Administration
Right To Information
This Area of the Office of the Director General of Audit, Eastern Railway’s Web Site is for disseminating information as required in the Right to Information Act 2005. The Information given hereunder is in respect of the Office of the Director General of Audit, Eastern Railway, located at 14, Strand Road, Kolkata-700001.
Director General of Audit entrusted Director Administration as the Public Information Officer to assist in discharging the duties under this Act in the office. The information in this area is for the purposes of dissemination under the Act. However, it is advisable to get it verified from the PIOs before use in any manner.
Particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information:
Name & Designation of the Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act., 2005::
Shri Kalyan Kumar Kirtania
IA & AS, Sr. Director, Administration
Phone No. (033) 2248-8485
Fax- (033) 2242-6667
e-mail: kirtaniak@cag.gov.in
The Comptroller & Auditor General of India has constituted a Task Force for the identification of documents/ information that might be made available to the citizens who might make a request for such information against prescribed cost/fee. The recommendations of the said Task Force are awaited.
Should any member of the public need to obtain any further information about this office or its functions, activities etc., he/she may get in touch with the Public Information Officer as aforesaid.
FEE AND COST
If any member of the public desires to obtain any information, he/she may make a request in writing or through electronic means to the public information officer of this office and tender at the same time, the fee (₹10/-) prescribed in cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or by banker’s cheque or by Indian Postal Order drawn in favour of the departmental Pay and Accounts Officer of this office ; viz. The Pay & Accounts Officer (Audit), Indian Audit & Accounts Department, PAG(A&E) West Bengal.
Cost/fee structure for obtainment of information:
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A.(i) |
For each page (A-4 or A-3 Size paper) created or copied |
रु. 2.00 |
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(ii) |
For copy in larger size paper |
Actual charge or cost price |
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(iii) |
For samples or models |
Actual cost or price |
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(iv) |
For inspection of records |
No fee for the 1st hour and a fee of रु.5.00 for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof). |
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B.(i) |
For information provided in diskette or floppy |
रु. 50.00 per diskette or floppy |
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(ii) |
For information provided in printed form |
At the price fixed for the publication or रु. 2.00 per page of extracts photocopied from such publication. |
PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AUDIT, EASTERN RAILWAY IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE (B) OF SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 4 OF THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT., 2005.
Particulars of organization, functions and duties:
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Name of the Office |
Office of the Director General of Audit, Eastern Railway, Kolkata |
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Name of the Department of which the office is a constituent |
INDIAN AUDIT & ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT HEADED BY THE COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR-GENERAL OF INDIA (C&AG) |
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Head of the Office & the First Appellate Authority |
Ms. Reena Saha, Director General of Audit, Eastern Railway, Kolkata, Phone - (033) 2248 1815(O), Fax- (033) 2242-6667 |
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Functions and Duties of the Office |
This office is divided into two Wings viz. Head Quarter Wing and Field Audit Wing. Head Quarter Wing consists of Administration, Report, Co-ordination, Books and EDP Sections, whereas Field Audit Wing consists of E&PF, Expenditure, Construction, Stores, Traffic, Performance Audit Sections and Divisional Audit Offices at Sealdah, Malda, Liluah, Howrah and Asansol. |
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Organizational Chart of this Office |
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TYPES OF AUDIT:
The audit done by this office is broadly classified into:
1 Financial Audit: Financial Attest Audit (FAA) is concerned with expression of audit opinion on a set of financial statements. FAA is required to be carried out to reduce the Chapter 1 – Introduction to Railway Audit Manual 14 For internal use of IA&AD possibility of the material misstatement in a financial statement and thereby, provide credibility to such a statement.
2 Compliance Audit: Compliance Audit is an assessment as to whether the provisions of the applicable laws, rules and regulations made there under and various orders and instructions issued by the competent authority are being complied with. This audit by its very nature promotes accountability, good governance and transparency as it is concerned with reporting deviations, identifying weaknesses and assessing propriety.
Compliance Audit Guidelines (cag.gov.in)
3 Performance Audit: Performance auditing carried out by the Department is an independent, objective and reliable examination of whether government undertakings, programs, systems, activities or organisations are performing in accordance with the principles of economy, efficiency & effectiveness and whether there is room for improvement.
Performance Auditing Guidelines 2014 (cag.gov.in)
The powers and duties of officers and employees:
- The Group Officers (Director Administration, Deputy Accountant General (Con.) hold charge of different Groups and report to the Director General of Audit who acts on behalf of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
- The Welfare Officer, the Internal Audit Officer and the Branch Officer (Organization & Method) also report directly to the Director General of Audit.
- The Branch Officers (Sr. Audit Officers) are in charge of a number of sections and report to their respective Group Officers.
- Each Section is headed by an Assistant Audit Officer or a Supervisor with a number of dealing assistants (Sr. Auditors/Auditors), Clerk-Typists, MTS etc. below him/her.
- In addition to these posts there are now a number of E.D.P. posts viz. Data Entry Operators, Data Processors (Vacant), all of which were created in the recent past following growing computerization of departmental work.
Directory of Officers and Employees:
- The Departmental Blue Book containing names, designations & places of posting of all IA & AS officers and Group ‘A’ officers is available with the Public Information Officer.
- The other Directory is known as the Gradation List containing the basic service particulars of all officers and employees working in this office and it is also available with the Public Information Officer.
- The above Directories are however not to be treated as Seniority Lists.
The budget allocated etc.:
- The office submits proposals for Budget and Revised Budget Estimates to its headquarters and the allocations are made under the Head of Accounts concerned in Government Accounts viz. 2016 – Audit – 104 – Railway Audit Offices; Daily Expenditure Statements and Statements of monthly & quarterly review of expenditure are forwarded to the Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.