Workshop audit

Introduction
Section & Function Auditee Units

Workshop audit

The Workshop is doing the audit of accounts relating Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering and Signal and Telecommunication workshop including the expenditure incurred by the Mechanical department in connection with Rolling stock, Machinery and Plant programme and on the maintenance and repair works thereof..

There are six major Workshops in Southern Railway viz Carriage works /Per, Loco Works /Per, FBW/AJJ, Engineering Workshop /AJJ, S & T workshop/PTJ, W & S/GOC. The Workshops are responsible for maintenance and overhauling of railway carriages/ wagons/Locos and manufacture of railway components. The audit works relating to workshops are categorized under the following sections:

Inspection
Expenditure
Establishment
Books and Budget
Administration

In addition to this a production unit viz., Integral coach factory is also audited by this office. This factory manufactures shells/coaches and is functioning under a General Manager with other Heads of Departments.