Section 91. Purchase of store and equipment

91. Purchase of store and equipment.— (1) The Government may by general or special order — provide for all any of the following matters, namely: (a) the manner in which purchase of stores, equipments, machineries and other articles required by the Zilla Parishad or Gram Panchayat shall be made by them; (b) the manner in which tender for works, contracts and supplies shall be invited and examined and accepted by the Gram Panchayat or Zilla Parishad; (c) the manner in which works, and development schemes may be executed and inspected and payment may be made in respect of such works an schemes; and (d) constitution of committee for the purposes of this sub-section. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in sub-section (1), in respect of all other matters relating to withdrawal of funds, form of bills, incurring of expenditure maintenance of accounts, rendering of accounts and such other matters, the rules, of implementation as applicable to Departments of the Government shall mutatis mutandis apply in case of a Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad. 92. Power to appoint Administrator in certain cases.— (1) Whenever, — (a) any general election to a Zilla Parishad under this Act or any proceedings consequent thereon has been stayed by an order of a competent court, or authority; or (b) all the members or more than two-thirds of the members of a Zilla Parishad have resigned, the Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette appoint an Administrator for such period as may be specified in the notification and may, by like notification, curtail or extend the period of such appointment, so however, that the total period of such appointment shall not exceed six months. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, on the appointment of an Administrator under sub-section (1) the Zilla Parishad and the Committees thereof and the Adhyaksha, or Up-Adhyaksha of such Zilla Parishad charged with carrying out the provisions of this Act, or any other law, shall cease to exercise any powers and perform and discharge any duties or functions conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act or any other law and all such powers shall be exercised and all such duties and functions shall be performed and discharged by the Administrator during the period of such appointment.