Rule 73 — GAR
Original Rule Text
73. The cost of Survey of India and other scientific parties which may accompany a military expedition should be adjusted as follows:-
0 All extra expenditure connected with Survey of India unit which would not have been incurred but for field operation should be borne by the Defence Estimates, provided the Survey of India unit: accompanies the expedition at the request of the Defence Department.
(H) The cost of the pay, allowances and contingencies of other scientific parties should be bomee by the respective Civil Departments concerned, while the expenditure incurred on special transport arrangements made by the Defence Services should be debited to the Defence Estimates. These directions do not, however, apply to the classification of the cost of units of the Survey of India or of other scientific parties mobilized for service with the Army on general mobilization. The whole cost of these units except (in the case of the: Survey of India) that of the initial supply of all technical equipments, material and: stores, should be debited to the Defence Estimates under special rules.
What This Means
Rule 73 addresses a specific but historically important situation: the cost allocation when civilian scientific parties (such as units of the Survey of India or other scientific agencies) accompany military expeditions. The core question is: who pays for the extra expenditure — the Defence budget or the civil department's budget?
The rule draws a clear line. Extra expenditure incurred by a Survey of India unit specifically because it is participating in a field military operation — costs that would not have been incurred in normal peacetime survey work — is borne by the Defence Estimates, but only when the Survey unit accompanies the expedition at the request of the Defence Department. The base pay and normal operating costs of the Survey unit continue to be borne by the Survey of India's civil budget; it is the additional costs of field operations that shift to Defence.
For other scientific parties (not Survey of India), their pay, allowances, and contingencies are borne by their own civil departments throughout. Only the special transport arranged by Defence (such as military transport provided for the scientific party) is debited to Defence Estimates. The rule also distinguishes general mobilisation (war footing) from ordinary expeditions — on general mobilisation, the whole cost of the units (except initial Survey equipment and stores) shifts to Defence.
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Key Points
- 1Survey of India units with military expeditions: extra expenditure (beyond normal peacetime costs) is borne by Defence Estimates, but only if accompanying at Defence's request.
- 2Other scientific parties: pay, allowances, and contingencies remain with their respective civil departments; only special Defence transport is debited to Defence.
- 3General mobilisation (war footing): full cost of Survey of India and other scientific units (except initial technical equipment/stores) goes to Defence Estimates under special rules.
- 4The test for Survey of India: would this expenditure have been incurred but for the field operation? If not — it is an 'extra' and goes to Defence.
- 5The test for other scientific parties: their costs stay civil; only Defence-specific logistics for the scientific party go to Defence.
- 6This rule is relevant to Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Survey of India's accounting.
Practical Example
A military expedition in a remote border area requests the Survey of India to send a six-member survey team to map the terrain as part of the operation's intelligence preparation. The Survey of India team's normal pay (total: Rs. 3.6 lakhs for the three-month deployment) would have been incurred regardless — they are permanent staff. However, the expedition requires the team to carry specialised field camping equipment, additional survey instruments, and provides military transport that costs Rs. 1.8 lakhs. Under Rule 73, since the Survey team accompanies the expedition at Defence's request, the Rs. 1.8 lakhs of extra operational expenditure (camping equipment, field supplements, military transport coordination costs) is charged to the Defence Estimates. The Rs. 3.6 lakhs in normal pay is borne by the Survey of India's civil budget. When the Defence Ministry initially questions the allocation, the Survey refers to Rule 73 to justify why the extra costs transfer to Defence while base pay stays civil.
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