File No. D-11028/23/82-Regions (Vol.II)
Government of India
Ministry of Urban Development
Directorate of Estates
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated 17-01-2013
Office Memorandum
Subject: Acceptance and depositing of Bank Draft/Pay Order in the
Government account on account of booking charges of holiday homes by
different Booking Authorities.
Booking of rooms/suits of holiday home at Shimla, Agra, etc.is made by
different booking authorities (i.e. EM, Kolkata’ AEM’ Chennai and AEM,
Nagpur) but demand draft/pay order is received in the name of Assistant
Estate Manager, Shimla or Assistant Director of Estates (Cash), New
Delhi as the case may be. After confirmation of booking of holiday home,
the demand draft/pay order received by the aforesaid booking
authorities is then sent to AEM, Shimla or Assistant Director of Estates
(Regions), New Delhi for deposit in the Government account. Such
practice takes considerable time in actual realisation of revenue to the
Government.
2. Recently, RBI has reduced the validity period of Bank Draft/Pay
Order/Cheque from six months to three months. After reducing the
validity period of draft/pay order/cheque by RBI, it has now become more
difficult to realise the revenue suitably through the practice being
adopted as mentioned at first para above.
3. It has now been decided with the approval of Directorate of Estates
that following change in respect of above matter would come into effect
with immediate effect:
(i) EM/AEM, Kolkata; AEM, Chennai and AEM, Nagpur will accept the bank
draft/pay order towards booking charges of holiday homes/guest houses in
favour of the concerned booking authority itself who is looking after
the booking and not in favour of other authorities and O/o concerned
booking authority will itself deposit the booking charges ¡n the
Government account.
(ii) NIC will modify the online booking application form in respect of
rooms/suits of holiday homes/guest houses at the disposal of EM/AEM,
Kolkata; AEM, Chennai and AEM, Nagpur accordingly.
4. AIl prospective applicants are also advised to note the above changes
and to ensure the correctness of bank draft/pay order in favour of
appropriate authority. Failure to comply with the above changed norms
will lead to rejection of booking request.
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(N.S. Chauhan)
Assistant Director of Estates (Regions)
Source: www.holidayhomes.nic.in
[http://holidayhomes.nic.in/WriteReadData/Circulars/18AccepAndDepo.pdf]
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