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To maintain and manage the properties and funds of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission.

2

 To maintain records and cause their checking and auditing periodically by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

3

To direct the Accounts Officer of the Commission to prepare annual income and expenditure statements and balance sheets.

4

To liaise and interact with the NGOs to organize seminars; symposia and other such programmes.

5

To incur expenditure without monetary limit where sanction has been accorded by the Government.

6

To sanction expenditure for the purchase of computers and fax and providing Internet facilities etc subject to approval of the Commission.

7

To accord sanction for the purchase of furniture and equipment and providing infrastructure facilities for the office upto Rs. two lac only at a time, as per rules subject to a maximum of Rs. five lac only in a year.

8

To sanction fuel advance up to Rs. five thousand only.

9

To sanction leave of the kind due to the officers and employees of the Commission except the Head of the Investigation Wing and the Head of the Judicial Wing in whose case leave will be sanctioned by the Chairperson.

10

To disburse fees, remuneration and other payments as directed by the Commission.

11

To execute all contracts and agreements on behalf of the Commission under its direction.

12

To sanction all cases of temporary withdrawals from the provident fund of the officers and employees of the Commission as per rules and subject to eligibility.

13

To sanction purchase of books, journals and periodicals for the office and library of the Commission subject to budget provisions;

14

To sanction purchase of stationery articles locally in urgent circumstances upto a limit of Rs. 10,000/- at a time but not exceeding Rs. 50,000/- in a year;

15

To sanction tours of the officers and employees of the Commission and to countersign their T. A. bills;

16

To engage daily – wage hands against all categories of class IV / Group D posts and drivers as and when it is felt necessary,  subject to prior approval   of the Commission;

17

To sanction repair and replacement of spare parts and maintenance of motor vehicles of the Commission upto a limit of Rs. fifteen thousand only in each case, as per rules in a year;

18

To sanction all cases of medical reimbursement in respect of the officers and employees of the Commission and also to disburse medical claims to the Chairperson and Members on the basis of the essentiality certificates  and vouchers;

19

To sanction payment of telephone charges, electricity charges, water charges etc, without monetary limits, as per rules;

20

To incur refreshment charges up to Rs. two thousand only at a time subject to an annual limit of Rs. twenty five thousand, for meetings / seminars etc; 

21

To sanction purchase of bicycles for office use;

22

To sanction uniforms and liveries as and where admissible to eligible employees;

23

To incur non-recurring contingent expenditure upto Rs. twenty thousand only in a year subject to budget provisions;

24

 To sanction expenditure upto Rs. fifty thousand only per annum for publicity / advertisement; 

25

To incur expenditure upto Rs one lac only towards printing charges in a year;

26

To hire buildings for office and residential accommodation for the Chairperson and Members of the Commission, as per rules.