GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

State Financial Accountability Assessment – Employee Payments through Bank - Amendment - Orders – Issued.

 

FINANCE (TFR.II) DEPARTMENT

 

G.O.Ms.No.254                                                                            Dated 17.03.2004

Read the following:

 

1. G.O.Ms.No.90, Fin. (TFR) Dept., dt.31.01.2002

2. G.O.Ms.No.508, Fin. (TFR) Dept., dt.10.04.2002

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O R D E R :

          In the G.O. 1st read above, orders have been issued for payment of salaries and all other employee payments through banks.  The Scheme is introduced to offer more transparency, flexibility and latest modern banking facilities to the employees.  The scheme is made optional to the employees.  The DDOs have been instructed to open a ‘Zero Balance’ Current Account in the Government Bank only to facilitate crediting of salaries and non-government deductions etc. In the G.O. 2nd read above, orders have been issued to credit the salaries and all other payments of the employees who are yet to exercise their option to open the Bank accounts under the scheme shall be credited to the Current Account of DDO in the Government Bank and make payments in cash after encashment of DDO cheques.

          It has been brought to the notice that certain amounts are lying undisbursed in the DDO accounts for longer periods.  The undisbursed amounts shoud not be locked up in the bank accounts and the same should be remitted to the Treasury under the relevant head of account.  To avoid misappropriations, Government hereby order that the DDOs shall make all the payments within 15 days from the date of drawal or otherwise the same shall be remitted to the treasury to the head of account from which the amounts are drawn.  Hence, it has been decided to issue the following amendment to the G.O. 1st read above.

          Accordingly, the following amendment is issued to the  G.O. 1st read above.

AMENDMENT

          In para 3 of G.O.Ms.No.90, Fin. (TFR) Department, dated 31.01.2002 in the 9th line before the sentence ‘Drawing and Disbursement ……. of the Scheme’ the following sentence shall be added.

          “The DDOs shall make all the payments for which the amounts are drawn  within 15 days from the date of drawal or remit the same to the treasury to the head of account under which the amounts are drawn.”

 

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

 

                                                                                      V.S. SAMPATH

                                                                   PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

 

 

 

To

The Principal Accountant General (Audit), A.P., Hyderabad.

The Director of  Treasuries & Accounts, A.P., Hyderabad.

The Pay & Accounts Officer,  Hyderabad.

The Deputy Financial Adviser (Works & Projects)

All the Spl. Chief Secretaries/ Prl. Secretaies/ Secretaries to the Govt.

The Secretary to Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad..

All Departments  of Secretariat.

All the Head of the Departments including Collectors and District Judges.

The Registrar, A.P. High Court, Hyderabad.

The Registrar, A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad.

The Secretary, APPSC, Hyderabad.

All the Directors of Accounts of projects.

All the District Treasury Officers.

All the Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Parishads

All the District Educational Officers..

All the Secretaries of Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas through the Director of Public Libraries, A.P., Hyderabad.

All the Commissioners/Special Officers of the Municipalities/Corporations..

The Registrars of all the Universities.

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