Prior sanction of competent authority made mandatory
Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Feb 19: No arrear claim of Government servants and persons not in Government service which is more than two years old will be presented by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) before the Treasuries without the proper sanction of competent authority and prior concurrence of the Finance Department.
A direction in this regard has been issued by Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner Finance Department after noticing blatant violation of the rule position provided in the General Financial Rules, 2017.
For settling time barred claims, a detailed rule position has been provided in the General Financial Rules 2017 and every Drawing and Disbursing Officer is supposed to act strictly according to these Rules.