Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act,1997
23. Accounts and audit
(1) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant
records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be
prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and
Auditor-General of India.
(2) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by the
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at such intervals as may be specified
by him and any expenditure incurred in connection with such auditor shall be
payable by the Authority to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
2 [Explanation: For the removal of doubts,
it is hereby declared that the decisions of the Authority taken in the
discharge of its functions under clause (b) of sub-section (1) and sub-section
(2) of section 11 and section 13, being matters appealable to the Appellate
Tribunal, shall not be subject to audit under this section.]
(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any other
person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the
Authority shall have the same rights and privileges and authority in connection
with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General generally has, in
connection with the audit of the government accounts and, in particular, shall
have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers
and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the
Authority.
(4) The accounts of the Authority as certified by the
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by him in
this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually
to the Central Government and that government shall cause the same to be laid
before each House of Parliament.