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2012 (10) TMI 632 - SC - Indian LawsPowers of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) - power to give performance audit report - Held that:- Article 149 of the Constitution of India provides that CAG shall perform such duties and exercise such powers in relation to the accounts of the Union and of the States and of any other authority or body as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament. Section 16 provides that it shall be the duty of the CAG to audit all receipts which are payable into the Consolidated Fund of India and of each State and of each Union Territory having a Legislative Assembly. Performance audit reports prepared under the Regulations have to be viewed by CAG accordingly. No unconstitutionality in the Regulations find. Article 151 of the Constitution provides that the reports of CAG relating to the accounts of the Union shall be submitted to the President, who shall cause them to be laid before each House of Parliament and the reports relating to the accounts of a State shall be submitted to the Governor of the State who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of the State. W.P. dismissed.
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