P&T AUDIT OFFICERS’ & SR. AUDIT OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
(Recognized
under the CCS (RSA) Rules 1993)
Draft Report on the working of the Association since last annual general
body meeting held on 8th January 2011 to till date.
Dear
Friends,
On behalf of the P&T Audit Officers’
& Sr. Audit Officers’ Association I welcome all delegates and invitee to
this historic moment of our 3rd Annual General Body Meeting. We are
thankful to our friends and members of BAO Thiruvanantapuram, Who are hosting
this meeting at this beautiful coastal city. We are also thankful to the
members of P&T Audit, Category II Association and P&T Audit Category
III Association of BAO Thiruvanantapuram for their presence in this meeting in response
to our invitation. We are proud to get the Secretary General, All India Audit and
Accounts Officers Association with us as our Honourable Chief Guest.
Homage
Before placing this
report let us pay our homage to those memorable personalities who had
sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the interest of the Nation and for the
unity, integrity and security of our country. We take this opportunity to pay
homage to all the valiant fighters of working class movement who have departed
us during the period.
We also pay our homage to all our brethren
who departed us while in service.
Situation prevailing around us
The unprecedented
inflation and rise in prices of the essential commodities and its accelerating
trend due to the pursuance of the anti people economic policies of
globalization adopted in our country has made the middle class and poor
peoples’ life miserable and unbearable. The raging inflation has already
nullified the post VI th CPC “feel good” factors of Central Government
Employees and middle level officers like us. The new liberal economic policies
of the UPA 2 Govt. has fastened the road towards disinvestment of PSUs along
with the multi crore rupees scams like 2G Spectrum, Common Wealth games,
Adarsha Abasan of Maharashtra, Krishna Godavari Basin and many more. These
scams are hand in glove with the politician, bureaucrats and corporates who
actually dictate the governments to make anti people policies. This meeting
urges upon the members of our association to promote the awareness of common
people on these burning issues.
On the other hand the forces of
disintegration in Kashmir and North Eastern States,
Maoist activities in Chattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West
Bengal and Andhra Pradesh and the world wide terrorism have
created a blatant threat to the sovereignty of our country and disturbed the
peace of world. Appropriate action with clarity and wilful mind is very much
necessary to tackle these issues.
SITUATION in Indian Audit and Accounts
Department
The entire Department of C&AG is
facing problem of downsizing of work force disregarding the constitutional
liability to make the people aware of the loots that are being carried out by
multinational and Trans National Corporations. the C&AG had indicated
through various documents that the vision and mission statements for the IAAD
were being revisited, and a single strategic plan was necessary in order to
realize the vision and elaborate on the activities that would follow from the
mission. It has been stated that this strategy was part of compliance with
international best practices followed in corporate planning. The Office bearers
of our Federation (i.e. All India Audit & Accounts Officers Association )
were called by the C&AG’s Administration on 25th January 2012 to
brief the department’s proposals on “Re-Organization of audit of Govt. of India
and States. The idea behind the strategy so disclosed is obviously to
restructure the organizational structure for audit of G0I entities on the basis
of ministry/ department, rather than the type of entity, whereby a central
ministry as well as PSUs and autonomous bodies under it will be audited
together by a single office (or Group of offices), and audit of several
ministries /Departments (grouped sector wise) under a single DAI and to regroup
the offices by removing the existing boundaries to audit the entities. The
C&AG’s administration firmly believes that the proposed regrouping will
move towards an assurance based audit approach. While doing so the proposal
would comprise sectorial integration (moving away from a function based audit
approach to a department based or a sector based approach); minimal reporting
lines and segregation of central audit from state audit. In respect of state
Audit the audited entities will be redistributed between AG (civil) and
AG(C&RA) on sectorial basis and mainstreaming of LB Audit offices. Our
Association is in great doubt on the clarity and willingness of CAG to address
the issue of abdication of audit in Govt. transactions taking place on
dictation of the nexus of Politicians, bureaucrats and corporate. The proposed
re-organization will only keep the promotional and other vested interests of
the top level Officers with the abolition of the vast human resource of
IA&AD.
There is evidence of
several brutal attacks by the CAG’s Administration on democratic functioning of
the mass organization in different parts of the country. Even in the prevailing
situation of attacks our organization has participated in all the programs
circulated by our federation to achieve our just demands of 1) conferment of
Gr. A status; 2) Up gradation of grade pays of Rs. 6600.00 to AOs and 7600.00
to Sr. AOs; 3) Early finalization of cadre review and IV) Removal of age limit
for promotion to IA & AS cadre.
SITUATION in P&T AUDIT OFFICES
In the office of DGA P&T and its
Branch Offices the “Audit Norms 2000” was came into effect from the year
2000-2001. Thereafter a long passage of 12 years has passed. In Telecom as well
as postal sectors, where frequent technical and administrative changes are
taking place, the age of this “Audit Norms” is too old to its implementation.
In between several workloads like certification of Accounts, Performance Audit
and Theme Based/ Risk Based Audit have been added. Due to improper Audit Norms
we are now compelled to bear the enhanced work load with a reduced number of
man-days. On the other hand the prevailing “available manpower based annual
audit plan” resulting in insufficient audit coverage with adverse effect on the
quality of Audit Reports.
Delay in receipt of approval on the
proposed annual audit plan also disrupting the smooth functioning of the Branch
Audit Offices. In respect of the year 2010-11 all the Branch Offices had sent
their draft Audit Plan to the Office of DGA P&T within the due time. But it
is learnt that DGAP&T itself had got C&AG’s Approval on it at the
middle of June. Awaiting the approved audit plan BAOs could not properly
utilize their available Man Days in the first quarter of that year. The same
problem was repeated in the year 2011-12 also.
Due to insufficient allotment of fund
under TE Head a considerable number of Audit Parties could not be provided with
TA Advance. Even though, our Officers have performed their tour programs on the
call of their sense of moral responsibilities. But the Administration has not
shown it’s minimum responsibility to clear the Final claims of Traveling
Expenses incurred by the AOs/ Sr. AOs from their own pockets.
Functioning of Branch Offices of DGA
P&T are intentionally being neglected by the authority. BAOs are to be
headed by one Group Officer, but of the 14 Branch Offices 4 (Bhopal,
Kolkata, Cuttack
and Jaipur) are not having any regular Group Officer since a considerable long
period.
In this disgraceful situation the
Association has no alternative but to sustain the efforts to compel the
Comptroller & Auditor General of India to perform his Constitutional
Duties and Responsibilities for the sake of common people and to safeguard and
promote the dignity and common interests of our members.
Activities of the
Association during the period reported upon :-
9-1-2011
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Extended Executive Committee Meeting at Chennai
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10-1-2011 to
12-1-2011
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Participation of 6 Delegates and 3 Observers in the 34th
conference of All India Audit & Accounts Officers Association at Chennai
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14-7-2011
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Extended Executive Committee Meeting at Delhi
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15-7-2011
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Agenda meeting with DGA P&T on issues of P&T AOs/Sr. AOs
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20-7-2011
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Observation of Reminder Day at the call of AIA&AOA
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6-9-2011
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Observation of ‘Sanction Adequate Man power to Discharge
Constitutional Obligation’ Day at the call of AIA&AOA
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29-9-2011
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Observation of Protest Day by wearing Black Badges at the call of
AIA&AOA
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We believe that our unity will reach us to the success.
Yours fraternally,
(I. N. KIRTANIA)
General Secretary
Date: 18-03-2012
Place:
Thiruvananthapuram
