REVIEW REMARKS

On perusal of the Annual Accounts of the Board, it is noticed that the collections realised under Capital Account, Revenue Account are not proportionate to the expenditure incurred under the respective heads. The Executive Engineers should strive to achieve the target fixed to them both physically and financially every year, so that the Board can raise its demand on release of grants year by year. All of them are aware of the fact that the administrative expenditure of the Board mainly depends upon the supervision charges they earn on works outlay. Inspite of that fact there is shortfall in supervision earnings. Therefore the Executive Engineers should realise their responsibility and act accordingly.

The staff engaged for revenue collections should devote their entire attention and time in improving it to the utmost extent. The Revenue Officers should conduct drive collections and periodical surprise inspection in the scheme areas, to identify the reasons for poor collections and bring it to the notice of the Board. The Board will sort out the ways and means to improve the collections.

As already stated in the previous year’s account’s review remarks, the Division Offices as well as concerned sections in the Board’s Office should take necessary steps to clear the huge outstanding under Deposits and Advance Account. The Divisions which have been reorganised due to administrative reasons should preserve the records pertaining to defunct divisions and set right the accounts promptly. If this has been followed scrupulously in the previous years, there will not be any chance to retain such huge balances under suspense accounts.

The Divisional Accountants should concentrate on compilation of their Division Accounts and check their accuracy periodically, so that there will not be any need for rectification at the fag end of the financial year.

Besides the above facts, the general instructions already given in the review remarks of monthly accounts i.e. following uniform Code Number and other periodical instructions should be strictly adhered to by the Executive Engineers scrupulously.

S. PADMANABHAN

Financial Adviser.