Audit Reports
Odisha
Report of 2008 - Financial Audit on Urban Local Bodies, Government of Orissa
Overview
This report includes three chapters. Chapter I deals with an overview of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) containing the organizational set-up, accounting and audit arrangements, sources and flow of funds to ULBs and audit coverage including comments on accounts maintained by the ULBs. Chapter II deals with performance audit on TFC grants by ULBs. Chapter III deals with the findings on transaction audit arising out of inspection of ULBs. A summary of audit findings is given as under.Audit of financial transactions, subjected to tcst-chcck in Municipal Corporations,Municipalities and Notified Area Councils (NACs) showed instances of idling of funds, loss, irregular payments, avoidable expenditure, infructuous expenditure etc. The major points noticed in audit arc enumerated below.Non recovery of service tax Rs.67.67 lakh resulting undue benefit to the contractor.
Payments of off day allowances and medical allowances to the ULB staffs to the tune of Rs.165.52 lakh resulted in undue burden on Cuttack Municipal Corporation.Non recovery of EPF dues of NMR staff resulted in loss of Rs.15.13 lakh to Paradeep Municipality Non completion of the projects after an expenditure of Rs.48.87 lakh and further keeping the projects abandoned for more than two years rendered the amount so spent infructuous.
Improper planning and assessment of fund position in construction of Kalyan Mandap resulted unfruitful expenditure of Rs.36.31 lakh Irregular diversion of Rs.114.76 lakh deducted as PF contribution of employees of the Berhampur Municipality for more than 15 years led to deprivation of the legitimate benefit of PF to the staff.Non availing of the Delayed Payment Surcharge (DPS) waiver offer of electicity distribution companies by five ULBs resulted in extra burden of Rs.7.62 core as delayed payment surcharge. Parking of scheme funds in Personal Ledger Account rendered loss of interest money to the tune of Rs.90.02 lakh.Misappropriations by way of non depositing of the Government money received as tax, LIC premium and CPF.