COMPLAINT CELL : 
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees Section 4 (1) (b) (ii)
| Designation | Principal Secretary/Managing Director | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | Promotions : All Employees in Group-B | |
| Declaration of Probation: Grade-III to VII | ||
| Additional Charge: Grade-II and III | ||
| Retirement: Grade-IV | ||
| Financial | Project proposal (Admv. sanction): From Rs.10 Lakhs to Rs.25 Lakhs. | |
| Acceptance of Tenders: Rs.25 lakhs | ||
| Purchase of Materials: Upto Rs.20 Lakhs | ||
| Others | Competent to authorise opening of Bank account and make deposits | |
| Duties | 1. Chief Executive authority of the Board and incharge of day to day Administration of the Board. | |
| 2. Exercises supervision and control over the employees of the Board. | ||
| Designation | Executive Director | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | Placing Addl. Charge: Grade-IV and V | |
| Retirement: Grade-V & VI. | ||
| Grant of leave: Grade-III | ||
| Financial | Approval of purchase request: | |
| 1. Stock items: Rs.5 lakhs to 10 lakhs | ||
| 2. Non stock items: Rs.50,000 to 1 lakh | ||
| Approving purchase orders: Upto Rs.5 lakhs | ||
| Others | Furnitures and fixtures: Rs.10,000 to Rs.50,000. Purchase of Books : Above Rs.1,500/- at a time. Entertainment Expenses : Above Rs.5,000 at a time. |
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| Duties | 1. Chief Executive authority of the Board and incharge of day to day Administration of the Board. | |
| 2. Exercises supervision and control over the employees of the Board. | ||
| Designation | Finance Director | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | Placing full additional charge: Grade-VI and VII. Incharge of Administration of Finance Department. |
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| Financial | Fresh purchase of materials: Upto Rs.3 lakhs Advance payment: Upto Rs.5 lakhs. Authorising imprests: Full Power. Transfer of funds from one Bank to another: Full Power. |
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| Others | Furnitures and fixtures : Rs.2,000 to Rs.10,000. Purchase of Books : Rs.1,000 to Rs.3,000/- p.a. Legal charges : Rs.5,000 to 1.00 lakh. |
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| Duties | Head of Finance Department which is responsible for financial administration and matters relating to finance and audit. | |
Designation Engineering Director Powers As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. Administrative Incharge of Administration of Engineering Wing. Financial Project proposal (Admv. sanction) : From Rs. 5 Lakhs to Rs.10 Lakhs.
Project Estimates (Tech.sanction) : Above Rs.75/- lakhs.
Approval of purchase request : Rs.20,000 to Rs.50,000/- Others Disposal of unserviceable materials. Duties Head of Department of Engineering Wing. The Construction Sewerage Wing, Training and Data Centre and P&D Wing.
| Designation | Chief Engineer (Operation & Maintenance) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | Incharge for Administration of Operation and Maintenance Wing. | |
| Financial | Works on Nomination : Above Rs.25,000 and below Rs.2 lakhs. Works (Admv. sanction) : Rs.5 lakhs to Rs.10 lakhs. Works (Tech. sanction) : Above Rs.10 lakhs. |
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| Others | Deletion or Additional of items : Above Rs.10,000/- for each item. Alteration in quantities : In excess of Rs.40,000/- |
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| Duties | Over all control of Operation and Maintenance of City water supply and sewerage system/Various projects. | |
| Designation | Chief Engineer (Second Chennai Project) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | Incharge for Administration of Second Chennai Project Wing. | |
| Financial | Project proposals (Admv. sanction) : Upto Rs.5 lakhs Project Estimate (Tech. sanction) : Rs.25 lakhs to 75 lakhs. Works on nomination : Above Rs.25,000 and below Rs.2 lakhs. |
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| Others | Entertainment expenses : Upto Rs.2,000 p.a. Purchase of fixed assets : Rs.50,000 to Rs.l.00 lakh |
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| Duties | Over all control of the works executed under Second Chennai Project funded by the World Bank. | |
| Designation | Chief Engineer (CWSAP) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | for Administration of CWSAP | |
| Financial | Project proposals (Admv. sanction) : Upto Rs.5 lakhs Project Estimate (Tech.sanction) : Rs.25 lakhs to 75 lakhs. Works on nomination : Above Rs.25,000 and below Rs.2 lakhs. |
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| Others | Entertainment expenses : Upto Rs.2,000 p.a. Purchase of fixed assets : Rs.50,000 to Rs.l.00 lakh |
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| Duties | Over all control of the works relating to New Veeranam Project. | |
| Designation | Chief Engineer (CWSAP) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | for Administration of CWSAP | |
| Financial | Project proposals (Admv. sanction) : Upto Rs.5 lakhs Project Estimate (Tech.sanction) : Rs.25 lakhs to 75 lakhs. Works on nomination : Above Rs.25,000 and below Rs.2 lakhs. |
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| Others | Entertainment expenses : Upto Rs.2,000 p.a. Purchase of fixed assets : Rs.50,000 to Rs.l.00 lakh |
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| Duties | Over all control of the works relating to New Veeranam Project. | |
| Designation | Superintending Engineer. | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Financial | Project proposals (Admv. sanction) : Upto Rs.1.00 lakh . Acceptance of Tenders: Rs.2 lakhs to Rs.5 lakhs. Nomination works : Upto Rs.25,000/-. |
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| Others | Emergency purchase : Over Rs.3,000/- Upto Rs.5,000/- Furnitures and fixtures : Rs.500/- on each occasion. |
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| Duties | 1. Incharge of Technical/Administrative Assistance relating to Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment Plants, Well Fields and Transmission system. 2. Executive Authority on Operations & Maintenance divisions in the jurisdiction. 3. Incharge of technical and administrative supervision, monitoring and control in planning, programming and implementing the polices, procedures, standards, schedules as enunciated by the Board. |
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| Designation | Superintending Engineer (North) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Areas-I to IV | |
| Financial | Acceptance of Tenders i) Any minus percentage or excess upto 5% - Rs.10.00 lakhs. ii) Excess upto 5% - Rs.5.00 lakhs iii) Excess over 5% upto 10% - Rs.2 lakhs iv) Excess over 10% upto 15%-Rs.40,000 v) Excess over 15% - Rs.10,000/-. |
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| Others | Emergency purchase : Over Rs.3,000/- Upto Rs.5,000/- Furnitures and fixtures : Rs.500/- on each occasion. |
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| Duties | 1. Incharge of Technical/Administrative Assistance relating to Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment Plants, Well Fields and Transmission system. 2. Executive Authority on Operation & Maintenance divisions in Areas-I to IV. 3. Incharge of technical and administrative supervision, monitoring and control in planning, programming and implementing the polices, procedures, standards, schedules as enunciated by the Board. |
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| Designation | Superintending Engineer (South) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Areas-VIII to X | |
| Financial | Acceptance of Tenders i) Any minus percentage or excess upto 5% - Rs.10.00 lakhs. ii) Excess upto 5% - Rs.5.00 lakhs iii) Excess over 5% upto 10% - Rs.2 lakhs iv) Excess over 10% upto 15%-Rs.40,000 v) Excess over 15% - Rs.10,000/-. Estimates for works i) Admv. sanction - Above Rs.2 lakh upto Rs.5.00 lakhs. ii) Tech. sanction - Above Rs.5 lakh upto Rs.10.00 lakh |
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| Others | Emergency purchase : Over Rs.3,000/- Upto Rs.5,000/- Furnitures and fixtures : Rs.500/- on each occasion. |
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| Duties | 1. Incharge of Technical/Administrative Assistance relating to Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment Plants, Well Fields and Transmission system. 2. Executive Authority on Operation & Maintenance divisions in Areas-VIII to X. 3. Incharge of technical and administrative supervision, monitoring and control in planning, programming and implementing the polices, procedures, standards, schedules as enunciated by the Board. |
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| Designation | Superintending Engineer (Central) | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Areas-V to VII, R.O.I and A.O.B.M Wing. | |
| Financial | Acceptance of Tenders i) Any minus percentage or excess upto 5% - Rs.10.00 lakhs. ii) Excess upto 5% - Rs.5.00 lakhs iii) Excess over 5% upto 10% - Rs.2 lakhs iv) Excess over 10% upto 15%-Rs.40,000 v) Excess over 15% - Rs.10,000/-. Estimates for works i) Admv. sanction - Above Rs.2 lakh upto Rs.5.00 lakhs. ii) Tech. sanction - Above Rs.5 lakh upto Rs.10.00 lakh |
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| Others | Emergency purchase : Over Rs.3,000/- Upto Rs.5,000/- Furnitures and fixtures : Rs.500/- on each occasion. |
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| Duties | 1. Incharge of Technical/Administrative Assistance relating to Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment Plants, Well Fields and Transmission system. 2. Executive Authority on Operation & Maintenance divisions in Areas-VIII to X. 3. Incharge of technical and administrative supervision, monitoring and control in planning, programming and implementing the polices, procedures, standards, schedules as enunciated by the Board. |
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| Designation | Area Engineer | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Area Office | |
| Financial | Acceptance of Tenders i) Any minus percentage or excess upto 5% - Rs.5.00 lakhs. ii) Excess upto 5% - Rs.2.00 lakhs iii) Excess over 5% upto 10% - Rs.5000 iv)Excess over 10% upto 15%-Rs.20000 Estimates for works i) Admv. sanction - Above Rs.5,000 upto Rs.2.00 lakhs. ii) Tech. sanction - Above Rs.2 lakh upto Rs.5.00 lakh |
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| Others | - | |
| Duties | 1. Over all control of Technical/Administrative Assistance relating to Operation and Maintenance/Sewerage system of the Areas in the jurisdiction. 2. Responsible for Revenue Collection in their jurisdiction. |
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| Designation | Public Relations Manager | |
| Powers | - | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Public Relations Section. | |
| Financial | - | |
| Others | News Paper Advertisement excluding Tenders: Upto Rs.4,000/-. | |
| Duties | 1. Liaison with press, incharge of customer relations, consumer research (formal survey & uniformal meetings). 2. Publicising service statements and other relevant data meant for public knowledge. Upkeep of all common facilities (Vehicles, Phone & Wireless). 3. Protocol, Internal & External Communications. |
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| Designation | Deputy General Manager | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of the sections under his control. | |
| Financial | Sanction of Conveyance Advance : Grade-III & IV. Sanction of Computer Advance : Grade-III to V. Sanction of Marriage/Education Advance : All Grades. |
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| Others | Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity : Grade-III & IV. Family benefit fund : Grade-III & IV. Signing agreement on behalf of Board. |
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| Duties | 1. Assist the General Manager in proposing and implementing appropriate policy pertaining to personnel. Ensure timely sanction of advances and other claims of the staff and labour. 2. Assume responsibility for timely settlement of employee benefits on retirement/death. Co-ordinate with field/unit offices to ensure labour welfare measures are implemented fairly & quickly. 3. Co-ordinate with institutions such as Labour Court, Commissionertate of Labour and Provident Fund Office in connection with the Welfare measures of the Labour. Liase with unions and Management for maintaining Cordial relations. |
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| Designation | Assistant Industrial Relations Manager | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | Enquiry on the request of Alteration of Date of Birth. Sanction of increment : Grade-V to XIV Sanction of increment : Grade-V to XIV |
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| Financial | - | |
| Others | Signing of Agreement on behalf of the Board for conveyance advance sanctioned. | |
| Duties | 1. Sanction of Additional charge Allowance (below Grade-V), Sanction of leave including SLS (Head Office) in respect of Grade-VIII to XIV. 2. Sanction of increment in respect of Employees below Grade-V, Jointly incharge for Legal Cell in respect of all cases pertaining to Area-VI to X, R.O.II and other unit of officers Board. 3. Sanction of Selection grade for both Staff and Labour category, Setting right the pay anomalies. |
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| Designation | Chief Controller of Finance | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Finance Department. | |
| Financial | Sanction of Investigation estimates: To SEs - upto Rs.25,000. To CEs - upto Rs.50,000 Emergency purchase : Rs.5,000 to Rs.10,000/- |
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| Others | Signing of Agreement on behalf of the Board for conveyance advance sanctioned. | |
| Duties | 1. Sanction of Additional charge Allowance (below Grade-V), Sanction of leave including SLS (Head Office) in respect of Grade-VIII to XIV. 2. Sanction of increment in respect of Employees below Grade-V, Jointly incharge for Legal Cell in respect of all cases pertaining to Area-VI to X, R.O.II and other unit of officers Board. 3. Sanction of Selection grade for both Staff and Labour category, Setting right the pay anomalies. |
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| Designation | Chief Controller of Finance | |
| Powers | As per the approved Delegation of powers as in CMWSSB Hand Book of Delegation of powers. | |
| Administrative | General Administration of Finance Department. | |
| Financial | Sanction of Investigation estimates: To SEs - upto Rs.25,000. To CEs - upto Rs.50,000 Emergency purchase : Rs.5,000 to Rs.10,000/- |
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| Others | Signing of Agreement on behalf of the Board for conveyance advance sanctioned. | |
| Duties | 1. Sanction of Additional charge Allowance (below Grade-V), Sanction of leave including SLS (Head Office) in respect of Grade-VIII to XIV. 2. Sanction of increment in respect of Employees below Grade-V, Jointly incharge for Legal Cell in respect of all cases pertaining to Area-VI to X, R.O.II and other unit of officers Board. 3. Sanction of Selection grade for both Staff and Labour category, Setting right the pay anomalies. |
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| Designation | Controller of Finance (Internal Auditor) | |
| Powers | - | |
| Administrative | As per the approved Delegation of powers. | |
| Financial | As per the approved Delegation of powers. | |
| Others | As per the approved Delegation of powers. | |
| Duties | Incharge for conducting Internal Audit, Management Audit and settlement of Audit objections. | |