ALL INDIA AUDIT & ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATION

CSV WARRIER BHAWAN

15/1089-90, VASUNDHARA, P.O. VASUNDHARA. DT. GHAZIABAD (U.P). PIN-201012
Ph : 01202881727/8017743253

E-mail: auditflaq@qmail.com Website: www.auditflag.bloqspot.com

Reference: AIA/B-1/37/2023 Dated: 01/06/2023

To

The Comptroller & Auditor General of India,

9, Deen Dayal Upadhayay Marg,
New Delhi – 110 124.
Kind Attn: Ms. P. Mehta, D. A. I. (H. R.)
Sub: Introduction of bench mark in the evaluation test of SAO – reg

adam,
I would like to bring your notice that the All India Audit and Accounts Association has
neither received any reply to the Association’s letter bearing no.AIA/B-1/29/2022 dated
10/10/2022 on the above mentioned subject nor the Hd. Qrs. Office discussed the issue with
the Staff Side for settlement the issue of prescribing benchmark of 45% in the end of training
examination of AAOs for promotion to the post of Sr. A.O.

The All India Audit and Accounts Association is once again reiterating the
earlier stand that it is very unfortunate that the Headquarters’ Office has taken such
a unilateral decision by going against its earlier instructions issued vide Training wing
Circular 317 dated 19/12/2019 vide which it was clarified that “Performance of the
evaluation test will be considered for selection of officers for audit assignments
abroad and for future specialised trainings” there by clarifying that passing of
evaluation test after mandatory training is not any criteria for promotion Sr. Accounts
Officer post for eligible AAO candidates . Based on this change, many eligible
candidates of Panel Year 2020 have been promoted as Sr. Accounts officer in many
Field offices after clearing of Panel by UPSC.
In this regard, I would like to bring to your notice that ‘Group A’ status was
given to Sr. AOs in 2019 and new Recruitment rules were framed by Headquarters
office in November 2019. These rules only mandate 2-4 weeks training. There is no
provision for passing of any evaluation test in these newly framed recruitment rules.
Earlier also Headquarters Office has issued instructions in December 2019 wherein
passing in Evaluation Test after 2-4 training was made mandatory condition for
successful completion of training by the eligible candidates who were due to be
promoted as Sr. Accounts officers. Eligible candidates represented against this
decision but their requests were not accepted by the authorities.
Left with no other option, some eligible AAO candidates of O/o Accountant
General, Punjab, Chandigarh filed Original Application No. OA/1315/2019 on
18/12/2019 in CAT Chandigarh against the Headquarters office instructions for
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ALL INDIA AUDIT & ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATION
CSV WARRIER BHAWAN
15/1089-90, VASUNDHARA, P.O. VASUNDHARA. DT. GHAZIABAD (U.P). PIN-201012
Ph : 01202881727/8017743253

E-mail: auditflaq@qmail.com Website: www.auditflag.bloqspot.com

Reference: AIA/B-1/37/2023 Dated: 01/06/2023

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imposing arbitrary condition of passing Evaluation test for successful completion of

training for promotion to the post of Sr. A.O. as no such condition was envisaged in
the Sr. AO’s recruitment rule 2019. Notice for the same was served to all the
respondents on 19/12/2019. On the same date i.e. 19/12/2019 Headquarters’ office
circulated circular No 317 dated 19/12/2019 to all the field offices vide email retracting
from earlier instructions of making Evaluation test compulsory for successful
completion of Training.
Accountant General Punjab office also issued letters to the Petitioners vide No
Admn.I/Misc/AAOs/19-20/4398 dated 07/02/2020 informing them that instructions
regarding compulsory passing of Evaluation test has been changed vide Headquarters
office circular No 317 dated 19/12/2019 adding that now performance of the evaluation
test will only be considered for selection of officers for audit assignments abroad and
for future specialised trainings. Headquarters’ office has also submitted through its
legal counsel in the CAT Chandigarh that earlier instructions of making passing of
Evaluation test mandatory have been withdrawn vide Headquarters’ office circular No
317 dated 19/12/2019. On the basis of these submissions, Original Application No.
OA/1315/2019 dated 19/12/2019 against Headquarters’ office was got rendered in-
fructuous from the CAT Chandigarh Tribunal by the legal counsel of the CAG office.
It is humbly submitted that the latest instructions issued by Headquarters
office again making passing evaluation test compulsory for successful
completion of training by eligible candidates is completely against the
submissions made by the Headquarters office in the CAT Chandigarh Tribunal.
It is evident that these new instructions will imply that Headquarters’ office had
misled the CAT Chandigarh to close the earlier court case against similar
instructions by stating that the said instructions for mandatory passing of
evaluation examination had been withdrawn. And now after closing of the court
case, the same sets of instructions have been re-introduced. Though All India
Audit and Accounts Association sincerely believe that this cannot be the
intentions of C&AG authorities but these new instructions will send the wrong
message to the Hon’ble Court thereby inviting adverse orders from court
against CAG authorities and also dishearten and discourage eligible candidates
who are awaiting their promotion as Sr. AO from long time.

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ALL INDIA AUDIT & ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATION
CSV WARRIER BHAWAN
15/1089-90, VASUNDHARA, P.O. VASUNDHARA. DT. GHAZIABAD (U.P). PIN-201012
Ph : 01202881727/8017743253

E-mail: auditflaq@qmail.com Website: www.auditflag.bloqspot.com

Reference: AIA/B-1/37/2023 Dated: 01/06/2023

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As per revised R.R. of the Sr. AO, the feeder cadre of that post is the AAO with
some years’ experience. But there was no such provision of any bench mark of the
evaluation test. Hence, the Association condemns the decision of the Examination
Wing which is not only arbitrary but also humiliating to the entire cadre of AAOs.
In view of the above, it is requested that you may kindly intervene into the matter
personally and issue urgent advice to the Examination Wing to immediately withdraw
the present circular and issue revised circular at par with the Training Wing No.317
dated 19/12/2019.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours faithfully,

Secretary General