Posting of Auditors / Sr.Auditors in all the field parties

Dear Members!

The representation on "Posting of Auditors / Sr.Auditors in all the field parties" addressed to the CAG of India during his visit to Hyderabad is posted here for the information of members please.

Yours Rahul.

Hyderabad

07-01-2011

To

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India,

New Delhi.

Sub: – Posting of Auditors / Sr.Auditors in all the field parties - Request – Regarding.

Sir,

I am directed to bring the following issue for your kind notice for an early redressal of our grievance and necessary action.

Most of the field parties in this Office are being operated without an Auditor / Sr.Auditor in it and the duties of Auditors / Sr.Auditors are being discharged by Assistant Audit Officers in the party.  Traditionally the composition of field party used to be consisting of one Audit Officer / Sr.Audit Officer, two Assistant Audit Officers / Section Officers and one or two Auditors / Sr.Auditors.  Of late, many field parties do not have Auditors / Sr.Auditors. 

As against the sanctioned strength of 815, the men-in-position in the cadre of Auditors / Sr.Auditors is only 391 indicating acute shortage of Auditors / Sr.Auditors.  Among the existing Auditors / Sr.Auditors 96% are posted in headquarters duty and only 4% are being sent on field duty on a selective basis based on Roster.  If lack of adequate staff is a hindrance to posting Auditors / Sr.Auditors on field duty, the issue of filling up of vacancies should be taken up immediately.  But inadequate staff cannot deny an Auditor / Sr.Auditor of an opportunity of getting exposed to field duties, who already suffer because of limited scope of field duty. 

As per the system in vogue 80% of Audit personnel are supposed to be on field duty and 20% have to be in headquarters office.  Though vacancies exist even in the cadre of Assistant Audit Officers also, this composition of 80:20 ratio is more or less being maintained albeit with marginal variance.  But, in the case of Auditors  / Sr.Auditors this principle is given a large-scale departure and around 8% Auditors / Sr.Auditors are being sent on field duties.  This situation had led to lot of heartburn and gave rise to feeling of discrimination among Auditors / Sr.Auditors.

Thus, the presence of Auditors / Sr.Auditors is being nearly fully compromised in field duty, which is the primary function of Audit where as the compromisation levels in the supporting sections like Headquarter / Co-ordination sections is too low. As a result, the Assistant Audit Officers are being forced to perform the duties of Auditors / Sr.Auditors, which in turn burdens the Audit Officers / Sr.Audit Officers, which results in reduction of quality of Inspection Reports / Audit Reports.

Therefore, I request the honorable Comptroller and Auditor General of India to arrange to post at least one Auditor / Sr.Auditor in all the field parties.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

P. RAHUL

(General Secretary)