In order to ensure expeditious settlement of personal claims of State Government officers, the Bihar office was bifurcated in February 1973, into two distinct offices viz.:

  • Accountant General-I, Bihar with Headquarters at Ranchi and
  • Accountant General-II, Bihar with Headquarters at Patna.

The existing office of Deputy Accountant General (Project) in Patna was also placed under the Accountant General (II), Bihar, Patna.

With the restructuring of the Indian Audit & Accounts Department, the functions relating to “Audit” were separated from those of Accounts & Entitlements and four separate offices, started functioning from March, 1984, viz.:

  • Accountant General (Audit)-I, Bihar, Patna
  • Accountant General (Audit)-II, Bihar, Ranchi
  • Accountant General (A&E)-I, Bihar, Ranchi
  • Accountant General (A&E)-II, Bihar, Patna

On 15th November 2000 the State of Bihar was bifurcated and Jharkhand State was created with capital at Ranchi. As a result the offices were renamed as Offices of Principal Accountant General (A&E) I, Bihar & Jharkhand, Ranchi, Accountant General (Audit) I, Bihar & Jharkhand, Patna, Accountant General (A&E) II, Bihar & Jharkhand, Patna, and Accountant General (Audit) II, Bihar & Jharkhand, Ranchi.

On 22nd July 2002 the name of the office was changed yet again and it became the office of the Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, Patna. The post of Accountant General (Audit)-I, Bihar, Patna was upgraded to the level of “Principal Accountant General” on 22nd July 2003. The office of the Accountant General (Audit)-I, Bihar, Patna was subsequently re-named as the “Office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, Patna in July 2003.

Situation Post-Bifurcation of the State of Bihar

As per Bihar State Reorganisation Act, 2000, on 15.11.2000 a new state of Jharkhand came into existence with Ranchi as capital.

This bifurcation resulted in the bifurcation of A.G. Offices also, located in erstwhile Bihar. With effect from 15.11.2000 the offices of the Principal Accountant General/Accountant General, Bihar were renamed as Principal Accountant General/Accountants General, Bihar & Jharkhand which were further renamed as Accountant General, Jharkhand and Accountant General, Bihar respectively w.e.f. 1.4.03.

AG (Audit) I, Bihar and Jharkhand was renamed as Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, Patna with effect from 22nd July 2002 on re-allocation of work between the Accountants General (Audit) stationed at Patna & Ranchi. The staffs were reallocated between both the audit offices with effect from 17th July, 2003 and in the case of LAD, with effect from 1st October, 2003. Prior to re-organization of Audit offices in Bihar and Jharkhand, the responsibility of preparation of Audit Report (Civil) and Audit Report (Commercial) was with the Accountant General (Audit)-I Bihar, Patna and the Audit Report on Revenue Receipts was the responsibility of Accountant General (Audit)-II Bihar, Ranchi. However from 2001-2002 onwards, the responsibility of preparation of all the three reports for Bihar has been entrusted to Accountant General (Audit) Bihar, Patna and that of Jharkhand to Accountant General (Audit) Jharkhand, Ranchi.

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