Right to Information Act :-

            To seek information under this act from the offices of the Accountants’ General Himachal Pradesh requisite fee may be submitted in the form of “Demand draft or bankers cheque or Indian Postal Order or Cash” in favour of:-

Pay & Accounts officer,
Office of the Accountant General (A&E) Himachal Pradesh,
Shimla-171003.

             Name, designation and other particulars of the respective Public Information Officer is listed below.

Office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit) Himachal Pradesh Shimla-171 003
		Admn & State Finance		Economic Sector		General Sector		Revenue Sector	LBA & A
1	The particulars of its organisation, functions & duties	The Administrative Report & Activity Report referred for specific purpose
2	The powers & duties of its officers & employees	The work distribution order referred for specific purpose
3	The procedure followed in its decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability	The work distribution order referred to show the channel of submission and accountability
4	The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions	Department follows the norms in Auditing Standards set by INTOSAI/ ASOSAI and Manuals in the discharge of its functions
5	The rules regulations, instructions, manuals and records used by its employees for discharging its functions	Admn.	Comml.	Receipt	Works	Insp.	CASS	LBA&A
		a. MSO (Admn) Vol.I, II & III	a. Commercial audit manual	a. Revenue Audit Manual (INDT-Part-I Central Excise)	a. General Financial Rules of the Central Govt./HP Financial Rules of the State Govt.	a. OAD Manual	a. CASS manual (MICA)	Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
		b. Manual of General Office Procedures	b. Accounting standards issued by ICAI	b. Revenue Audit Manual (INDT-Part-II Customs)	b. Central Treasury Rules	b. Autonomous Bodies manual	b. MSO (Audit)	Panchayati Raj Financial Rules 2002
		c. Manual of General Procedure and of Establishment 1987 IIIrd Edition	c. Auditing and assurance standards issued by ICAI	c. Customs Act, 1962	c. C.P.W.D. Manual/ H.P.P.W.D Manual.	c. MSO (Audit)		OAD Manual
		d. FR & SR, Part I to Part V	d. Companies Act 1956	d. Central Excise Act, 1944	d. C.P.W.D. code/ H.P.P.W.D. Manual	d. Auditing standards & DPC Act 1971		M.C. Act, 1994
		e. General Financial Rules	e. MSO (Audit)	e. Cenvat Rules, 2002	e. Central Public Works Accounts Code
		f. Central Civil Service Rules (Pension), 1972	f. Auditing standards & DPC Act, 1971	f. Central Excise Rules 2002	f. Delegation of Financial Powers Rules by State Government concerning Works Departments
		g. Central Service Medical Attendance Rules, 1944		g. Central Excise Tariff Act	g. M.S.O.(Audit)
		h. Central Civil Service Rules (Conduct), 1964		h. Customs Tariff Act	h. Manual of Instructions for inspection of Public Works Offices
		i. CCS (Conduct classification Appeal) 1965		I H.P. Value Added Tax Act 2005 & Manual of the Sales Tax, H.P. Taxation code Vol-I & Vol-II	i. Copies of Administrative Approvals for works received from the Govt.
		j. Central Civil Service Rules (Leave) 1972		j. Central Sales Tax, 1956 & General Sales Tax Act, 1968	j. Correspondence files regarding losses, defalcations, reported by the Auditees.
		k. T.A. Rules S.R.		k. H.P. Motor Vehicle Taxation Act 1972 & Rules 1974 Motor Vehicle Act 1988 & Central Vehicle Rules 1989	k. Standard Plans for Highway Bridges.
		l. L.T.C. Rules		l. Manual of H.P. Passenger & Goods Taxation Act, 1955	l. Standard Plans for Highway Bridges.
				m. Manual of audit of Department of Forest Farming & Environmental Conservations	m. Manual on Economic Evaluation of Highway Projects in India
				n. Revenue Audit Manual on Stamps Duty Indian Stamps Act, 1899 Indian Registration Act, 1908	n. Revenue Audit Manuals
				o. Punjab Excise Act 1914 & Rules made their under as applicable to H.P.	o. Standard Schedule of rates of H.P. Govt.
				p. H.P. Entertainment Tax/ (Cinematographs shows) Act, 1968	p. CPWD Delhi Schedule of rates
				q. Revenue Audit Manual, H.P. Land Code & H.P. Land Records Manual	q. Manual on Water Supply and Treatment
				r. H.P. Land Revenue Act, 1953	r. Manual on Sewerage Schemes.
				s. Income Tax Act, 1961, Wealth Tax Act & Rules, 1958, Expenditure Tax Act, 1987	s. Various rules and regulations regulating pay and allowances of establishment.
6	A statement of the categories of the documents held by it or under its control	The documents held by the Department are those received from the auditee organisations and Governments and Inspection Reports and Audit Reports
7	The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or representation by the members of the public, in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation thereof	Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable
8	A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted by it.  Additionally, information as to whether the meetings of these are open to public; or the minutes of such meetings are accessible to the public.	The following committees are conducted for which public participation or minutes of meetings are not open to public		Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable
		1. Disaster Management Committee
		2. Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee
		3. SC/ST cell to ensure due compliance of Govt. reservation orders.
9	A directory of its officers and employees	Gradation List of Officers & Staff from time to time referred.  However, it is mentioned that this list is not to be treated as a seniority list.
10	The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations	Gradation List of Officers & other employees
11	The budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made;	Activity & Administrative Report are referred for specific purpose
12	The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details and beneficiaries of such programmes	Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable
13	Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisation granted by it	Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable
14	Details of the information available to, or held by it, reduced in an electronic form	Information regarding Audit Reports are available in Electronic form
15	The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use.	Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable		Not applicable
16	The names, designation and other particulars of the public information officers	Sr. Deputy Accountant General (Admn.) Ph. No. 2652994 (O) Fax 2658949           2623435 (R)