The Offices of the Indian Audit & Accounts Department were restructured into separate Audit and Accounts & Entitlement offices with effect from 1st March 1984. The offices of the Accountant General (Audit-I) and Accountant General (Audit)-II, thus, came into existence from that date. The office of the Accountant General (Audit-I) was co-located with the Accounts & Entitlement offices in the old premises up to January 1996.  Thereafter, the Audit Offices were shifted to “Satyanishtha Bhawan” in January 1996. The office of the Accountant General (Audit)-I was upgraded to the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit-I) in August 2002 and was renamed as office of the Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit) with effect from September 2004 and in April 2012 the offices of the Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad & Accountant General (Commercial & Receipts Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow were christened as the office of the Principal Accountant General (General & Social Sector Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad; Accountant General (Economic & Revenue Sector Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow and Principal Director of Audit (Central), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.

Since May 2020, the offices of Principal Accountant General (General & Social Sector Audit) Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad and Principal Accountant General (Economic & Revenue Sector Audit) Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow are known as Office of the Accountant General (Audit-I) Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad and Office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit-II) Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow respectively.

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