G.O.(D) No.78, Further Continuance of Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer Post, 2022
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Land Reforms Wing, issued Government Order (D) Number 78, dated 3 February 2022, extending the previously sanctioned post of Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023. The post is in the cadre of Deputy Secretary to Government and handles financial administration connected with land reforms schemes, boards and related departmental work.
What the government approved
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Land Reforms Wing, issued Government Order (D) Number 78, dated 3 February 2022. It sanctions the further continuance of the Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer post, in the cadre of Deputy Secretary to Government, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023.
The approval follows a request from the Additional Commissioner of Land Reforms. The Finance Department concurred with the continuation.
Background and purpose
The Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer post developed from an Accounts Officer post created for implementation of the former Tamil Nadu Agricultural Labourers and Farmers Social Security and Welfare Schemes, 2006, now the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Pathukappu Thittam. The Accounts Officer post was later upgraded to Chief Accounts Officer and then to Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer.
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department considered the post necessary because the welfare scheme covers almost all villages in Tamil Nadu and provides financial assistance to agricultural labourers, marginal farmers, small farmers and their families. The department also handles land costs paid by requisitioning bodies for lands belonging to the Bhoodan Board.
Main responsibilities
The Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer is responsible for:
- Finance, budget and accounts work connected with the scheme.
- Scrutiny and preparation of budget proposals, estimates, revised estimates, appropriation statements and surrender statements.
- Monitoring expenditure against sanctioned grants and obtaining periodic expenditure reports.
- Ensuring proper accounts, registers and monthly reconciliation with the Accountant General.
- Reviewing audit objections, inspection reports and audit paragraphs.
- Monitoring cheques received from the Sugars and Agri Marketing Committee Departments and maintaining related bank and investment accounts.
- Sending monthly progress reports to the relevant government departments.
- Maintaining statistics for schemes and boards.
- Monitoring pending Agricultural Income Tax arrears and processing refunds of excess Agricultural Income Tax collected from plantation companies.
Who is affected
Government officers administering land reforms, welfare schemes, Bhoodan Board funds, budgets, audits and Agricultural Income Tax matters are directly affected. Property buyers and landowners are not given any new land right, restriction, ceiling requirement or application procedure by Government Order (D) Number 78. Its stated purpose is to retain a departmental financial administration post.
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Common questions
Does Government Order (D) Number 78 change land ceiling rules or property rights?
No change to land ceiling rules or property rights is stated. The document sanctions the continued employment of the Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer.
How long was the Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer post continued?
The post was continued for two years, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023.
Why did the Land Reforms Wing retain this post?
The department cited the financial work associated with the Chief Minister's Uzhavar Pathukappu Thittam, Bhoodan Board land costs, budgeting, expenditure monitoring, accounts and audits.
Does the document require a property buyer or owner to submit an application or pay a fee?
The document states no application or fee requirement for property buyers or owners. It concerns the continuation and duties of a government financial administration post.
