Principal Accountant General
Functions & Responsibilities
Report (Civil)
The functions and responsibilities of the Report Civil Section, mainly, are as under:-
I. Vetting/processing and finalisation of material received from wings for Audit Report Civil.
II. Sending the materials in batches to Headquarter office after the approval of Pr. Accountant General.
III. Attending the observations of Headquarter office made on material and sending the replies thereto after the approval of Pr. Accountant General.
IV. Preparation and finalisation of Audit Report.
V. Printing of Audit Report Civil after its approval of Comptroller and Auditor General of India both in English as well as Punjabi.
VI. Submission of Audit Report Civil to Vidhan Sabha.
VII. Correspondence with Headquarter with regard to Civil Audit Report.
VIII. Preparation and printing of Epitome.
IX. Press Brief.
Report (Receipts) Section deals with the preparation of Audit Report (Revenue Receipts) of Government of Punjab. Some of major functions/responsibilities are as under:-
1. Processing of paragraphs/ reviews proposed for inclusion in Audit Report.
2. Preparation /Printing of Audit Report.
3. Printing of Audit Report in regional language (Punjabi).
4. Preparation epitome and press brief.
Report (Commercial) is entrusted with the duty of finalisation of Audit Report (Commercial) which includes following functions/responsibilities:
1. Processing of material of Audit Report (Commercial), i.e., paras, reviews and getting it approved from Headquarters' office.
2. Attending to the observations made by the Headquarters team during its spot discussion
3. Vetting/updation of Commercial chapter and getting it approved from the Headquarters' office.
4. Getting the translation of Audit Report into Punjabi from the wing and then vetting the same.
5. Printing of Audit Report (Commercial) both in English and Punjabi.
6. Preparation of press brief, crucial issues and placement of Audit Report in the State Legislature.
7. Preparation of Epitome of the printed Audit Report and getting it translated into Punjabi.
8. Maintenance of record and correspondence relating to the above matters relating to Audit Report (Commercial).
9. Any other work specifically assigned by the Pr. Accountant General
Efficiency cum Performance Audit Section (including COPU)
The reports from various Sections of the Office are received and consolidated to bring the progress into the notice of the Pr. Accountant General/sent to the Hqrs. Office. Other Co-ordination work relating to the miscellaneous topics is also dealt with in the Section.
Committee on Public Undertakings Section
1. To follow up action on outstanding paras in Audit Reports.
2. To render all possible assistance to the Committee and the staff of Punjab Vidhan Sabha (COPU Branch).
3. To hold meetings with the Honourable Chairman of the COPU and the Secretary, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, and
4. To take up any other matter relating to the COPU or of otherwise which is in the interest of the office or as directed by the Headquarters' office.
Internal test Audit:
1. Test check of records of sections, R.A.O. offices and Branch offices and review of C.O.R.'s.
2. Review of Inspection Reports, quarterly Arrear Reports, Audit Fee Registers, and Cash Books of main office and of sub offices.
3. Review of Service Books.
4. Checking of Budget Proposals, Statistics of staff, rosters for reservation of SC'S/ST's, list of candidates appearing for S.O.G.E.
5. Preparation of Appraisal Report to be submitted to C.A.G.'s office.
6. Checking of honorarium and overtime claims, complaint cases addressed to C.A.G.
7. Investigation of procedural omissions/irregularities and audit lapses pointed out by Director of Inspection and liaison work between Director of Inspection and sections during the former's Inspections at the time of inspection.
8. Review of Reports and returns submitted to Principal .Accountant General by sections and paras settled by RA wing figuring in Audit Reports.
9. Any other work allotted by the Principal Accountant General.
PAC
1. Preparation of proposed recommendations on the basis of replies received from the departments and comments on replies of departments received from different wings.
2. To a Hands the meetings fixed by PAC for discussions of paras/reports of the agenda.
3. Verification of PAC draft reports prepared/printed by Public Accounts Committee.
4. To note the proceedings of PAC in relevant para registers.
5. To prepare different reports for submission to ECPA/Headquarters Office.
Secretariat
The functions and responsibilities of the Confidential Cell of Pr. A.G., mainly, are as under:-
Secretary To Deal with case files submitted by different wings before their further submission to Pr. A.G. and other work assigned by the Pr. A.G.
Private Secretary To maintain the CR dossiers of Sr. AO's /AO's and other work assigned by the Pr. A.G.