192 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
( b ) On Railway Carriages especially reserved for the use of high officials otherwise than in connection with the maintenance of the carriage. [1]
( c ) On the purchase of a Motor-car or Motor-cycle for the use of an official, or on the maintenance of it otherwise than from the “Contract Grant” with the Head of the province. [2]
( d ) On the increase of the “Contract Grant” to the Head of the province. [3]
( e ) On the construction or purchase of a vessel required for inland navigation and for use at ports, the cost of which exceeded Rs. 1,00,000. [4]
( f ) On an Irrigation or other Public Works projects of which the estimated cost chargeable to the general revenues exceeded Rs. 20,00,000 inclusive of establishments, tools and plants. It was however competent for a Provincial Government to spend up to an amount 10 per cent. in excess of the original sanctioned estimate provided such excess was not more than Rs. 12 ½ lakhs inclusive of establishment, tools and plants. [5 ]
As to the limitations respecting the subjects of provincial expenditure, it was ruled that in virtue of the application of the general condition precedent to the delegation of all authority to disburse public money, that it shall be bona fide for a public purpose, Provincial Governments could not spend from their funds for benefiting—
(i) Any individual or body of private persons unless in accordance with some declared or established rule or principle recognized by the Government of India. [6 ]
(ii) Native States, directly beyond Rs. 10,000 a year on any one project or Rs. 50,000 if non-recurring. [7]
1 Rule 10 (4) of 1912.
2 Rule 10 (6) of 1912.
3 Rule 10 (15) of 1912.
4 Rule 10 (17) of 1912.
5 Rule 10 (18)of 1912.
6 Rule 10 of 1877, also embodied in subsequent Resolutions.
7 Rule 10 (13) of 1912.