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| CAG arraigns MVD for gross fiscal indiscipline | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Jammu, Mar 13: Flaying Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) for poor cash management, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in latest report has pointed towards glaring pitfalls in the pending tax realization mechanism.
The CAG Report while raising fingers towards outstanding token tax said that the department failed to monitor the position of pending token tax.
The CAG Report said that in test-checked offices of ARTO, Udhampur and RTO, Jammu, an amount of Rs 3.19 crore on account of token tax was outstanding from 7123 vehicle owners as of March 2013 for period ranging between three months and 69 months. The Department had not worked out the interest amount on the unpaid tax and had not taken any action by way of issue of notices/demand to recover the outstanding arrears on account of token tax from the defaulters.
Audit examination of records of Transport Commissioner revealed that the consolidated/ main cash book depicting the details of receipts in the form of bank drafts received and remitted into the Bank for clearance/credit was not maintained and the bank were received at multiple cash points/ counters and remitted directly from these points into the Bank without routing the main cash book.
Further exposing the unprofessional conduct of the department, the CAG said that the system of monthly reconciliation of revenue/receipts realized from the bank drafts sent for collection to the bank was not in place.
The delay in transfer of revenue by the two branches of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited, Old Secretariat Srinagar and Trikuta Nagar, Jammu ranged between five days and six months and by the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd, Civil secretariat ranged between nine days and four months whereas the delay in depositing the bank drafts with the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd ranged from 28 days to 15 months.
Audit check of records of Regional Transport Office (RTO), Jammu said that the delay in remittance of cash into the treasury ranged between one to 190 days with undue retention of cash ranging between Rs 1.43 lakh and Rs 19.03 lakh.
Censuring the RTO Jammu, the CAG Report pointed out that the reconciliation of remittance of bank drafts and their subsequent realization had not been conducted with the Bank as a result the factual position regarding clearance/realization of bank drafts was not available with the Department.
It further stated that the proceedings of bank drafts valuing Rs 9.06 crore remitted into the Bank by the RTO Jammu during the period 2010-11 to 2012-13 were not realized as of March 2013.
On the other hand, the CAG Report said that Jammu and Kashmir Financial Rules provide that all transactions of receipts, disbursements and charges of whatever sort should find place in the cash book with detailed particulars. The receipts realized should be remitted into the treasury on the same day or the next day at the most and the remittance register monthly reconciled and got verified by the treasury. |
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