Andhra Pradesh State Audit Service Rules

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

PUBLIC SERVICES – Andhra Pradesh State Audit Service Rules– Reissued.

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FINANCE (ADMN.II) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No. 113                                                             Dated: 20.05.2014.

Read the following:-

1.  G.O.Ms.No. 427 Finance & Planning (F. W Admn.- I) Department, dated 29.9.1976.

2.  G.O.Ms.No. 314 Finance & Planning (F W Admn.-II) Department, dated 7.12.1979.

3.  Lr.No. 823/RR/1/99 DT. 20.2.1999 of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.

4.  G.O.Ms.No. 230 General Administration (Ser.D) Department, Dated.22.5.2000.

5.  G.O.Ms.No. 130 Finance & Planning (F. W Admn. - II) Department, dated 8.9.2000.

6.  G.O.Ms.No. 137 Finance & Planning (F.WAdmn.II) Department, dated 25-9-2000.

7.  G.O.Ms.No. 212 Finance & Planning (F.WAdmn.II) Department, dated 18-07-2006.

8.  Lr.Roc.No.5863/C3/2010 of Director of State Audit, A.P., Hyderabad, Dated 02.08.2011, 24.02.2012, 17.01.2014 & 22.02.2014.

O R D E R:

The following notification will be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.

N O T I F I C A T I O N

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of Section 16 of the Andhra Pradesh State Audit Act, 1989 (Act No.9 of 1989) and in supersession of the Andhra Pradesh Local Fund Audit Service Rules issued in G.O.Ms.No. 212 Finance & Planning (F.W.Admn.II) Department, dated 18-07-2006, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following rules for the Andhra Pradesh State Audit Service.

RULES

1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT:

(1)    These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh State Audit Service Rules, 2014.

(2)      They shall come into force at once.

2. CONSTITUTION:

The service shall consist of the following categories of posts, namely:-

Category 1: Director of State Audit.

Category 2: Additional Director of State Audit in the Directorate.

Category 3: Joint Director of State Audit /Senior Faculty in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human                                 Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad/Joint Director                               T.T.D., Tirupathi.

Category 4: Deputy Director of State Audit/Examiner of Accounts in Municipal Corporations in the State

Category 5: District Audit Officer, State Audit/Audit Officer, State Audit/Assistant Examiner of Accounts in Municipal Corporations in the State/ Junior Faculty in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh,

Hyderabad/Junior Faculty in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh Eluru.

Category 6: Assistant Audit Officer, State Audit/Assistant Lecturer in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad/Assistant Lecturer in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh Eluru.

3. METHOD OF APPOINTMENT AND APPOINTING AUTHORITY:

Subject to the other provisions in these rules the method of appointment for the categories specified in Column (1) of the table below (the method of appointment and appointing authority) shall be as specified in column (2) thereto and the competent authority to make the appointments shall be the authority as specified in corresponding column (3) thereof

TABLE

Category	Method of Appointment			Appointing Authority
(1)	(2)			(3)
(1) Director of State Audit	By promotion from	Category	2,
	Additional  Director	of  State
	Audit.			Government

(2) Additional Director of

By promotion from Category 3,

State

Audit

in

the

i.e. Joint Director of State Audit/

Government

Directorate.

Senior

Faculty

in

Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human

Resources

Development

Institute

of

Andhra

Pradesh,

Hyderabad / Joint Director, TTD,

Tirupati.

(3) Joint Director of State

By promotion from Category 4,

Audit

in

the

Deputy

Director

State

Audit/

Directorate/Senior

Faculty

Examiner

of

Accounts

in

in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy

Municipal

Corporations

in

the

Human

Resources

State

Government

Development

Institute

of

Andhra

Pradesh,

Hyderabad/Joint

Director,

TTD Tirupathi.

(4)

Deputy  Director

of

By promotion from Category 5,

State

Audit/Examiner

of

District

Audit

Officer,

State

Accounts

in

Municipal

Audit/Audit

Officer,

State

Corporations in the State

Audit/Junior Faculty in Dr.Marri

Government

Channa Reddy Human Resources

Development

Institute of

Andhra

Pradesh,

Hyderabad/

Junior

Faculty

in

Dr.Marri

Channa Reddy Human Resources

Development Institute of Andhra

Pradesh,

Eluru

/Assistant

Examiner

of

Accounts

in

Municipal

Corporations

in

the

State.

(5) District Audit Officer,

By promotion  from Category-6

Director of State Audit

State

Audit/Audit

Officer,

Assistant

Audit

Officer,

State

State Audit/Junior Faculty

Audit/Assistant

Lecturers

in

in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy

Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human

Human

Resources

Resources

Development

Development

Institute

Institute

of

Andhra

Pradesh,

of

Andhra

Pradesh,

Hyderabad/ Assistant Lecturers in

Hyderabad/ Junior Faculty

Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human

in Dr.Marri Channa Reddy

ResourcesDevelopment

Human

Resources

Institute

of

Andhra

Development

Institute

Pradesh,Eluru.

of Andhra

Pradesh,Eluru/

/Assistant

Examiner

of

Accounts

in

Municipal

Corporations in the State.

(6)

Assistant

Audit

(i)

By direct recruitment.

Regional

Deputy

Officer, State Audit/

(ii)

By Recruitment by transfer

Director of State Audit.

Assistant

Lecturer

in

Dr.Marri

Channa

Reddy

from  the  category  of  Senior

Human

Resources

Auditor of the Andhra Pradesh

Development

Institute

State Audit Subordinate Service.

of      Andhra      Pradesh,

Hyderabad/         Assistant

Lecturer     in   Dr.Marri

Channa   Reddy  Human

Resources    Development

Institute       of       Andhra

Pradesh Eluru.

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NOTE: In the case of appointment to the post of Assistant Audit Officer, State Audit,the first substantive vacancy in each unit of three substantive vacancies, shall be filled by direct recruitment and the rest by appointment by transfer.

4.  RESERVATON OF APPOINTMENTS:

(a)  The rule of reservation under Rule 22 and 22(A) of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules 1996 shall apply.

(b) In the matter of direct recruitment to category 6, Women shall be selected to an extent of at least 33 1/3 % of posts in each category of O.C., B.C., S.C., S.T., Physically Handicapped and Ex-Servicemen quota.

Provided that if sufficient numbers of women candidates are not available, such vacancies may be filled by men candidates.

5. AGE:

No person shall be eligible for direct recruitment if he is less than 18 years of age and unless otherwise specified in the special or adhoc rules and if he is more than 34 years of age as on the 1^st July of the year in which the notification for selection to the relevant post, category or class or a service in made

6. QUALIFICATIONS:

(a)  No person shall be eligible for appointment to the category specified in column

(1)  of the Annexure by the method specified in the corresponding entry in

column (2) thereof, unless he/she possesses the qualifications specified in the Corresponding entry in Column(3) thereof.

(b) No Person shall be eligible for appointment by transfer or promotion unless he /she has put in not less than 3 years of service in the category from which the promotion is made.

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7.  PROBATION:

(a) A person appointed to any of the posts by direct recruitment shall, from the date of joining duty be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years.

(b)  A person appointed to any of the posts by promotion or by recruitment by transfer, shall from the date of joining duty be on probation for a total period of one year on duty within a continuous period of two years.

8.  TRAINING AND TESTS:

(a)      A person appointed by direct recruitment to category (6) shall undergo training for a period of 28 weeks in all the branches of work pertaining to the Department as per the syllabus and programme drawn up by the Director of State Audit. The period of training shall count for probation, increments, pension and leave;

(b)  A trainee shall, during the period of his probation pass the Subordinate Accounts Service Examination conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission;

(c) Every candidate appointed by direct recruitment to the post shall before the commencement of the training, execute an agreement in the proper form with two sureties binding himself

(i)  to undergo training for a period of 28 weeks as provided in clause (a);

(ii)  to serve the State Audit Department as Assistant Audit Officer for a

minimum period of three years on duty after completion of training; and

(iii) to refund the State Government the total amount drawn by him/her as pay and allowances excluding travelling allowances while undergoing training in case he/she fails to fulfil any of the aforesaid conditions and if he discontinues the training or is discharged from training courses for misconduct or any other reasons or if he seeks employment outside the State.

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(d) A person appointed as Assistant Audit Officer by Direct Recruitment and sent for training shall be eligible to draw the minimum of the scale of pay with usual allowances admissible to the post of Assistant Audit Officer.

9. UNIT OF APPOINTMENT:

For the purposes of recruitment, appointment, discharge for want of vacancy, seniority, promotion, transfer and appointment as full member, the unit of appointment shall be as specified in the table below:-

TABLE

Category/Class	Post			Unit of Appointment
(1)		(2)				(3)
Category -5	District Audit Officer/ Audit			UNIT-1
	Officer/ Junior Faculty in			MULTIZONE-1
	Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human
	Resources Development			Districts		of		Srikakulam,
	Institute of Andhra Pradesh,
	Hyderabad/Eluru /Assistant			Visakhapatnam,			Vizianagaram,
	Examiner of Accounts, Muni-			East Godavari, West Godavari and
	cipal Corporations in the State.			Krishna
				UNIT-II
				MULTIZONE-II
				Districts	of	Guntur,			Prakasam,
				Nellore,	Ananthapur,					Kurnool,
				Kadapa and Chittoor
				UNIT-III
				MULTIZONE-III
				Districts		of		Karimnagar,
				Khammam,		Adilabad,			Warangal,
				Mahaboobnagar,					Nalgonda,
				Medak,		Nizamabad				and
				Rangareddy.
Category-6	Assistant	Audit	Officer,  State	UNIT-I	: ZONE-I
	Audit/Assistant		Lecturers  in	Districts		of		Srikakulam,
	Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human
	Resources		Development	Visakhapatnam, and Vizianagaram
	Institute	of  Andhra  Pradesh,
	Hyderabad/Eluru

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UNIT-II  : ZONE-II

Districts of East Godavari, West

Godavari, and Krishna

UNIT-III  : ZONE-III

Districts of Guntur, Prakasam and

Nellore

UNIT-IV : ZONE-IV

Districts  of  Chittoor,  Kadapa,

Ananthapur, and Kurnool

UNIT-V : ZONE-V

Districts of Adilabad, Karimnagar,

Warangal, and Khammam

UNIT-VI : ZONE-VI

Districts         of         Rangareddy,

Nizamabad,         Mahaboobnagar,

Medak and Nalgonda.

Provided that the posts in Category 5 and Category 6 in the office of the Director of State Audit and attached offices shall be filled by drafting persons from the corresponding units of appointments in the ratio of the basic cadre strength of the posts in each of the units for a period not exceeding three years at a time.

10.TRANSFERS AND POSTINGS:

All transfers and postings of persons belonging to category 6 shall be made by the Regional Deputy Directors of State Audit of respective zones and in the case of Category 5 the Director of State Audit and in the case of Categories 1, 2,3 and 4 the Government shall be the competent authority to do so.

11.SAVINGS:

Nothing in these rules shall affect the appointments made in accordance with the repealed rules issued earlier.

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ANNEXURE

(See Rule 6)

	Category			Method of Appointment		Qualification
		(1)		(2)			(3)
Category-6				(i)  By Direct Recruitment	Must  hold		a  degree	of	a
Assistant Audit Officer/					University		in	India
					established or incorporated
					by or under a Central Act or a
Assistant		Lecturer   in			State  Act  or  any  other
					equivalent Qualification.
Dr.Marri		Channa	Reddy	(ii) By transfer
Human		Resources			Must	have	Passed		the
Development			Institute		Subordinate Accounts Service
of	Andhra		Pradesh,		Examination		conducted		by
Hyderabad/Eluru					Andhra	Pradesh		Public
					Service Commission.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

Dr. D. SAMBASIVA RAO

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (FP)

To

The Commissioner, Printing, Stationery & Stores Purchase (Pts.Wing) Department, Hyderabad with a request to publish in the A.P.Gazette Extraordinary and supply 500 copies for distribution.

All the Departments of Secretariat, A.P., Hyderabad. All the Heads of Departments,

All the Collectors & District Magistrates, The Registrar, High Court of Andhra Pradesh,

The secretary, to Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

The Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Public service Commission, Hyderabad (10 copies), All Service Sections in General Administration Department,

Copy to :

Law(E) Department, A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. All the Registrars of Universities,

All the Executive Officers of Devasthanam in the State.

The Director General, Dr.M.Chenna Reddy Human Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

//FORWARDED BY ORDER//

SECTION OFFICER