Brief Description of A&N
Islands and the Branch Office at South Point, Port Blair
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprise of 572
islands/ islets, extending over an area of 8249 sq.Kms. Only 38 of these
islands are inhabited and have a population of 3.56 lakhs approx. (2001
census). These islands are at a distance of 1200 kms from mainland
India. The islands have a porous and vast coastline of 1962 kms with
north-south spread of over 900 kms. Coco Island in Myanmar is 40-50 kms
away from North Andaman and Sumatra of Indonesia is 150 kms from
Campbell Bay.
The Branch Office is situated at South Point, Port
Blair, the capital town of A&N Islands. The office was set up as RAO of
AG (Central) on 13th May 1971 and was headed by Shri N.
Sundarajan, IA&AS as its first D.A.G. and it was looking after the
Accounts and Audit work. In 1980, the Accounts work was completely
entrusted to the Chief Pay and Accounts Officer, A&N Administration.
From 01.04.2002, the office has been upgraded from Regional Audit Office
to Branch Office headed by a Director of Audit.

OFFICE BUILDING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
Name of the Head of Office
Sl. No. |
Name of the Head of Office |
From |
To |
1 |
Shri N Sunder Rajan |
13.05.71 |
28.02.73 |
2 |
Shri KBS Chopra |
01.03.73 |
03.09.74 |
3 |
Shri KH Bhattacharya |
26.09.74 |
29.12.74 |
4 |
Shri TG Srinivasan |
11.02.75 |
28.01.77 |
5 |
Shri AA Warrier |
29.01.77 |
07.06.79 |
6 |
Shri N Balsundaram |
03.07.79 |
22.07.81 |
7 |
Shri DC Sen |
02.02.90 |
02.09.92 |
8 |
Shri Ranjit Dutta |
03.09.92 |
31.08.93 |
9 |
Smt. Anjali Anand Shrivastava |
01.09.93 |
11.10.94 |
10 |
Shri AC Sarkar |
12.10.94 |
02.05.95 |
11 |
Shri N Nagarajan |
03.05.95 |
20.07.97 |
12 |
Shri S Alok |
21.07.97 |
23.12.99 |
13 |
Smt. Aditi Roy Choudhury |
24.12.99 |
10.05.2000 |
14 |
Shri PS Das |
11.05.2000 |
31.03.2002 |
Branch:- UT of A&N Islands |
15 |
Shri PS Das |
01.04.2002 |
09.04.2003 |
16 |
Shri NK Sah |
10.04.2003 |
25.05.2003 |
17 |
Shri Rakesh Gupta |
26.05.03 |
09.04.06 |
18 |
Shri S Suresh Kumar |
10.04.06 |
Till date |
Telephone Nos.
Sl. No. |
Name & Designation |
Telephone Nos |
FAX No. |
Office |
Residence |
1 |
Shri S Suresh Kumar, Director of Audit (ANI) |
227195 |
232381 |
227437 |
2 |
Sr. Audit Officer (Admn.) |
228542 |
|
|
3 |
Audit Officer (Report) |
|
231000 |
|
4 |
OAD Section |
228574 |
|
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STD Code No. of Port Blair 03192
Outside Audit Department : Extent
of Audit
The audit of accounts of Union Territory of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Administration, Appropriation Accounts,
Finance Accounts, Pro forma Accounts, Autonomous Bodies, Externally
Aided Projects, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Central Government
Departments and pension payment of Public Sector Banks is conducted by
this office as per details given below:-
DDOs of A&N Administration |
140 |
Autonomous Bodies |
15 |
Pro forma Accounts |
10 |
Externally Aided Projects |
5 |
Central Government Departments |
14 |
Banks (Pension Audit) |
8 |
Panchayat Samities |
7 |
Zilla Parishad |
1 |
Appropriation Accounts |
1 |
Finance Accounts |
1 |
Forest |
14 |
TOTAL |
216 |
Setup of P.A.O.
The O/o the Principal Director of Audit (Central),
Kolkata, Br:- UT of A&N Islands consists also a separate P.A.O. and all
the bills of the small establishment of the office are passed by the
same. The P.A.O. also maintains the G.P.F. Accounts of the Group A,
Group B and Group C employees of the office. Besides, the Finance
Accounts and the Appropriation Accounts are also prepared by the same.
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