Para 5.4 — CAM

In case the currency of the cheque reported to have been lost has expired at the time of intimation to the bank, the acknowledgement of the 'Stop Payment Order' from the bank may not be insisted upon. The postal acknowledgement in such cases may be treated as sufficient for the record of the PAO.

(ii) The Pay and Accounts Officer should satisfy himself that the payment of the cheque in question has not been made from the records maintained in his office viz. the payment / error scrolls received from the paying bank, Register of Cheques Delivered, etc. If the currency of the lost cheque expires on Saturday, the Pay and Accounts Officer shall also verify the payment scroll for the subsequent working day of the bank.

(iv) The Pay and Accounts Officer may issue a fresh cheque in lieu of the lost one under intimation to the DDO and /or payee on completion of the requirements in clauses

(i) to

(iii) above. He should also keep a suitable note regarding the issue of a fresh cheque in lieu of the lost one on the spare leaf provided in M.I.C.R. cheque book, and on the counterfoil where MICR cheques have not so far been introduced.

Note shall also be kept on the paid vouchers and against the relevant entries in the register of cheques delivered.