Chapter IV — CAM

IV. CHARTER OF ASSISTANT CONTROLLERS OF ACCOUNTS (ACAs) ACAs shall work as Pay and Accounts Officer for first few months of posting in the accounting formation. Thereafter, ACAs shall function as Principal Accounts Office of Ministry/Department. This exposure to Principal Accounts Office should also include general administration of the office, including Head of Office charge (in the absence of next higher-level officer i.e. DCA). During this time, they should also lead independent audits and should be made functional incharge of the Internal Audit Wing. ACAs shall assist Head of Accounting Organization i.e. Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs (i/c) as the case may be, in discharging the following specific functions:

IV Accounting of Agency Charges (a). The payment for agency charges for executing the work of National Highways will be sent by RPAO directly to the State AG for credit to the accounts of the State Government on daily basis along with schedule showing the details of the bills. The Supervising Engineer will also send a monthly statement of Bills and Payments received from RPAO (NH) to the State AG so as to enable him to calculate the amount of the agency charges due to the State, and endorse a copy of the statement to the concerned PAO. The Supervising Engineer will be required to reconcile the details of expenditure being booked in his office with that in the RO on month-tomonth basis. This reconciliation work should not be postponed. If there is any discrepancy between the two sets of figures, Division will depute an official to reconcile the same with the RPAO (NH).