About Us
History:
In November 1985, the Indian Audit & Accounts Department was bifurcated into Audit Accounts. As a result, separate Audit Office came into existence with effect from 1 November 1985. The Audit office was also divided into the following two offices:-
- Accountant General (Audit-I), West Bengal
- Accountant General (Audit-II), West Bengal
Since then the chronology of events of rechristening/reorganization was as under –
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November 1985 |
Accountant General (Audit-II) |
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April 2002: Rechristening of State Offices |
Accountant General (Receipt, Works & Local Bodies Audit), West Bengal (The Local Audit Department was transferred to this office from O/o the AG (Audit-I), West Bengal) |
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April 2012: (Restructuring of State Audit Offices based on Sectoral affinity - General, Social and Economics) |
Accountant General (Economic & Revenue Sector Audit), West Bengal
Jurisdictional outline:
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May 2020 (Cluster – based reorganization of State Audit Offices) |
Accountant General (Audit-II), West Bengal Jurisdictional outline: All the State Government Departments were grouped under sixteen different clusters based on their functional affinity. The following nine clusters are under jurisdiction of Audit-II Office -
On bifurcation of LAD function, audit of Urban Local Bodies and Other Local Bodies falling under above nine clusters transferred to Audit-II. |
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May 2023 (Redistribution of Clusters among Offices of the Pr. AG (Audit-I), WB and Pr. AG (Audit-II), WB. |
In May, 2023, clusters containing State Government Departments have been redistributed among the Offices of the Pr. AG (Audit-I), WB and Pr. AG (Audit-II), WB. And the following clusters have been placed under the Audit Jurisdiction of O/o the Pr. AG (Audit-II), WB:
During the redistribution, Local Audit Department (Urban Development Cluster) which was previously attached to Audit-II office has been shifted and attached to Audit-I office. |