The panel expressed concern over pending Action Taken Notes and a heavy backlog in the Audit Para Monitoring System, which tracks Ministries’ follow-up on audit observations related to irregularities, procedural violations, financial lapses, and inefficient use of public funds
The Bench had earlier issued a contempt notice to the Secretary, Department of Higher Education, on a matter related to its April 20 order directing the Centre to provide administrative support to a court-appointed panel