SHILLONG, June 30: Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council Chief Executive Member Titosstarwell Chyne on Thursday said the council will fix responsibility if it finds any irregularities in the maintenance of its accounts.
Recently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had written a letter to Governor Satya Pal Malik seeking his intervention in the alleged embezzlement of funds by the three autonomous district councils. They are under the scanner for non-maintenance of accounts.
Chyne said the CAG report was placed in the council’s budget session and it covered up to the year of 2013. He said the accounts of the council were audited till 2018. The council has already explained to the Accountant General that the accounts could not be audited from 2019 to 2022 due to problems arising out of the pandemic, he added.
“We had written to the AG much before the CAG wrote to the Governor. We said give us time till the end of July or August and we will submit all documents,” Chyne said.
He also said the council has decided to appoint a chartered accountant (CA). The CA will be with a special team which will probe the maintenance of accounts in the council.
“If we find any irregularities, we will fix responsibility,” he said.
Earlier, he stated the council has submitted the utilisation certificates (UCs) of most projects but there was some delay as the state government took time to release the funds.
“Implementation is still going on for many of the schemes. So, how can we submit the UCs?” he asked.