LOCAL FUND AUDIT DEPARTMENT, KERALA FORM XA Surcharge Certificate [See sub-rule (7) of rule 20] No .................................... Office of the Director of Local Fund Audit, Thiruvananthapuram, Dated .............................................. I, ................................................................................. Director of Kerala Local Fund Audit, Kerala, hereby certify under sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Kerala Local Fund Audit Act, 1994 as follows:- During the year ......................................................... the .......................................... ................................................ has sustained a loss of Rs ......................................................... (Rs ............................................................................... only) on account of excess/illegal payment made/ authorised to be made by Sri/Smt ...................................................................................... who held the post of ........................................... (now working as............................................. .....................................) and hence Sri/Smt ............................................................................ ......................... is held responsible for the said loss of Rs ............................................................... The above loss was pointed out in paras ........................................................ of the audit report and item numbers ........................................................... of the objection statement attached to the audit report of .........................................................................for the year ........................................ In the surcharge notice issued in reference No ................................................................ ............................. Sri/Smt....................................................................................................................... was requested to remit the amount of Rs .....................................................(Rs ....................................... only) to the credit of ................................................................... and to intimate the fact to this office within two months from the date of receipt of the notice or to state within two months why the said amount should not be surcharged against on him/her in exercise of the powers conferred under subsection (1) of section 6 of the Kerala Local Fund Audit Act, 1994. The surcharge notice dated ...................................... was served on him/her by registered post with acknowledgment due along with the extracts of the relevant objections in the audit report and he/ she has acknowledged the receipt of the same on .............................................. But intimation regarding the remittance of the said amount of Rs ............................ to the credit of ............................................. has not been received so far. But intimation regarding the payment of Rs ........................................ involved in paras ....................................... only have been received so far. The explanation dated .............................. furnished by Sri/Smt .............................. ...................................... to the surcharge notice in respect of paras ............................. has been considered in detail and found to be not acceptable. 13 A sum of Rs .............................................. (Rs ....................................................................... only) details of which are given in paras ............................................................. of the audit report for the year...............................and item number ......................................... of the objection statement attached to the report is therefore surcharged on Sri/Smt .................................................. the then ................................................................................................................................... (now working as .....................................................................) Sri/Smt ..............................................................is liable to pay the amount to the credit of ......................................................... within one month from the date of receipt of this certificate, failing which the amount shall be recovered under the provisions of the Kerala Revenue Recovery Act, 1968 (15 of 1968) in exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (4) of section 16 of the Kerala Local Fund Audit Act, 1994. Dated at Thiruvananthapuram the ....................................................... day of.................................. Director To Sri/Smt ............................................................................. .............................................................................. ............................................................................... Receipt of this Certificate may be acknowledged in the duplicate copy enclosed and returned to this office. Copy to : 1. ............................................................ 2. ............................................................. 3. .............................................................. 14 By order of the Governor, K.M.CHANDRASEKHAR, Commissioner and Secretary, (Finance and Taxes) Explanatory Note (This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport) These Rules are to provide for and to regulate the audit of the local funds under the management or control of certain local authorities in the State of Kerala. This notification is intended to achieve the above object. 15