General Knoledge About COSTING,CONTRACT &VALUATION: General Instruction for Handling of Muster Roll & ...

General Knoledge About COSTING,CONTRACT &VALUATION: General Instruction for Handling of Muster Roll & ...:    Rules for writing a Muster Roll The muster Roll should be prepared in according with the following rules...... 1) One or more Muste...

General Instruction for Handling of Muster Roll & Measurement Book

   Rules for writing a Muster Roll

The muster Roll should be prepared in according with the following rules......

1) One or more Muster Roll can be used for the same work.

2) The Presence of labour should be marked with (*) and absence with (A) just at the start of work or day on each day.

3)Muster Roll for the same work should never be prepared in duplicate.

4)Daily attendance ,absence and the fines ,if any the laborers should be recorded in paet -1 of the muster roll.

5)Laborers may be paid more than once a month but after each payment separate muster roll has to be opened.

6)The payment on a Muster Roll should be made by the SDO (Sub-Divisional Officer) in teh presence of Sub-ordinate consent who should be testify to the payment as -" Paid in my presence to the right person ".

7)After the payment has been made the BDO should be certified as -" Paid by me Rs................on............".

8)The unpaid items should be recorded in the Part-2 on Muster Roll.

9)Wages remaining unpaid for three month should brought to the notice of the executive engineers.

10) If the nature of works in such that it can not be measured a remark to that effect is recorded on the Muster Roll  "Work not susceptible of measurement".

11) At the close of the muster following certificate should be recorded under..........
     " Certified that the workers maintain in the Muster Roll were actually employed by me on government works"



COMMON IRREGULARITIES:

The common irregularities in the Muster Roll are of common occurance and should be avoided.............

1) The Labourers employed on a Muster Roll  not grouped according to the classes.

2) Tampering with original entries and over writing.

3) Muster Roll not signed daily by the Sub-Ordinate in-charge.

4)Discrepancy between the daily report and the muster roll.

5) Delay in passing the Muster Roll and its payment.

6) Incorrect entry of the progress of the work in part -3 of the Muster Roll.

General Instruction for handling of measurement book:
 
Each set of measurement should be with the following information so that it is clear and easily understanding from other entries.....
No-1:
 


 

What is Muster Roll  & Measurement book?        

These are the following basic record upon which payment of the works in construction project are done....
a) Muster roll.
b) Measurement Book.

MUSTER ROLL :     

Muster Roll is used for keeping a complete record of attendance, payment made ,unpaid wages and work done by daily labour engaged on the execution of works. It is the basic records of payment made to daily labour.After the payment is made , the Muster Roll is kept as a Voucher. It is very important record and strikly in accordance with the rules.

                         Muster Roll consists of the following three parts....................
              a) Part-1(Nominal Roll)
              b) Part-2(Register of Arrears of wages due to worked people)
              c) Part-3(Details of measurement of work done by labour)

a) Part -1 (Nominal Roll)

In this part of the Muster Roll full information about the labour employed is recorded and daily attendance of the labour is marked.The labour should be grouped according to different categories ( such as mason,carpenters etc.) Name of the person employed and his father's name is also recorded in the relevant columns. The daily attendance are signed by the person who marks them.

b)Part -2 (Register of arrears of wages due to Worked People)

This part of muster group is used for keeping a record of all unpaid wages.Particulars of all wages which remain unpaid for a period of three months should be brought to the notice of the executive engineers whose orders are necessary before they can be paid off.

c)Part -3 (Details of measurement of work done by labour)

The quantity of work done by labour engaged on the Muster Roll is entered in the measurement book.Full particulars of the work done and the reference to pages and nos of the measurement book are recorded in the part-3 of the Muster Roll.If the nature of work is such that it can not be measured to that effect is recorded in the Muster Roll -" Work not susceptible of measurement ".




MEASUREMENT BOOK

 A Measurement Book is the original record of all kinds of work which are susceptible of measurement. All  entries in a measurement book from the basis of payment. The rules should be observed while writing a Measurement Book so that the entries are reliable , clear and self explanatory and all chances of making double payment are avoided.