The Government appoints the Chief Executive Officer to carry out
administration of Zilla Panchayat and also appoints Chief Accounts Officer, Chief Planning
Officer and one or more Deputy Secretaries who work directly under the Chief Executive
Officer and assist him, at Taluk Level, Executive officers help CEO in implementing Taluk
Level Programmes.
The Chief Executive Officer shall perform the following functions :-
(a)exercise
all the power specially, imposed or conferred upon him by or under the Act or under any
other law for the time being in force
(b)control the
officers and official of, or holding office under, the Zilla Panchayat subject to the
general superintendence and control of the Adhyaksha and such rules as may be prescribed;
(c)supervise
and control the execution of all works of the Zilla Panchayat;
(d)take
necessary measures for the speedy execution of all works and developmental schemes of the
Zilla Panchayat;
(e)have
custody of all papers and documents connected with the proceedings of the meetings of the
Zilla Panchayat and its committees;
(f)draw
and disburse monies out of the Zilla Panchayat Fund; and
(g)Exercise
such other powers and discharge such other functions as may be prescribed.
(h)The Chief
Executive Officer shall attend meeting of the Zilla Panchayat and shall have right to
attend the meeting of any committee thereof and to take part in the discussion but shall
not have right to move any resolution or to vote.
The Chief Accounts Officer shall advice the Zilla Panchayat in matters of financial
policy and shall be responsible for all matters relating to the accounts of the Zilla
Panchayat including the preparation of the annual accounts and budget.
The Chief Accounts Officer shall ensure that no expenditure is incurred except
under proper sanction and in accordance with this Act and rules and regulations made
thereunder and shall disallow any expenditure not warranted by the Act or the rules or
regulations for which no provision is made in the budget.
Accounts Section
It
is headed by a senior Officer from the State Accounts Department, designated as Chief
Accounts Officer. This section acts as Finance department as well as Audit department in
Zilla Panchayat System. There will be two Accounts officers to assist the Chief Accounts
Officer in his duties & functions. The CAO is the custodian of the Zilla Panchayat
Fund & also he advises the Chief Executive Officer & President of the Zilla
Panchayat in Financial matters. He will directly Work under the Chief Executive Officer.
The
Chief Accounts officer prepares the Budget of the Zilla Panchayat for Non–plan
expenditure (Appendix-B). He will assist the C.E.O in re-appropriation of grants at the
end of the financial year. He Prepares the Monthly & Annual Accounts based on the
Treasury Schedules & Utilization certificates obtained from the Implementing officers.
Funds
Flow in Zilla Panchayat
Zilla Panchayat receives the funds from
the consolidated fund of the state & centre in the following categories.
1.Planned
Funds.
2.Non-
Planned funds.
3.Additional
grants
Plan
& Non-plan funds are released by the State Government to the Z.P in aQuarterly basis & Zilla Panchayat in turn
releases these funds to the District level Officers of different Departments, Taluk
Panchayats & Grama Panchayats in monthly/Quarterly basis. Funds is also released from
the Central government to the various Programmes/Schemes implemented through the Zilla
Panchayat & its subsidiary systems such as Taluk Panchayats & Grama Panchayats .
It is received both from
State as well as Central Government for the Execution of developmental activities/works
including the creation of the new infra structures & their maintenance. In addition,
various centrally sponsored schemes such asJGSY,
IAY, SGSY, PMGY, PMGSY, EAS etc. For the Welfare of the scheduled castes & tribes
grants is also released through a separate programme called Special Component
Programme(SCP).
For the planned programmes the financial allocation is made by the government on
the basis of
ØPopulation
ØActual Needs
ØBackwardness (Determined by specific parameters)
Non-Plan
Funds
It is mainly meant to meetthe committed expenditure of the different
departments (mainly the salary) & also the maintenance of the infrastructures which
are already created. These funds are exclusively released to the Zilla panchayat from the
state Government.
Additional grants
These funds are not
provided in the budget of the Zilla panchayat & hence it is called the Extra budgetary
or non-budgetary Grants. Usually it is released by the State /Central Government to meet
out the emergency needs such asto provide
drinking water, formation of roads, to create rural employment at the drought prone areas,
for the control of epidemic diseases & to meet the deficiency of the budget.
The Chief Accounts Officer
through his Accounts officer (Audit & Compilation) conducts the internal audit of the
different departments/Institutions, which are coming under the administrative control of
the Zilla panchayat. He will watch the expenditure of the implementing officers against
the grants released to them. He will also keep an eye on the strict adherence ofthenorms
prescribed for schemes during theirimplementation
by the Executives.
1.Formulating
Perspective Plan, Five Year Plan and Annual Plan for the development of district.
2.Determining
priorities for the District. Based on these priorities, allocating outlays to
sectors/departments and ensuring outlays for some earmarked programmes.
3.Guiding
the District Officers in the formulation ofsuitable
schemes in accordance with local needs and local resources in the framework of District
Objectives.
4.Finalising
physical targets for various sectors in consultation with concerned Department.
5.Identifying
area for integration and ensuring their integration in the sectoral plans.
6.Determining
size of the Taluk Panchayat Sector outlay and distribution of the same among Taluk
Panchayats on the basis of the objective criteria.
7.Assisting
in inter-departmental co-ordination, guiding the Taluk Panchayats in formulation of Taluk
sector Plan and ensuring incorporation of the Plan proposals of Taluk sector plan in the
District Plan.
8.Assisting
Gram Panchayats in the preparation of the Annual Development Plan and incorporating the
same in the District Plan.
9.Preparing
the Action Plan of various schemes, including RD & PR schemes in consultation with
field departments.
10.Monitoring
the progress of implementation of District Plan including achievement in targets,
maintenance of time schedule and initiation of corrective action.
11.Assisting
in releasing the grants to various departments based on priorities and MMRs.
12.Furnishing
vital information concerning Planning to the Planning Department at the State level and
creating the data bank at the district level with help of district level officers.
13.Carrying
out such assignments as are given from time to time by the State Level District Planning
Division.
14.To tour at
least ten days in a month to closely monitor the implementation of various Plan programmes
in relation to annual action plan, targets and achievements as per MMR & KDP and to
know the bottlenecks and suggest suitable solutions to overcome the bottlenecks, if any.
To invariably send the approved tour dairy to the Director, District Planning division.
15.Any other
work entrusted by the CEO, Zilla Panchayat.
1.Preparing
the Manpower Budget for the district. Identifying pockets of unemployment, period and
nature of unemployment and formulating an employment Plan and dovetailing the same with
the district’s development plan.
2.Identifying
and initiating training programmes in area suited to the district needs.
3.Organising
coordinated training programme for officers and personnel in the field cadres from time to
time.
4.Maintaining
liaison with the Lead Bank of the district in the preparation of the credit plan for the
district.
5.Preparing
Banking plan and credit plans for the district, taluk and ensuring mobilization of
institutional credit through various financing agencies.
6.Reviewing
District Credit Plans.
7.Integrating
District Credit Plan with the District Development plan.
8.Any
other work entrusted by the Chief Planning Officer.
Statistical Officer :
1.Maintaining
all statistical information Talukwise/Grama Panchayat wise relevant to Planning &
Development and ensuring the updating of such data periodically.
2.Maintaining
benchmark data on important socio-economic aspects in “Grama-Namune” and
updating the same every year.
3.Reviewing
and monitoring plan expenditure periodically.
4.Preparing
monthly review of the implementation of the plan programme in the district.
5.Any
other work entrusted by the Chief Planning Officer.
Under the provisions of Section 196(2) of The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act 1993,
government have appointed two Deputy secretaries to the Uttara Kannada Zilla Panchayat.
They will assist the Chief Executive Officer in the performance of his duties prescribed
under Section 197 of the said Act. Accordingly the Deputy Secretary(Admn) will assist in
respect of Administration matters and the Deputy Secretary(Dev) will assist in respect of
Developmental activities. They will also be functioning as Ex-officio Secretaries of
Standing Committees constituted under the provisions of section 186 of Karnataka Panchayat
Raj Act 1993.
