Land Acquisition Payments –Authorizations and payments-directly to the Awardees’ Bank Accounts

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
ABSTRACT
Land Acquisition Payments –Authorizations and payments-modified procedure-
Payments by the PAOs/APAOs directly to the Awardees’ Bank Accounts–Orders -
Issued.

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FINANCE (EBS.IX) DEPARTMENT
G.O.MS.No. 22  Dated:09-03-2015
Read the following:-
Ref:  1.G.O.Ms.No.7, Finance (W&P-F3) Department Dt.16-05-2013.
2. G.O.Ms.No.10 Finance (W&P-F3) Department Dt.13-09-2013.
3. The Director of Works Accounts, Telangana, Hyderabad,Lr.No.DWA/
TS/Hyd/Sn.I/Admn/A1/2014-15/1023, Dt:30-09-2014& 29-1-2015.
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ORDER:-
Government incur substantialexpenditure towards land acquisition (LA) for taking
up various works projects and schemes. The land acquisition proceedings for these
works and related payments are dealt with by the Special Deputy Collectors/Revenue
Divisional Officers, who are the land acquisition officers (LAO) under the L.A. Act.

2.  In the reference 1 st read above, orders were issued for processing all LA
requisitions & authorizations and rendering of accounts through Bill Monitoring System.
FinanceDepartment permits Pay & Accounts Officers/Assistant Pay & Accounts Officers
to authorize the concerned L.A.O. to pay land compensation to the land owners. After
arranging payments, L.A.O renders account to thePAO/APAO concerned, who in-turn
incorporates the same in their monthly accounts.

3.  Orders were issued in the reference 2nd read above prescribing certain time
limits to further streamline and strengthen the process of LA payments.

4.  Government have initiated several measures to streamline the process of
payments to various beneficiaries i.e.salaries and other claims to employees, payments
of work bills to the agencies, R&R cash benefits to displaced persons etc, through on
line e-payment mechanism. The principal endeavour in these measures is to bring about
speed, efficiency, transparency, accountability and also elimination of discretion in
payments and effect direct credits to the beneficiary accounts, avoiding physical
cheques and intermediate parking of funds.

5. Government have observed certain gaps in the process of L.A. Payments,
particularly as regards timely disbursement at field level and monitoring of cash flow at
Govt level.

6.  Accordingly, with a view to further simplify the existing procedure and bring about
efficiency and transparency in L.A payments, Government have decided to effect the
LandCompensation payments by direct credit into the awardee’s bank account through
the PAO/APAO, dispensing with the present practice of authorisation to LAO and
subsequent issue of physical cheque by LAO.

7.  A service shall be provided in BMS through which the LAOs in their respective
jurisdictions can file the LA requisitions online with the award wise details of awardees
and their bank accounts. PAO/APAO can make payment to the awardees’ accounts
after formal scrutiny of the bill.

8.  The process of online LA bill preparation and submission shall be as below:-

1. LA Bill is to be prepared based on the award / sanction orders issued.
2. Award / Sanction order wise details are to be entered in the system.
3. Awardees’ data with their Bank Account details as per award are to be entered in
BMS by theLAO.
4. Bill details are to be verified finally and confirmed by the LAO and submitted
online.
5. The physical bill is to be submitted to the PAO/APAO concerned.

9. The payment procedure shall be as below:-

1. After formal scrutiny in PAO, the bill will be kept ready on line by the PAO.
2. Govt., issues authorization as per the existing procedure on scheduled dates.
3. The PAO/APAO upon authorization by the Government will make direct payments
to the Awardees as per the details up-loaded by the LAO while filing the LA
requisition.
4. The expenditure towards such authorized LA bills will be posted by the
PAO/APAO on the day of payment and accounted for in the same month.

10.  Accuracy of the awardees’ data and their Bank Accounts shall be the
responsibility of the LAO only. The L.A.O concerned shall take utmost care while
uploading the data. All the documents being now submitted along with the adjustment
account are to be submitted along with bill, except cash book extract and cheque drawn
statement.

11.  Payment of land compensation to be deposited in courts, however, will continue
to be credited to the LAO/DDOs bank account, who in turn will draw D.D. and deposit in
the court concerned. The LAO/DDO Shall submit the certified copy of the court order
along with the bill claiming the amount. The LAO/DDO should invariably send a copy of
the acknowledgement from the court to the PAO concerned after depositing in court.

12.  Bills can be submitted by the LAO on all the working days. Payment authorization
would be given by Government as per the schedule given in G.O.Ms.No.3, Finance
(W&P) Department, dated 28-02-2014.

13.  These orders shall apply only to land acquisition payments relating to the works
taken up by engineering departments, made through the PAOs in Bill Monitoring
System.

14.  The Director of Works Accounts, Hyderabad, T.S shall take necessary action to
issue operational guidelines to all the concerned for implementation of the revised
procedure.

15.  These orders shall come into force with immediate effect.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)
V.NAGI REDDY
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT