Cash Book Rules
Cash Book Rules
In case, however, the currency of the cheque alleged to have been lost has expired
when the intimation regarding loss of cheque is sent to the bank, no acknowledgement of
the Stop Payment Order may be insisted from the Bank. The Postal acknowledgement
may be treated as sufficient for the record of the Pay and Acounts Office.
(ii) The Pay and Accounts Officer should satisfy himself with reference to the records
maintained in his office such as the payment or error scrolls received from the
paying bank and register of cheques delivered, that the payment of the cheque in
question has not been made. He should also keep a suitable note on the
counterfoil of the lost cheque and against the relevant entries in the register of
cheques delivered and paid voucher regarding the issue of a fresh cheque in lieu
of the lost one.
(iii) The party requesting for the issuance of a fresh cheque in lieu of the lost one
should execute an indemnity bond in form GAR 12. However in the case of a
Government Department, Public Undertakings wholly owned by Government or
the bank, the execution of such an indemnity bond is not necessary but a fresh
cheque should in these cases, be issued only on receipt of a certificate that the
cheque alleged to have been lost was not received by them or having received the
same, it was lost and further that it will be returned to the Pay and Accounts
Office if found afterwards.
(iv) On completion of the requirements in Clauses (i) to Caluses (iii) the Pay and
Accounts Officer may issue a fresh cheque in lieu of the lost one under intimation
to the drawee office.
Note: If the currency of the lost cheque expires on Saturday, the Pay and Acounts
Officer shall also verify the scroll of cheques paid for the subsequent working
day of the bank for purposes of Clause (ii) and Sub-rule (3).
(3) When cheque drawing D.D.O. reports to the paying branch of the bank about a
cheque issued by him having been lost the bank shall record a 'Stop' against the cheque
and issue an acknowledgement in the form given in Clause (i) of Sub-Rule (2). On
receiving a copy of this acknowledgement from the said cheque Drawing D.D.O. the Pay
and Accounts Officer concerned will after verification of his relevant records such as
register of cheques delivered and after keeping a suitable note against the relevant entry
in that register, issue a non-payment certificate to the cheque drawing D.D.O. in the
following form:-
"Certified that cheque No.......................... dated............... for Rs. .................
reported by (the drawing officer) to have been drawn by him on ......................... branch
of ........................ bank in favour of ............................ has not been Paid".
The cheque drawing D.D.O. will note particulars of the non-payment certificate
received by him against the relevant entry in the office copy of the list of payments, to
indicate that the original cheque has not been paid and it has been 'Stopped' from
Payment. A similar note will also be made by him on the counterfoil of that cheque and
office copy of the relevant paid voucher before issuing a fresh cheque in lieu thereof.
Provisions of clause(iii) of Sub Rule 2 will be followed for the purpose of issues of a
fresh cheque and the number and date of the fresh cheque will also be noted on the list of
payments, paid voucher and counterfoil of the old and cancelled cheque. While the
paying bank need not thus issue 'non-payment certificate' there will be no change in their
responsibilities in regard to lost cheques. All usual precautions will continue to be
exercised by them with a view to ensuring that a cheque in respect of which 'Stop' advice
has been received, is not subsequently paid.
(4) If it is found afterwards that the original cheque had been paid, the Pay and
Accounts Officer will take up the matter with the paying branch telegraphically and stop
payment of the renewed cheque if not already paid. He will also reverse the entries made
in the relevant record, (including counterfoils) on this account on receipt of confirmation
of this fact from the paying branch. In case the renewed cheque is reported to have been
paid by them, he will place the paid amount under the head of account," 858-Suspense
Accounts-Suspense Account (Civil)-cheques cancelled but paid "till the matter is
investigated and the amount is recovered or written off. The paid cheque will also be
removed from the payment scroll and kept in the personal custody of the Pay and
Accounts Officer till then. In case the fact of such payment is noticed by the drawing and
disbursing officer, he will report the matter immediately to the paying branch and will
inform the Pay and Accounts Officer accordingly by a telegram for further action.
[48 of CGA(RP) Rules]
5.3.24 Grant of receipt to the Payee: (1) Receipt in form GAR 6 should be issued to the
parties from whom payments towards Govt. dues are received, after ensuring that
necessary entries on the receipt side of the Cash Book are made. In case receipt is issued
before making entry in Cash Book DDO should ensure that Cash Book entry is made on
the same day.
(2) Where money is realised not in cash but by recovery from a Payment made on a
Bill setting forth full particulars of the deduction receipt may be granted only if specially
desired by the payer, the fact of the recovery having been made by deduction from the
bill being clearly recorded on the receipt.
[21 (12) CGA(RP) Rules]
5.3.25 Form and custody of receipt books: (1) Receipt Books in machine numbered
Form GAR 6 may be obtained from the Central Form Store, Calcutta. This standard form
shall be used by all Government Officers receiving money on behalf of the Government
unless any special form of receipt is prescribed by Departmental regulations to suit the
convenience of any particular department or office.
(2) The Receipt books must be kept under lock and key in the personal custody of the
Officer authorised to sign the receipt on behalf of the Government.
(3) Before a receipt book is brought into use, the number of forms contained therein
shall be counted and the result recorded in a conspicuous place in the book over the
signature of the Government Officer in charge of the book. Counterfoils of used receipt
books shall be kept in his personal custody.
5.3.26 Issue of duplicates and copies of receipts: No Government officer may issue
duplicates or copies of receipts granted for money received on the allegation that the
originals have been lost. If any necessity arises for such a document, a certificate may be
given that on a specified day a certain sum on a certain account was received from a
certain person. This prohibition extends only to the issue of duplicates on the allegation
that the originals have been lost and does not apply to cases authorised by these rules or
by special orders of the Government in which duplicates have to be prepared and
tendered with originals.
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Date S.No. Name of official Outside deductions Total
Remarks
Co.op society LIC Court Misc. Rs.
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Payment details
1. Paid to Co-operative Society ....................
vide Receipt No...................... dt. .................. Balance .....................................
2. Paid to LIC ........................
vide Receipt No...................... dt. .................. Balance .....................................
(2) Totals posted in this register should be reconciled with the total outside
deductions indicated in different acquittance rolls. During the first week of each month
the amounts recovered should be remitted to the parties concerned with full details of
such recoveries and their acknowledgement obtained. Entry for such payment should be
made on the same day in the register which should be put up for check and signature of
DDO, who will ensure that all such moneys are paid to the parties promptly.
(3) Whenever Physical verification of cash is carried out on the last working day of
the month or at any other time, Cash balances as entered in this register are also to be
verified and certificate recorded by verifying officer in this register simultaneously with
the Verification certificate in Cash Book.
When the name of a Government servant appears for the first time in a pay bill,
the bill shall be supported by a Last Pay Certificate in the form GAR 2 prescribed for the
purpose; if the Government servant did not previously hold any post under the
Government or is re-employed after resignation or forfeiture of past service a certificate
by the Drawing and Disburshing Officer to the effect that the Medical Certificate of
fitness in the prescribed form has been obtained in respect of the Government servant
must accompany the bill in conformity with and if so required by any rule or order
governing the conditions of the service to which he belongs. Where the competent
authority under any rule or order authorises the drawal of pay and allowances of a newly
appointed Government servant for a period not exceeding two months without a medical
certificate of fitness, a certificate to this effect shall be furnished in the first pay bill. If a
pensioner is re-employed, the fact shall be stated in the bill.
2. Bills for pay and allowances and leave salary shall be prepared in Form GAR 13.
Separate bills should be prepared for (i) establishments whose charges are debitable to
different heads of account, (ii) Personnel to whom salary is payable individually by
cheques and (iii) Group 'D' employees. Permanent and temporary establishments may be
included in one bill but shown separately. It should be divided into separate sections,
programme, engineering, administration etc. Scale of Pay and total No. of sanctioned
posts should be indicated for each category of post. While sanctioned strength may be
shown for permanent posts. reference to sanction for creation/ continuance of posts
should be indicated for temporary posts. Names of every incumbent (except Gr. 'D' staff)
shall be shown against each post and the rates of pay and allowances claimed for each
post shall also be shown. When pay and Allowances are drawn for a portion of a month,
necessary details with reasons should be given. Vacant posts, if any, should be indicated
clearly against the relevant serial number.
[66(1), 66(2) of CGA (RP) rules]
3. Entries in all the money columns of the bill shall be totalled separately under each
section and part; the totals written in red ink should be checked by the DDO or by
responsible person other than the person preparing the bill.
Note: A Pay Bill Register in Form GAR 17 and abstract of Pay Bill in form GAR 18
shall be maintained, the former being in the form of a ledger for recording the dues
payable and deductions made in respect of each claim for pay and Allowances of a
Government servant and the latter being an abstract of Pay and Allowance bills
presented for payment No. office copy of a regular monthly pay and allowances bill need
be maintained, but a Bill check register in Form GAR 19 shall be maintained. Which will
be made use of in preparing the sectionwise acquitance rolls in large establishments
where pay is disbursed through Section Supervisors. In small establishments where pay is
disbursed directly by the cashier, this register is not required, but net total can be copied
out on acquitance roll from each bill.
4. Absentee statement
5. Increment Certificate:
6. Claims for HRA, CCA and other fixed allowances should be supported by the
certificates if any prescribed from time to time.
Find deductions: DDO is responsible for noting down and ensuring proper
recovery of subscription to GPF/CPF from the salary of the officials. The amount of
subscription, subject to the minimum limits prescribed from time to time (at present 6%
of pay) should be recovered from pay bills and the requisite particulars entered in
separate schedule in form GAR 41. Separate schedules should be prepared for subscribers
whose GPF accounts are maintained by different PAO's. In the case of Group 'D' staff
schedules are to be kept with the office copy and need not be sent to PAO. A certificate
in Form XII indicating the total amount deducted towards subscription and refunds
should be attached with original pay bills.
9. Income Tax Deductions: Income Tax to be recovered from each official should
be worked out at the beginning of year and deductions made monthly at proportionate
rate. The assessment of tax should be reviewed by the middle of the year in September/
October and necessany adjustment made I the recoveries for the subsequent months.
Details of Life Insurance and other savings and any other details affecting calculation of
tax should be obtained from the officials at eh time of review. Final I.T. caluculation
should be made in the Ist week of February and the balance due for the year recovered
from Pay Bill for February. A certificate of total tax deducted for the year will be issued
to each official at the end of the year.
11. Profession Tax: Recoveries of profession tax levied under an Act of a State
Government should be made from the salaries of Government servants at the rates
prescribed.
13. Court Attachment : (1) When the Pay of a Govt. servent is attached by any
order of a Court of Law, it is the duty of the officer receiving the attachment order to see
that the proper deduction is made from the Pay of the Govt. servant concerned and to
keep a record of such deductions in form GAR 22.
(2) Salary to the extent of the first Rs. 500/- and two thirds of the reminder is
exempted from attachment (salary does not include various allowances e.g. DA, CCA &
HRA etc. exempted from attachment).
In all cases of transfers on deputation and transfers, Last Pay Cetificate in form
GAR. 2 should be issued by the concerned DDO to the new DDO indicating therein the
rates of Pay and allowances drawn upto the period indicated in the LPC and recoveries
effected and to be effected.
The Pay and allowances due in respect of the old post (on account of a refixation
of Pay & Allowances) which could not be drawn at the time of a transfer, may be drawn
by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer who is responsible to drawn and disburse
emoluments of the Government servant against the new post. Due and Drawn Statement
in respect of arrears should be prepared by the latter Drawing and Disbursing Officer and
sent to that of the earlier office or parent office as the case may be, for verification of the
claim. The earlier office or parent office may check these documents, make entries in
their records and return to the concerned drawing officer with a certificate that the arrears
relating to the Government Servant have been noted in the relevant office copies of the
bills. On receipt of the ‘Due and Drawn Statement’ duly vetted, the arrear bill may be
drawn. If inter-departmental adjustment is required in regard to the arrears, the concerned
office shall record the classification and acceptance of the debit.
[83 of CGA(RP) Rules]
(1) Save as hereinafter provided, pay and allowances or leave salary may be
paid only upon the personal claim of the Government servant concerned, and to his
personal receipt, and not otherwise, except under the special authority in each case of the
Government. The Government servant may be allowed to receive payment through a
messenger duly authorized by him to receive the money on his account provided that the
Government Servant’s formal acquitance is produced by the messenger and in such a
case, the Government accepts no responsibility in respect of money, cheque or draft that
may be handed over to the messenger. [85 of CGA(RP) Rules]
(2) Arrears of pay. fixed allowances or leave salary shall be drawn not in the ordinary
month bill, but in a separate bill, the amount claimed for each month being entered
separately with quotation of the number and date together with the encashment of the
monthly bill from which the charge was omitted or withheld or on which it was refunded
by deduction, or of any special order of competent authority granting a new allowance or
an increase in pay. A note of the arrear bill shall invariably be made in the pay bill
register in Form GAR 17 or in the office copy of the relevant bill for the period to which
the claim pertains, over the dated initials of the drawer of the arrear bill in order to avoid
the risk of the arrears being claimed once again. The drawing Officer shall also record the
following certificates on the arrear bill under his dated signature.
ii) That a note of the arrear claim has been made in the Pay bill register or in the
office copy of the bill, as the case may be, for the period which the claim pertains.
Subject to the conditions laid down in Rule 32 [Sub para (1) above] arrears bills
can be presented at any time and may include as many items as are necessary. [89
of CGA(RP) rules]
18. Travelling Allowance Bills:
The bills shall be prepared in form GAR 14 along with claims in form GAR 14A
or 14B, the instructions printed on the form being strictly followed, as also various
provisions in TA Rules.
[90 of
CGA(RP) Rules]
19. Leave Travel Concession:
Bills claiming LTC should lbe prepared in form GAR 14-C. Claims should be
carefully scrutinised with reference to the LTC Rules and various orders issued from time
to time.
ii) The Secretary of the Ministry is the Chief Accounting Authority who functions
with the assistance of Integrated Financial Adviser.
iv) Under the Principal Accounts Officer in the Ministry, Pay and Accounts Officers
look after the payment and accounting in respect of departmental offices situated
at various places.
2. The Departmentalised Accounting system has come into force in the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting from Ist October, 1976. Principal Accounts Officer under
the Chief Controller of Accounts in the Ministry and various pay & Accounts Offices at
Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and Lucknow including PAO, IRLA Group at New
Delhi have been set up.
3. The PAO, IRLA Group at New Delhi, deals with payments and accounting in
respect of all Gazetted Officers in the Ministry and its units. The arrangements for
payment is the same as under the earlier IRLA system except that TA and
Medical claims of Gazetted Officers are now drawn from the respective PAO's or
Cheque Drawing DDO's and not from PAO, IRLA.
4. The PAO's at various places deal with payment and accounting in respect of
different units in their respective regions. Payment is made directly by the PAO to
which the particular office situated locally is attached, on presentation of bills for
precheck. The Drawing and Disbursing Officers at the Offices situated away from
the five places (Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras & Lucknow) where PAO's
Offices now function have been empowered to draw salaries etc direct and send
the bills for post-audit by the PAO's. This facility is not available to Maintenance
Centres & HPT's who draw salaries on presentation of bills to PAO.
6. The Cheque drawing DDO's at the offices away from the above 5 places have
been empowered to make payment by cheques in respect of Salaries and short-
term advances to staff including GPF/ CPF advances and contingencies, besides
payments to Casual artists etc. They have also been empowered to make payment
by cheques towards TA and Medical claims of Gazetted Officers. However, this
facility is not available for payments of long-term advances like House Building
Advances, Motor Car/ Motor Cycle advances and Part- Final withdrawls from
GPF/ CPF.
7. Each DDO is placed in account with the local branch of the Public Sector Branch
accredited to the Ministry (State Bank of India) and the Bank is authorised to
make payments on cheques drawn by such DDO's upto the limit specified in the
Letter of Credit assigned by the PAO in favour of the DDO concerned for each
quarter taking into account the budget allocation of the drawing officer and
anticipated Cash requirements.
8. The paying branch of the Bank will render daily payment/ receipt scrolls in
duplicate alongwith paid cheques to the PAO, while one copy is sent to the DDO
concerned for verification and reconciliation.
9. Letters of Credit against assignment accounts, etc.
The Accounts Officer concerned shall communicate to the relevant branch of the
accredited bank the amount of quarterly assignment authorised in favour of
cheque drawing DDO's rendering account to him. A fresh letter of credit, issued
after expiry of the period prescribed in the earlier letter of Credit will be treated as
an addition to the unspent balance of the earlier letter of credit. The Pay and
Accounts Officers, while communication the assignment for the second and
subsequent quarters should indicate not only the amount assigned for that quarter,
but also the progressive total of assignment upto the end of the quarter so that the
bank is able to ensure that the total cumulative drawals from the beginning of the
year do not exceed the total progressive assignments. However the assignment
remaining unspent as at the end of a cinancil year is not to be carried forward to
the first quarter of the next financial year. The paying branch is responsible to
ensure that at no time the amount assigned in the letter of credit is exceeded by
the payment of any cheque. The cheques actually issued during the last quarter
but presented for payment during the next quarter (within the period of validity)
will be taken by the bank against the assignment of the year in which they were
drawn and not against the assignment of the year in which they are paid.
Note: It is not also permissible to draw cheques and deposit the amount in the
department's cash chest at the end of the year for the purpose of showing the
full amount of the grant as utilised.[56 of CGA (RP) rules.].
10. Cheque drawing DDO's will render weekly accounts (upto 7th, 14th, 21st and the
end of the month) along with paid vouchers and stamped receipts for payments
above Rs. 100/- (ministry of I &B Scheme for Departmentalised Accounting
Organisation, 1976 and Civil Accounts Manual).