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Government
of India
Ministry
of Communications and Information Technology
CONTROLLERS
OF COMMUNICATION ACCOUNTS (CCA)
Upon
corporatization of the Department of Telecom Operations and
Department of Telecom Services as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited with
effect from 1.10.2000, 44 “DoT Cells” were created,
co-terminus to the Territorial / Ancillary Telecom Circle Headquarters to
ensure Government presence primarily for :- Settlement
of retirement / pensionary benefits like Pension, Commutation of
Pension, DCRG, CGEGIS, GPF Final Payments, Leave Encashment,
Pension/Leave salary contribution and other
advances both of the staff working in the BSNL and continuing with DoT;
SAG
- Controller
of Communication Accounts. JA
STS
- Dy. Controller of
Communication Accounts. STS
Sr.AO
- Sr. Communication
Accounts Officer.
AO
- Communication
Accounts Officer.
JAO
-
Junior Communication Accounts Officer.
FUNCTIONS
OF CCA The
detail of items of work performed by the Offices of Controller of
Communication Accounts is as under:-
A.
License fee
collection: The Controller of Communication Accounts (CCA) is
responsible for collection of License Fee (L.F) as revenue share from all
cellular, basic and unified access service licensees, together with the
scrutiny of documents submitted by them, viz. Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR)
statements and affidavits. The Controller of Communication Accounts is
also responsible for maintenance of Financial Bank Guarantees (FBGs)
submitted by the licensees and for encashing the same in the event of
non-renewal on time. CCA Offices verify deductions from (AGR) as allowed
by License Agreements to verify correctness of L.F payment by Licensees in
their area.
B.
Settlement
of Universal Service Subsidy claims, disbursement of
Subsidy, inspection and monitoring : The implementation of Universal Service Support
Policy of the Government involves financial support from Universal Service
Obligation Fund (USOF) to meet the net cost of providing the specified
Universal Service Obligation (USO). This covers both public access as well
as provision of household telephones in rural and remote areas. Selection
of the Universal Service Provider is through a bidding process. Successful
bidders are eligible for support from Universal Service Obligation Fund
after scrutiny of detailed claims submitted by them. The CCA Office is
responsible for field level implementation of various USO Agreements
between DOT and the Service Providers to provide Village Public Telephones
(VPTs). Rural Community Phones (RCPs), Rural Household Telephones (RDELs)
etc in their respective service areas. They verify the claims and release
of payments. They are also responsible for inspection and monitoring, for
establishing the veracity of claims.
C.
Spectrum revenues billing
and collection: The
CCA Offices are responsible for collection of Spectrum Charges in respect
of Cellular operators and GSM operators on revenue sharing basis in their
service area.
D.
E.
Pensions-
Consequent on
the corporatization of the service providing arm of the Department of
Telecom and the promulgation of Rule 37A of the CCS Pension Rules, as per
which the Government has taken the responsibility for payment of pension
to the erstwhile government servants absorbed in the PSU, the CCA is
responsible for budgeting of pension expenditure and authorization and
issue of Pension Payment Orders for Telecom pensioners including those
retiring from MTNL/ BSNL. CCA Offices liaison with banks and post offices
to ensure proper application of rates and regulations and for smooth
disbursement of pensions. They also carries out post audit/post check of
pension payments.
F.
Pension
Contribution-
Under Rule 37 A
of the CCS (Pension) Rules the govt. will make arrangements for the
collection of Pension Contribution from the BSNL for the period of service
the employees render in the BSNL. This will apply not only to those
officers who are working on deemed deputation basis in the corporation but
also to those employees who opt to get absorbed in the corporation. CCA
Office undertakes collection and employee-wise scrutiny and monitoring of
amounts received on this account from the corporation.
G.
GPF, Loans and Advances
– The
CCA is responsible for maintenance of GPF, loans and advances ledgers and
broadsheets for Telecom staff including those working in MTNL/BSNL, issue
of GPF slips, inter-circle settlement of GPF balances and loans and
advances in cases of transfers, and final payment in retirement cases.
H.
Accounting
of Receipts and Expenditure
–The
CCA is responsible for monitoring of budget and rendering monthly accounts
for onward submission to the CGA, settlement of all residual accounts and
claims with PSUs, particularly MTNL, BSNL and VSNL .
I.
Legal Cases – CCA offices handle legal cases concerning DOT in
their area.
J.
CCA
Offices Perform such other functions as may be entrusted by DOT HQ
Shri Gopal Singh-Dy CCA
Shri Ram Kumar-CAO(USO)
Last Updated on 03-07-08
The designations of the officers working in the offices of
Controller of Communication Accounts were accordingly changed
as under :-
JAG
- Jt. Controller of
Communication Accounts.
JTS
- Asstt. Controller
of Communication Accounts.
AAO
- Asstt.
Communication Accounts Officer.
Later,
for administrative reasons, the CCA offices at Ancillary Circles were
amalgamated with the respective Territorial Circles with which the number
of offices of CCAs has been reduced to 26 from 44.
CCA
HARYANA
The
Office of the CCA Haryana is located at CTO Compound, Lawrence Road, Ambala Cantt. It
is at present headed by Sh. Rajnish Kumar Jenaw, CCA Haryana. The other
Officers are:Shri
J.Bhardwaj-Dy CCA
Shri
SPS Bhatia-Jr.CAO(Cash, Budget)
Shri
Vishvinder Kumar Chawla- Jr.CAO(GPF)
Shri
Pawan Goyal-Jr.CAO(Pension)