There are 2 Principal Accountant’s General offices and 1 Accountant’s General Office located in Kolkata each having separate work jurisdiction and responsibilities as regards state Accounts and Audit.
Government offices in West Bengal have resumed their normal function, so, physical submission and processing of all bills and advices in Treasuries and Pay and Accounts Offices will be resumed w.e.f 01.02.2021.
State Government has decided to allow acceptance of the following categories of bills by Treasuries/ PAOs in anticipation of allotment of fund both in the remaining part of current Financial Year 19-20 (till 31.03.2020) and in the next Financial Year 20-21.
During this period priority shall be processing of the urgent bills related to essential services like Health, Fire and emergency, Police, Civil Defence, Bills related to Salary, Wages, Pension, Social Assistance Schemes, Scholarships, payment of agencies providing Security/ Housekeeping/ Conservancy/ Man power supply, etc.
Discontinuation of issuance of cheque from different deposit accounts for depositing the General Provident Fund/ Provident Fund subscription in the Treasury Linked Bank.
Cheque Truncation System of movement of digital images of the cheques from the link Banks to the PAOs/Treasuries for accounting of the same and from the PAOs/Treasuries to the Office of the Accountant General along with monthly accounts.
Every bill drawn in TR Form No. 70 against such Project IDs would be charged against the approved project cost. Enhancement of approved project cost may be made after due approval of competent authority.
Date by which bills/ Advices are to be submitted to Treasury/ Pay & Accounts Offices for which Sanction/ Allotment received upto 28.02.2019 is 08.03.2019.
Steps for Sanction of new DDO (Drawing and Disbursing Officer); Steps for issuance of drawal authority/ DDO code when an office is shifted from jurisdiction of one Treasury to other.
The specimen signature of a DDO in respect of a newly established office or an office shifted from the jurisdiction of one treasury to another treasury, shall be forwarded by the Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal.
Government has decided to allow acceptance of the following categories of bills by Treasuries/ PAOs in anticipation of allotment of fund from 1st September, 2018 to 31st December, 2018 of current financial year 2018-19.