Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch
Memo No. 721-F(Y) Dated, 7th February, 2017
Sub: Nodal Department for the Service matters of officers of Financial Advisor setup.
Consequent upon merger of some departments the FA set-ups have been re-arranged in different cluster of departments vide FD’s Memo. No. 250-F(Y) dated 13/01/2017.
After the re-arrangement of the clusters it has become necessary to specify the name of the departments which will look after the service matters of the officers of FA setup. In case the FA cluster is attached to only one Department that department will look after the service matters including pay and other allowances of the officers and employees of the FA setup. However, in case the FA setup is attached to two of more departments, one department for each cluster is specified as nodal department for the dealing with the service matters and pay and allowances of the officers of the FA setup as given below:
| Sl. No. | FA Cluster | Departments | Nodal Department for service matters of officers of FA setup |
| 1. | FA 2 | i) Home & Hill Affairs ii) Correctional Administration | Home & Hill Affairs |
| 2. | FA 4 | i) L&LR and RR&R ii) MA&ME | MA&ME |
| 3. | FA 5 | i) Higher Education, Science & Technology & Bio-Technology ii) School Education iii) Mass Education & Library Services | Higher Education, Science & Technology & Bio-Technology |
| 4. | FA 9 | i) Forest ii) Environment | Forest |
| 5. | FA 13 | i) Law & Judicial ii) Parliamentary Affairs | Law & Judicial |
| 6. | FA 15 | i) Food & Supply ii) Consumers Affairs | Food & Supply |
| 7. | FA 16 | i) WRI & D ii) Agri Marketing | Agri Marketing |
| 8. | FA 23 | i) Sunderban Affairs ii) Food Processing & Horticulture | Food Processing & Horticulture |
| 9. | FA 24 | i) Information & Culture ii) P&AR | Information & Culture |
| 10. | FA 25 | i) BCW ii) Tribal Development | BCW |
| 11. | FA 26 | i) ARD ii) Fisheries | Fisheries |
| 12. | FA 32 | i) Co-operation ii) Tourism | Tourism |
| 13. | FA 34 | i) Fire & Emergency Services ii) Paschimanchal Unnayan | Paschimanchal Unnayan |
The charge will be debited to the head of account from which the charge of the Secretariat Establishment of the concerned Administrative Department is met.
Sd/- P.A. Siddiqui
Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
Finance Department