NFPE SALEM EAST

CAG submits Audit Report on Department of Posts in the Parliament

Here are some of the important findings/Observations by the CAG in its
Audit Report no 17 of 2014 laid on the table of  the Parliament on
1.8.2014:

1) Non-reconciliation of Post Office Schedules with Bank Scrolls:

Audit observed that, in eight out of 15 PAOs, the reconciliation was
not completed on
time by the PAOs due to non-receipt of Monthly Schedules from the
dealing HPOs. Some
of these Schedules were found pending since 2004. An amount of
`5136.17 crore and
`14218.72 crore towards drawings from Bank and remittances to the
extent of `8071.69
crore and `18566.14 crore remained unlinked in Bank Scrolls and Post
Office Schedules
respectively.

2)Audit observed that 2790228 Cash Certificates valuing `1420.92 crore
remained unposted
in the Stock and Issue Register in 13 out of 15 PAOs as on 31 March 2012 as
shown in Annexure-IV. Further, in eight out of 13 PAOs8, posting of
Cash Certificates
were not done for more than 10 years and in four PAOs i.e. Hyderabad, Chennai,
Lucknow and Bhopal, more than one lakh un-posted items in each PAO
were found.In some Circles the work is in arrears since 1999

3) Irregular claim of remuneration from Ministry of Finance:

Department of Posts irregularly claimed remuneration of  18.60 crore
for the period
from 2009-10 to 2012-13 from Ministry of Finance (MoF) on technically revived
silent accounts without corresponding efforts by Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and
Rajasthan Postal Circles.

Total for Tamilnadu :197264 A/Cs  Rs 43310768
(From 8 Divisions alone )

Now,The DoP also instructed the Circles to intimate them the effect of
inclusion of these silent accounts in the live accounts so that
amount of excess remuneration claimed for these silent accounts for
the period 2010-11
to 2012-13 is adjusted from the claim to be raised for the financial
year 2013-14.

4) Loss of Revenue:

In violation of Departmental instructions, the Newspapers which were not
registered with RNI, were allowed to avail of concessional tariff
which resulted in
short realization of revenue of `8.91 crore in Tamil Nadu Postal Circle.

( Salem East Division RS 37 Lakhs.)

BY 

Source: CAG WEBSITE  REPORT 17 OF 2014 as laid on the tables of
Parliament on 1.8.2014