(1) A separate Cheque book shall be used for each bank or Sub-Treasury, Cheque from
books obtained for use on a particular Bank/Sub-Treasury shall not be drawn on other
Bank/Sub-Treasury.
(2) The number of each Cheque book issued from time to time and the number of Cheque
it contained together with full particulars of Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be
intimated by the Treasury Officer simultaneously to the Bank/Sub-Treasury concerned.

Rule 98 : Intimation in Bank/Sub-Treasury :

The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall

notify to the Bank/Sub-Treasury upon which he draws the number of each Cheque book
which from time to time he brings into use and the number of Cheques it contains.
Rule 99 : Examination of Cheque Book :
Cheque books shall, on receipt, be carefully
examined by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer who shall count the number of forms
contained in each and record a certificate of count on the flyleaf.
Rule 100 : Custody of Cheque Book :
Cheque books shall be kept under lock and key in the
personal custody of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer who, when relieved, shall take a
receipt for the exact number of Cheques made over to the Relieving Officer.
Rule 101 : Precaution in writing Cheques :
(1) All Cheques shall have written across them in words to the type a sum a little in excess
of that for which they are granted for example for rupees 20/- but less than thirty, under
rupees thirty only. The amount shall be written in the manner prescribed for bills in clause (3)
of rule 80 GF&AR and abbreviations such as eleven hundred for one thousand one hundred
shall not be used.
(2) In drawing or encashing a Cheque it shoud be remembered that a common form of
fraud consists in altering the One into four by prefixing an f and changing the e into
and r the figures being easily altered to correspond. The word twenty written carelessly
has also sometimes been changed into seventy. The drawer of a Cheque in which these words
occur shall therefore, so write them as to make the fraud impossible, and the Treasury
Officer/Bank shall examine the words and corresponding figures with special care.
(3) All corrections and alterations in a Cheques shall be attested by the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer by his full signature.
Rule 102 : Issue of Cheques as crossed, order and bearer by Government Officers and
department in settlement of Government dues :
(1) Cheques drawn in favour of Drawing and Disbursing Officers and departments in
settlement of Government dues shall always be crossed by adding words Account payee
only Not Negotiable.
(2) Cheques drawn in favour of Corporate bodies, Contractors, and firm shall be crossed and
made Account Payees only.
(3) Cheque issued to Government servants and private persons : Cheques drawn in
favour of Government servant and individuals (Private persons) shall be crossed and made
Accounts payee only. In case of their specific request, Cheque may be issued to order. In
such cases the drawer of the Cheques shall be wholly responsible for any wrongful payment
caused due to such issue. He will therefore satisfy himself completely about the identity of
the persons claiming the payment.
(4) Ordinarily a Cheque payable to order shall not be cashed at Treasury/Bank unless it is

receipted by the payee himself or other person in whose favour it is regularly endorsed for
payment.
(5) Cheques drawn in favour of Head of Office/ Drawing and Disbursing Officer by his
official designation may be endorsed for him by a Subordinate Gazetted Officer authorized
in writing in case of his absence on tour or for other causes to receive payment.
Rule 103 : Advice of Cheques :
The advice of the issued of Cheques drawn for Rs. 1,000/- or above
in each case shall be sent to the Treasury/Bank in the following proforma :
We advise having drawn today the undermentioned Cheques payable at your Treasury/Bank.
S.No. No. of Cheques and date, Amount, Name of Payee
Rule 104 : Amount of Cheques :
As a general rule, Cheque shall not be issued for sums less then Rs.
100/-, unless this is permissible under the provisions of any law or rule having the force of law.
Rule 105 : Deduction of Income Tax/Sales Tax :
A Government servant shall at the time of
payment of any sum by means of Cheque in respect of works/ works contract deduct sales tax
and
income tax under provisions of Income Tax Act & Rules thereon and Rajasthan Sales Tax Act &
Rules respectively and furnish to the person to whom such payment is made, a certificate that
income
tax/ sales tax has been deducted and specifying the amount so deducted and the rate at which the
tax
has been deducted and such other particulars as may be prescribed.
Rule 106 : Currency of Cheques :
Cheques shall be payable at any time within 30 days after the
date of authorization. It can be revalidated within the period of 12 months from the date of
authorization or upto 31st March i.e. the end of financial year.
Rule 107 : Deleted due to at present no any non-banking sub-treasury exists.
Rule 108 : Cancellation of Cheques :
(1) When it is necessary to cancel a Cheque the cancelment shall be recorded on the counterfoil
and
the Cheque in the drawers possession, shall be destroyed. If the Cheque is not in a drawers
possession, he shall promptly address the Treasury/Bank to stop payment of the Cheque and on
ascertaining that the payment has been stopped shall make necessary entry in his accounts.
(2) A Cheque remaining unpaid for any cause for twelve months after the month of its issue shall
be

cancelled in the above manner and its amount will be written back in the accounts.
Rule 109 : Return of Unused Cheques :
In case where withdrawal of funds by Cheques is no longer
necessary, all the Cheque forms of Cheque books, which remain partly or wholly unused, shall
be
cancelled by writing the word, Cancelled prominently across each Cheque form and
counterfoil
without signature of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and thereafter returned to the Treasury
Officer, concerned who shall destroy them by incineration after keeping a note of the fact in the
relevant records of the Treasury under proper attestation.
Rule 110 : (i) Loss of Cheque rolls/Cheques :
The loss of a Cheque roll or a Cheque shall be
notified promptly to the bank branch concerned.
(ii) Loss of Cheque issued : If a Drawing and Disbursing Officer informs that a Cheque issued to
him has been lost, before payment, he shall take following action :
(a) (i) DDO will record the reasons and immediately intimate to the Treasury.
(ii) Treasury will issue stop payment orders to the bank branch concerned.
(iii) After due verification of non-payment or expiry of the currency period of the Cheque
Treasury will issue non- payment certificate.
(iv) After cancellation of the pass order on the bill Treasury will return the bill to the DDO.
(v) The same bill will be sent by the DDO with a request of issuance of fresh Cheque. Treasury
will issue a fresh Cheque.
(b) Non-Payment certificate in the form given below shall be obtained from the Treasury Officer:
Certified that Cheque No.. dated for Rs.. reported by the ( Drawing
and Disbursing Officer) to have been issued to him by this Treasury in favour of
M/s./Shri has
not been paid,* and will not be paid if presented hereafter.
(*Delete where not required)
Signature of Treasury Officer/Sub Treasury Officer.
The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall enter in his account the original Cheque
as cancelled and intimate to Treasury concerned. The DDO shall re-submit the cancelled bill
alongwith a written request for reissuance of the Cheque as per procedure laid down in these
rules.
(c) The party requesting for a fresh Cheque in lieu of a lost one shall execute an Indemnity
Bond in the following Form. However, in case of a Government department or a bank the
execution of an indemnity bond will not be necessary but fresh Cheque shall be issued in its
favour only on receipt of a certificate stating that it has not received the Cheque alleged to
have been lost or having received it, it has been lost and that it will be returned to the drawer
if found later.
Indemnity Bond to be executed before a fresh cheque is issued in lieu of a Cheque that
has been lost.

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This Deed of Indemnity made on the..... date of........ between.......son of....... resident
of ..... of
(1)...... son of ....... resident of ..........
(2).......son of .......resident of .......... etc. carrying on business in co-partnership
under the name and style of.....at.........or......................a company registered under the Indian
companies Act, 1956 having its registered office at...............(hereinafter called the
indemnifier which expression shall unless exclude his heirs, executors, administrators, legal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns) of the ONE PART AND The Governor of
Rajasthan (hereinafter called "the Government" which expression shall unless excluded by or
repugnant to the context be deemed to include his successors or assigns) of the OTHER
PART.
WHEREAS on the ...........date of........ cheque No..........dated...............on.......... (name
of the Bank).................... for Rs..................... was drawn by................. in favour of the
Indemnifier.
And whereas the Indemnifier has represented to the Government that the said Cheque
has been lost by him/during transmission by post to him.
And whereas at the request of the Indemnifier the Government has agreed to issue a
second cheque for Rs........... being the amount of the said previous cheque No....... dated.....
upon the Indemnifier giving such Indemnify as hereinafter contained.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS
FOLLOWS :(1) In consideration of the said premises and of the agreement on the part of the
Government in issuing in favour of the Indemnifier a second cheque for Rs..... being the
amount of the previous cheque No...... dated....... the Indemnifier both hereby agree and
undertake to the refund to the Govt. on demand and without demur the said sum of Rs..... in
the event of the said previous cheque No...... dated....... being presented to and paid by the
bankers and to indemnify the Government and keep the Government harmless and
indemnified from and against all expenses which may be incurred by the Government in
relation there to or in connection herewith.
(2) The Government agrees to bear the stamp duty, if any, chargeable on these
presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have set and subscribed their respective
hands hereunto on the.................................day and year first above written.
Signed by the said Indemnifier in the presence of:1. Indemnifier.............................
2. Address...................................
.
Signed for and on behalf of the Governor of Rajasthan by
Shri...................(name and designation) in the presence of:1.
2.
Name and designation of the Officer.
Rule 111 : (1) Payment by Cheque deemed to be made :

If a Cheque is issued in payment

of any dues by the Government and that Cheque is honoured on presentation to the
Government's bankers, payment shall be deemed to be made:
(i) if the Cheque is handed over to the payee or his authorised messenger, on the date it is so
handed over; or
(ii) if it is posted to the payee in pursuance of a request for payment by post, on the date on
which the cover containing it is put into the post.
(iii) The provision of clause (ii) above apply mutatis mutandis to payments made by the
Government by Postal money order or by any other recognised mode of remitting money by
post.
(2) Retention of Bills in Treasury : All passed bills will be retained by the
Treasury/Sub-Treasury and the Cheques issued against the presented bill shall be given to the
DDO with dispatch slip.
Rule 112 : Post dated Cheques :
Cheques marked as not payable before a particular date
shall not be charged to the accounts until the date on which they become payable.
Rule 113 : Endorsement on Cheques :
All Cheques, etc., preferable at a Treasury/Bank for
payment, can be endoresed only once in favour of the specific party by the DDO whom the
money is to be paid provided that :
(1) When the Cheque is issued in favour of the DDO, a second endorsement can be made by
the DDO in favour of a messenger or a party concerned for collection.
(2) For endorsement in favour of party it should be account payee.
(3) When the endorsement is made on a Cheque in favour of a banker, a second
endorsement can be made by the banker in favour of a messenger for collection only, and
(4) In case of permissible endorsement of a Cheque to a bank for collection, it is not
necessary to insist on having a separate acquittance from the collecting Bank when the
claimant himself has given a legally valid acquittance, duty stamped wherever required. In
case it is not done, the Bank will give a acquittance, duly stamped if required in lieu of
claimants acquittance.
IV - OTHER MODES OF PAYMENT
Rule 114 : Letter of Credit :
(1) Where under the provisions of these Rules or under any special order of the Government, a
letter of credit is issued in favour of a Drawing and Disbursing Officer, such letter of credit shall
specify the maximum amount upto which the Officer credited shall have authority to draw on the
particular Treasury/Bank on which the letter of credit has been issued.
(2) A Drawing and Disbursing Officer in whose favour a letter of credit has been issued, is not
permitted to draw the whole amount and place it in a separate drawing account at the Treasury or
the

Bank or in a private account.

(3) At places where the cash business of the Treasury is conducted by the Bank, any letter of
credit issued on the Treasury shall also be communicated to the Bank. If the Drawing and
Disbursing
Officer in whose favour a letter of credit has been issued requires funds both at the headquarters
and
at a Sub-Treasury, the Treasury Officer shall provide the funds at the Sub-Treasury advising the
Bank
of the amount to be placed at the credit of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer at the headquarter.
Note :- Cheques issued against letter of credit shall be encashed at the Bank direct
without the intervention of the Sub-Treasury Officer.
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Rule 115 : Lapse of letter of credit :
A letter of credit shall lapse at the close of financial
year in which it is issued.
Cheque shall be payable at any time within three months after the month of issue, thus
a Cheque bearing date any time in April is payable at any time utp 31st July, provided that
any Cheque issued in the last quarter of a financial year will be valid only upto 31st March i.e.
to the end of that financial year, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer may issue new Cheque
in lieu thereof and destroy the old one.
General instructions regarding departmental payments :
(1) Letters of credit issued under the rules may be acted upon without further treasury authority
by the Bank, observing the prescribed limitations.
(2) Except where otherwise provided, in cases not covered by letters of credit, the Bank will act
only on payment orders signed by the Treasury Officer.
(3) Letters of credit or assignment issued in favour of a drawing officer shall specify the
maximum amount upto which the Officer credited shall have the authority to draw on the
particular Treasury on which the letter of credit or the assignment has been issued.
(4) At places where the cash business of the Treasury is conducted by the Bank, any letter of
Credit or assignment issued on the Treasury shall also be communicated to the Bank.
(5) Where funds under a letter of credit are required only at headquarters, the original letter of
credit may be passed on by the Treasury Officer to the Bank, but if funds are required both
at the headquarters and at a Sub Treasury, the Treasury Officer will retain the letter of
credit and will advise the Bank of the amount to be drawn at headquarters.
Rule 116: Payments to Private parties Grants-in-aid, etc.:
(1) All payments to private parties
which are in the nature of Grants-in-Aid, subsidies, scholarship, study loans, purchases, service
rendered, etc., outside Rajasthan shall be made by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers by
means of bank drafts. Such bank drafts shall be crossed and made payable to the Accounts
Payee's only.
(2) Bank charges, if any, for preparation of Bank Drafts to be sent to the private parties
mentioned
in clause (1) above outside Rajasthan shall be borne by them. Accordingly the Drawing and

Disbursing Officer shall obtain Bank drafts from the bank for the amount payable less the
amount of Bank charges.
(3) The above provision would not apply in cases of refunds of revenue. Payment in case of
refunds
of revenue shall be made by Bank Drafts without deducting bank charges thereon. Such Bank
charges shall be borne by the Government.
V - VOUCHER FOR PAYMENT
Rule 117 : Voucher for payment : (At the level of DDO)
(1) A bill or Cheque becomes a voucher when it is duly receipted and stamped Paid &
Cancelled.
(2) Subject as hereinafter provided in this rule, a Government servant entrusted with the
payment of money shall obtain for every payment he makes including repayment of sums
previously lodged with the Government a voucher setting forth full and clear particulars of
the claim and all information necessary for its proper classification and identification in the
accounts. Every voucher shall bear or have attached to it, an acknowledgement of the
payment signed by the person by whom, or in whose behalf, the claim is put forward. The
acknowledgement shall be taken at the time of payment.
(3) As adjustment bill for NIL amount involve no payment, it is not necessary to insist
upon any acknowledgement of payment in respect of such Bills.
(4) A single receipt, stamped where necessary given by the payee in acknowledgement
of several payments or lump sum payment, either in cash or by Cheques, made to him on one
occasion, shall constitute a valid acquittance and the Drawing and Disbursing Officers, in
such cases, shall give cross references on all vouchers to which the receipt relates.
Rule 118 : Pay Order :
Every voucher shall bear a pay order signed or initialled by the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer specifying the amount both in words and figures.
Rule 119 : Paid Vouchers :
All paid vouchers shall be stamped Paid or so Cancelled that
they cannot be used second time. Stamps affixed to vouchers shall also be cancelled so that
they may not be used again.
Rule 120 : Retention of Vouchers :
Vouchers and acquittances which are not required to be
submitted to the Accountant General shall be filed and retained carefully in the office
concerned as important documents till they are audited and destroyed under the orders of
competent authority as provided in the rules.
Rule 121 : Submission of Vouchers to the Accountant General :

(1) Unless in any case the Comptroller and Auditor-General directs otherwise, sub-vouchers
for more than Rs. 1000/- shall be submitted to the Accountant General.
(2) In case of detailed bill all payees receipts and sub-vouchers shall be retained by Drawing
and Disbursing Officer in their own office to be made available to the local audit parties of
the Accountant General as and when required by them.
Rule 122 : Cancellation of Sub-Vouchers :
All sub-vouchers to bills shall be cancelled in
such a manner that they cannot be subsequently used for presenting fraudulent claims or other
fraudulent purposes.
Rule 123 : Cancellation and destruction of sub-vouchers :
The following rules for the
prevention of the fraudulent use of sub-vouchers shall be observed by all Drawing and
Disbursing and Controlling Officers in the matter or cancellation and destruction of subvouchers
:
(i) Unless in any case it is distinctly provided otherwise by any rule or order, no subvouchers
may be destroyed until after a lapse of three years;
(ii) Every sub-voucher which is not forwarded either to the Accountant General or to a
Controlling Officer along with bills but is recorded in the office to stamp or by an
endorsement in red ink across the voucher, the cancellation being initialed by the Drawing
and Disbursing Officer.
The cancellation shall be made at the time when the contingent bill in which the subvoucher
or sub-vouchers are included is actually signed. If the amount of a sub-voucher
exceeds the permanent advance, the cancellation shall be made immediately the payment is
made and entered in the Contingent Register.
(iii) In all cases in which sub-vouchers are not required to be submitted to the Accountant
General or the Controlling Officer the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall certify, in the
bill that sub-vouchers other than those attached to the bill have been cancelled under these
rules.
VI - Recoveries of Overpayments :
Rule 124 : Overpayment :
Subject to such special orders as the Government may issued in
any individual case, the responsibility for the overpayments shall rest primarily with the
drawer of bill, and it is only in the Controlling Officer or of the Treasury Officer that the
question of recovery from either of them may be considered.