AMG-III Section & Function

Head Quarters – I

Branch Officer: Shri Swapan Kumar Naskar, Sr. Audit Officer  

Telephone No: (033)-2358-6886/92 (Extn-203)

Functions:

        i.            Dealing with all works relating to administrative matters of the wing as a whole including Transfer, Posting and cases of leave of staff and officers of AMG-III, 

      ii.            Preparation of Annual Audit Plan, Preparation of quarterly audit programme,

    iii.            Processing of advance T.A. claims of audit parties and checking of adjustment T.A. bills with reference to tour diaries/programmes,

    iv.            Preparation of annual budget and staff proposals of AMG-III,

      v.            Preparation of monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual reports and returns pertaining to AMG-III,

    vi.            Co-ordination with other sections and departments as well as audit parties,

  vii.            Policy matters of general nature including references from headquarters and other departments,

viii.            Dealing with RTI training, In-house training and matter relating to IT,

    ix.            Maintenances all the database relating to IT hardware,

      x.            Monthly backup in connection with disaster management plan

    xi.            Scrutiny and certification of Accounts of EAPs under the audit jurisdiction of AMG-III and further communication thereof.

  xii.            Co-ordinating audit wing of the Natural Resource Accounting (NRA) in West Bengal i.r.o Second level limited verification of the accounts (prepared by the A&E Office) and auxiliary assignments thereof.

Head Quarters – II

Branch Officer: Sri Subhra Chakraborty, Sr. Audit Officer  

Telephone No : (033)-2358-6886/92 (Extn-204)

Functions:

A dedicated Data Cell has been established to oversee all data-driven audit activities, including data collection, consolidation, consistency checks, coordination with FAP, and data preservation. The Cell is responsible for managing all tasks related to data-led audits. The data collected will be shared with the Data Analytics Cell to identify potential red flags. Based on these red flags, FAP will validate the data and issue audit observations.

Objectives of Data –led Audit:

1. To identify divisional formations and responsible officers associated with each work and payment, ensuring clear accountability across the execution chain.
2. To establish a complete audit trail covering all stages of a work - from tender initiation, bid evaluation, and award to final payment and closure.
3. To enable risk profiling of contractors based on factors such as work concentration, bid participation, financial exposure, and payment behavior.
4. To detect patterns and anomalies in fund release, deduction practices (GST, IT, labour cess), and repeated award of works to select contractors
5. To link financial data with administrative and physical progress, ensuring that expenditure corresponds with actual on-ground execution
6. To reduce manual dependence by digitising legacy records through OCR and converting them into structured, analyzable datasets.
7. To strengthen audit selection and field verification by prioritising high-risk works divisions, or DDOs identified through integrated data analysis.

Head Quarters – III

Branch Officer: Sri Subhra Chakraborty, Sr. Audit Officer

Telephone No. (033)- 2358-6886/92 (Extn-204) 

Functions:

1. Processing, editing, vetting and issue of Inspection Reports (IR) through OIOS and Statement of Facts (SoFs) those relates to the following Irrigation & Waterways Department, Water Resources Investigation & Development Department, Information & Cultural Affairs Department and Tourism Department,
2. Identification of potential DPs/SoFs and sending these immediately to Report section with all available Key Documents (KD) and relevant documents,
3. Pursuance of IR/Paras,
4. Audit Committee meetings/Bi-lateral meetings with units,
5. Review of old IRs.

Financial Audit Wing (FAW)

Branch Officer:  Shri Swapan Kumar Naskar, Sr. Audit Officer 

Telephone No.  --

Functions:

1. Co-ordination with other sections and departments as well as inspection parties and Financial Audit Parties (FAP- I to V) and pursuing the work of FAPs,
2. Auditing vouchers and issuing audit notes/memos, sending them to the department concerned with a copy of the Pr. Accountant General (A&E) and dealing with all connected correspondences thereafter,
3. Maintaining objection books, selecting potential materials for audit reports,
4. Receiving copies of sanctions issued by the Central/State Government and sub-ordinate authorities and also contract agreements and to examine them in accordance with the relevant instructions in MSO (Audit),
5. Communicating objections arising out of audit of sanctions/agreements/vouchers/forms to the office concerned with a copy to the PAG (A&E) WB,
6. Processing materials for Audit Report and submission to DAG (AMG-III),
7. Maintenance of port-folio Register for Schemes-Central, Centrally Sponsored and State Plans, and review thereof,
8. Review of files containing objection memos etc. issued to departmental officers, etc.

Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC)

Resident Audit Officer: Sri Subhra Chakraborty, Sr. Audit Officer (Addl. Charge)

Telephone No. (033)-2253-4119 / (033)-2358-6886/92 (Extn-203)

Functions:

1. RAO/HRBC functioning under AMG-III Wing of O/o the AG (Audit-II), West Bengal is responsible for the audit of accounts and transaction of State Autonomous body, namely, Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) set up under Hooghly River Bridge Act 1969. The mandate of such audit is derived from Section 19(3) of C&AG’s (DPC) Act 1971.
2. In addition to above, RAO/HRBC is assigned with the planning/programming of Compliance and Financial Audit of Commissioners for the Rabindra Setu (CRS) through AMG-III/HQ-I (Co-ordination).