Para 16.3.9 — CAM

16.3.9 Departmental Officers situated at a station other than that of the PAO, shall obtain receipts through demand drafts drawn in favour of PAO payable at the latter's station. Wherever authorised to receive cash, he shall convert the same into a demand draft drawn in favour of PAO and remit to PAO for crediting into Government account. If under the provisions of any Rule/Act, the receipts of a department are required to be remitted by the public by means of demand draft drawn in favour of departmental officer and such an officer happens to be a noncheque drawing DDO, he should endorse it in favour of Pay and Accounts Officer with whom he is attached for crediting into the Government account. RBI in this regard have clarified that there is no legal bar to endorsement of a crossed cheque/demand draft drawn in favour of departmental officer and bearing the endorsement 'Account Payee' in favour of Pay and Accounts Officer.