Realise over Tk 8.70cr from 212 university teachers

JS body recommends

23 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Sangsad Bhaban

The parliamentary standing committee on public accounts yesterday recommended realisation of Tk 8,70,63,086 crore from 212 public university teachers who have failed to return from abroad at the end of their education leave periods. The standing committee at a meeting with its chairman Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in the chair elaborately discussed the issue-based audit reports for fiscals 1994 to 2004 on the unapproved absence of the public university teachers abroad, said a press release. It also discussed objections to the audit by the department of internal resources for the 1998-99 fiscal, the post and telecommunications audit department, the defence department and railway audit department, as well as foreign aided projects spanning the period 1990 to 2000. In the audit objections report, it was shown that financial losses had been incurred due to the over Tk 8 crore in salaries being unrealised as well as the allowances and other expenses of the 212 teachers of eight public universities. It recommended disposing of the audit objections within the specified time after submitting evidence of realised money to the audit. The meeting asked the authorities concerned to realise revenue loss of Tk 101, 58,72,160 due for excised duty, supplementary duty, VAT and fines from departments concerned, realise revenue of Tk 7,93,40,562 due from supplementary duty and VAT on products like motor sprit, light and diesel and realise Tk 30,18240 loss due to unload items with less fee than approved fee. The meeting also asked for realisation of over Tk 3.60 crore in revenue losses caused by other types of irregularities. Standing committee members M Ali Ashraf and Chief Whip Abdus Shahid attended the meeting. Education Secretary Syed Ataur Rahman, vice-chancellors of the public universities and senior officials of NBR were present at the meeting.