History

This office was formed as the Office of the Chief Auditor, South Central Railway with effect from 2nd October 1966 when South Central Railway Zone was formed.  The office was subsequently renamed as Office of the Director of Audit in 1979 and to its present name viz., Office of the Principal Director of Audit in 1990.

Audit Duties: The Director General of Audit is responsible for

• Audit of Accounts of the South Central Railway Zone, Review and Certification of the Annual Finance and Appropriation Accounts of the Zonal Railway.
• Audit of transactions relating to Receipts and Payments through Central Audit and Local Inspections.
• Contribution of material for CAG’s Report on the Union Government (Railways) viz., Draft Paras, Local Reviews and Central Reviews.

South Central Railway:

South Central Railway was formed on 02.10.1966 when Hubli and Vijayawada Divisions of Southern Railway and Sholapur and Secunderabad Divisions of Central Railway were carved out and merged into a new Zone. Subsequently, Guntakal Division of Southern Railway was merged with South Central Railway on 02.10.1977 and Sholapur Division was remerged with Central Railway. Secunderabad Division was split into two Divisions viz. Secunderabad and Hyderabad on 17.02.1978. Following re-organisation of zones and Divisions with effect from 01.04.2003, two new Divisions viz., Guntur and Nanded were operationalised duly transferring Hubli Division to newly formed South Western Railway.

Presently S.C. Railway has 6 Divisions, viz, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded. South Central Railway predominantly serves the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra and to a limited extent, portions of Karnataka, Tamilnadu & Madhya Pradesh states.

Profile:

Division-wise Route & Running Kilometerage (as on 01.04.2020):