COURT CASE ON CONFERMENT OF Gr. A STATUS TO Sr. AOs

The Latest position of the Case :

 The Government has filed the reply to our O.A. in the hearing dated 27-09-2012. Copy of the reply will be posted in this blog very soon. The next hearing of the case is 8th November 2012.

condame attact on CAG's Institution

The following resolution was passed in a General Body Meeting of the Association held at P&T Audit Office Trivandrum on 06-09-2012

R E S O L U T I O N

The General Body meeting of P&T Audit Officers’ & Sr. Audit Officers Association affiliated to All India Audit & Accounts Officers’ Association representing Group ‘B’ personnel of Indian Audit & Accounts Department under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India would like to bring to the notice of Your Excellency the President of India about the vituperative attacks on the institution of the C&AG in the aftermath of the audit report by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India on allotment of coal mines. Many a ruling party leaders, including Ministers in the Union Cabinet, are attacking the audit report as well as the C&AG by name, attributing motives.

The Constitution of India confers the status of ‘watchdog of Indian finances’ to the C&AG. Dr BR Ambedkar had stated in the Constituent Assembly - “I am of opinion that this dignitary or officer (C&AG) is probably the most important officer of the Constitution of India.  He is the person who is going to see that the expenses voted by the parliament are not exceeded or varied from what has been laid down by the parliament in what has been called the appropriation act. If this functionary is to carry out the duties – and his duties, I submit, are far more important than the duties even of Judiciary- he should have been as independent as judiciary”

It is an unfortunate and undesirable situation that it has become a fashion for the ruling parties of Centre as well as States to run down the C&AG seeing politics in every audit report which is very detrimental to the cause of public accountability that has been mandated to the C&AG by the Constitution.

This General Body meeting requests Your Excellency to intervene and restrain the members of the Union Cabinet as also of the ruling combination from questioning the independence of the C&AG of India, thus creating impediments in the discharge of constitutionally mandated responsibilities.

Sd/-

V Premachandran

President

Resolution

The following resilution was passed on a  General Body Meeting of the Association, held on 06-09-2012 at P&T Audit Office Trivundum :-

R E S O L U T I O N

The General Body meeting of P&T Audit Officers’ & Sr. Audit Officers Association affiliated to All India Audit & Accounts Officers’ Association representing Group ‘B’ personnel of Indian Audit & Accounts Department under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India would like to bring to the notice of Your Excellency the President of India about the vituperative attacks on the institution of the C&AG in the aftermath of the audit report by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India on allotment of coal mines. Many a ruling party leaders, including Ministers in the Union Cabinet, are attacking the audit report as well as the C&AG by name, attributing motives.

The Constitution of India confers the status of ‘watchdog of Indian finances’ to the C&AG. Dr BR Ambedkar had stated in the Constituent Assembly - “I am of opinion that this dignitary or officer (C&AG) is probably the most important officer of the Constitution of India.  He is the person who is going to see that the expenses voted by the parliament are not exceeded or varied from what has been laid down by the parliament in what has been called the appropriation act. If this functionary is to carry out the duties – and his duties, I submit, are far more important than the duties even of Judiciary- he should have been as independent as judiciary”

It is an unfortunate and undesirable situation that it has become a fashion for the ruling parties of Centre as well as States to run down the C&AG seeing politics in every audit report which is very detrimental to the cause of public accountability that has been mandated to the C&AG by the Constitution.

This General Body meeting requests Your Excellency to intervene and restrain the members of the Union Cabinet as also of the ruling combination from questioning the independence of the C&AG of India, thus creating impediments in the discharge of constitutionally mandated responsibilities.

Sd/-

V Premachandran

President