Government of Orissa

Commerce & Transport (Commerce) Department

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No.Tel. 17/03-3377/Com.,                                                     Dated 5/5/2003

 To

All Departments of Government

Heads of Department

Revenue Divisional Commissioner

Collectors/S.Ps/C.D.M.Os.

 Sub:      Use of Mobile Telephone by the Ministers and Officers of the State Government.

 The undersigned is directed to say that the issue of use of Mobile telephone by the Ministers/Senior Officers of the State Government was under active consideration of Govt. for some time past.

 After careful consideration the Government have been pleased to decide as follows:

 1.          Facility of Mobile phone will be extended to all the Hon’ble Ministers and Senior Officers namely Secretaries/R.D.Cs/Addl.Secretaries/Directors/Addl.Directors/ Collectors/I.Gs/ D.I.Gs/S.Ps/ C.D.M.Os/Chief Engineers in addition to residential and Office telephone as outlined in F.D.Circular No.10954/F.Dt.14.3.2001.

 2.         The Mobile Phone instrument would be purchased by the concerned Hon’ble Minister/Officer personally at their own cost keeping in view the financial stringency.

 3.          The financial limit imposed in F.D.O.M.No.10954/F.dt.14.3.2001 as austerity measures should also include the bills of the mobile telephone i.e. the limit of monthly telephone bills of the Minister(s) is Rs.15,000/- per month (both Office & residence combined) and in respect of Officer(s) entitled for S.T.D. facility has been restricted to Rs.5000/- per month (either for office or for residence or both combined). Any extra expenditure beyond the said monetary limit will be borne by the concerned Hon’ble Minister/Officer.

 4.          Only the call Bills on mobile limiting to the financial limit as mentioned in the aforesaid F.D.O.M.No.10954 Dt.14.3.2001 would be re-imbursed by the State Government.

 5.         The use of mobile telephone for Hon’ble Minister(s)/ Officer(s) is purely optional If a Minister/Officer wants to avail the facility of the use of mobile telephone and to re-imburse the bill, He/She shall intimate the number of the mobile phone to the concerned Deptt./Estt.Re-imbursement shall be on production of a hard copy of the bill for regular subscriber or on cash cards.

 This order shall take effect from the date of issue.

                                                                                                                   Sd/

                                                                                                        (N.C.Vasudevan)

                                                                              Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government.