It is for the general information of public that the working in most of the treasuries of J&K State has been made on line (Computerized) and the Finance Department is in the process of making on line payments at all the treasury in the very near future.Director General Accounts and Treasuries Finance department Altaf Hasan Mirza informed that the payments at the treasuries both in case of one line and off line are being made strictly on the pattern of First In First Out (FIFO). The claims in the shape of bills/cheques representing payments under various objects of expenditure like salaries, Pension, GP Fund, Works, Material and Supplies, Relief, Gratuity Commutation etc which are received by the Treasury officers during the day are scrutinized by them for verifying if the payments are covered under codal provisions and proper budget provision. Each Treasury Officer submits list of object wise liabilities in respect of those cheques/bills which are fit for payment in a consolidated form to the Finance Department through their respective provincial Directors at the end of every day.
He has also informed that the cash Management Committee of the Finance Department authorizes release of payments in favour of the Treasury officers through respective Directors depending upon the availability of resources. The amount is authorized by the Cash Management Committee object wise. The Treasuries Officer are authorized to make the payments to the extent of amount authorized against a particular object of expenditure approved by the committee. The treasury officers can in no case authorise payment against an object of expenditure for which the Finance Department has not authorized him to make the payment. The working of Treasury officers is being constantly monitored by the provincial Directors.Since in respect of some objects of expenditure like GP Fund, Gratuity Commutation, Contractor/Firms etc, the Finance Department is not able to clear the liabilities on daily basis in view of financial constraints the liabilities are cleared in a phased manner and the Treasury officers are authorized to release the payment of the bills/cheques upto a particular date following the principle of (FIFO).
DG Accounts and Treasuries Finance Department also said that it has come to the notice of the Finance Department that the claimants are approaching different quarters and exerting pressure for release of their payments by jumping the queue. Exploitation of certain claimants at different levels have also come to the notice of the Finance Department in the garb of out of turn release of payments.So the general public particularly the claimants are requested not to pursue their payments at any level including the treasuries as the same be credited to their respective bank accounts as and when the payments are authorized by the Finance Department. However, they are requested to obtain proper receipt from treasury for their instruments.
In case any body has any grievance against any staff member of the treasury he/She is requested to send the message through SMS or e-mail on the following numbers. As far as possible, the complaint or grievance should be specific and not general type and vague. The complaint or grievance should be specific and not general type and vague. The complainant should give his name, name of the employee against whom complaining and reference to the claim pending at treasuries.Director General, Accounts and Treasuries, Finance Department, J&K, Telephone No. 0191-2548483, 0194-2506096, Mobile No. 9419011790, email [email protected], Director, Accounts & Treasuries, Jammu Telephone No. 0191-2453047, Mobile No. 9419100563, email address- [email protected] and Director Accounts & Treasuries, Kashmir, Telephone No. 0194-2310257, Mobile No. 9419016640, Email Address- [email protected] & [email protected].