Ensuring transfer of funds to the beneficiaries

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, NOV 27

The Haryana Finance Department has directed all Head of Departments to ensure that in case of transfer of funds to the beneficiaries, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) should allot a unique code for the payee to the payee through online system and submit bill for the payment through electronic payment system.

          While giving this information here today, a spokesman of the department said that whenever, funds were to be drawn from the treasuries the same need to be transferred directly to the beneficiary and financial rules did not allow parking of such funds anywhere in between for any duration of time.However, in cases where due to some extreme circumstances the procedure of operation of a bank account could not be done away with, a detailed proposal should be sent to the Finance Department for opening or continuing operation of bank account. Thus, only those bank accounts would be allowed to be operated in which necessary permission from the Finance Department has been taken.

          He said that some departments were still operating bank accounts in the name of Head of the Department (by designation) or in the name of DDO (by designation) for which permission has never been granted by the Finance Department and such accounts were being used to transfer funds to the beneficiaries. The method adopted in such cases was that the funds were drawn from the treasuries and deposited in such bank accounts being operated by the department. Further, disbursement from these accounts was either by issue of cheques or demand drafts, he added. This method, he said was not appropriate and needs to be stopped with immediate effect.

          He said that all the Head of the Departments (HODs) have been directed to comply with these instructions strictly otherwise the concerned HOD or DDO would be held responsible for the lapse. A list of bank accounts being operated in their department in the name and designation of any DDO or any other officer or official where permission for operating such banks account has already been granted by the Finance Department be furnished to the Director Treasuries and Accounts, Chandigarh positively. In addition, a list of such accounts which were being operated without the permission of Finance Department might also be furnished to this department by December 10, 2012, he further added.