Rule 19 — DFPR

Rule 19: Dismantlement of public buildings– Subject to the conditions set out below, the Departments of the Government of India and Administrators shall have full powers to sanction dismantlement of public buildings (other than purely temporary structures), provided these powers are exercised with the concurrence of their Financial Advisers.

(i) No public building shall be dismantled unless it has been previously ascertained that it is not required by any other Department of the Government of India.

(ii) No public building shall be demolished unless it is structurally in a dangerous condition or it is beyond economic repairs and has been certified as such by appropriate technical authority or it is necessary to vacate the site for constructing a more important Government building or structure.

(iii) A public building, the dismantlement of which is sanctioned in exercise of the power conferred by this rule, shall be disposed of by public auction through the Central Public Works Department or the local Public Works Department in areas where the Central Public Works Department does not operate unless specific prior approval of the Competent Authority is taken for disposal of buildings to an identified party.

(iv) The Departments or Ministries of the Government of India and Administrators shall have full powers to sanction dismantlement of purely temporary structures.

Explanation – for the purposes of this rule, “a purely temporary structure” mean a structure, the life of which is not more than two years.