Audit Reports
Gujarat
Report of 2005 - Financial Audit on Urban Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions, Government of Gujarat
Overview
In District Panchayat, Rajkot 76 schools did not complete construction of compound wall resulting in expenditure of Rs.27.36 lakh remaining unfruitful.Two cases of idle investment were noticed amounting to Rs.2.13 crore, of which there was a case of purchase of computers amounting to Rs.1.96 crore under E-Governance Programme.Overpayments aggregating to Rs.75.09 lakh were noticed due to non restriction of encashment of half-pay leave to vacation staff in excess of 150 days.
Urban Local Bodies have maintained accounts on 'receipts and payments' basis only. There was unreconciled difference of Rs.38.17 lakh in accounts of Gondal Municipality. Rajkot Municipal Corporation had not carried out Bank reconciliation in respect of any of their accounts. Vadodara Municipal Corporation had dishonoured cheques amounting to Rs.59.79 lakh; but the amounts were not written back in the accounts. Dhrangadhra Municipality received financial assistance of Rs.2.44 crore under Centrally sponsored National Slum Development Programme; but Rs.1.77 crore remained blocked in Savings Bank account. In case of five Urban Local Bodies arrears of property tax amounting to Rs.54.64 crore were pending collection.
Rajkot Municipal Corporation granted octroi exemption to two private telecom companies, but discriminated against Government sector BSNL and collected Rs.72.50 lakh towards octroi.Rajkot Municipal Corporation paid Rs.75 lakh outside the scope of agreement to the agency constructed underpass at Mahila College Chowk.Eight cases of unfruitful expenditure aggregating to Rs.3.73 crore were noticed, of which there was a case of excess consumption of mix material for road works amounting to Rs.1.27 crore in Rajkot Municipal Corporation.Non disposal of shopping complex resulted in idle investment of Rs.1.65 crore at Dhrangadhra Municipality. A fire station got constructed by Gondal Municipality at Rs.25.58 lakh remained idle.Morbi Municipality appointed staff in excess of sanctioned strength resulting in excess expenditure of Rs.1.01 crore.