Can General Financial Rules be whimsically bypassed and conveniently ignored in respect of execution of different types of works where Governmental funds were involved? There are glaring examples of such a scenario in some Government departments generally and still in some others sporadically. Interestingly, though in the literary sense, none of such officers were seen putting in extra hours of work to serve the people and attend offices on Sundays to clear backlog and arrears without claiming any allowances and perks etc. The UT Government, therefore, has viewed such state of affairs existing wherever in the system, with due concern and issued guidelines laced with “caution” against adopting such a system and desired that only proper guidelines be followed.
What for is the provision of seeking prior administrative approval ? What for set of instructions from time to time are issued by the Finance Department unless for strict compliance? Who decides except the top administration as to whether a particular work undertaken was absolutely necessary and should be accorded priority or not? Who decides and under which authority or powers at the levels of the executing departments about rates, quality , maintenance and viability etc unless approved by the competent authority after seeking technical and financial advice? And last but not the least, who gives licence to any official to overrule and ignore proper Financial Code which could come under the bracket of misappropriation with administrative and legal consequences? We hope attending to all these points could lead to a proper procedure to be strictly followed especially in financial matters.
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