All about DA post

All about DA post-

Grade Pay-4200

Gross Salary in(before 7th Pay Commission)-

X City -38025

Y City-34875

Z City-33525

Department-

CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India)

Posting in-

Different Divisions of PWD department e.g. Irrigation,Road,Building,RWD Division etc. and not in AG Office.

Your Head in Office-

Da is posted in Excecutive Engineer's Office.So your boss will be only Excecutive Engineer and all other staffs of the division will be your subordinates. Even Excecutive Engineer will also avoid to be at daggers drawn with the DA due to the fact that DA can stop the work of the division.

Posting-

You get state cadre in DA. That means you will remain in the same state whole of your life. But there is a provision of mutual transfer.DA post is not in every state. Delhi, Rajasthan Da selected candidates can't get their home state as these states have no DA recruited by SSC.

Work Nature-

1. No clerical work

2. You are signing authority and senior mostmember of entire division. So, you have to check each and every voucher of Contractor.Not even one bill of Contractor can be passed without your signature.

3. DA needs to verify establishment related work also. For example, If any employee gets increment then DA will have to scrutiny whether it is according to related norms or not.

4. As I said, DA has signing authority so, You don't do any file work. Plus you should be very careful while signing any document or bill. You should be well versed with the rules of Public Works Account Code. Huge amount of contractor's bill can be cleared byyour signature. So, you can imagine how much responsible your post is. But no need to worry. Gradually, you will master everything. Just be watchful in work.

Work Pressure-

No pressure at all. You can complete your work within 2 hours and can leave the office immediately. Nobody will force you to stay in Division if you have completed your work.

Infrastructure-

Worst Infrastructure.When I had joined my division, I felt like fish out of water. My office is like a dilapidated building. For Infrastructure,I will give 1 marks out of 10.

Promotion-

You can get only 3 promotion in DA. Even after promotion,your work nature will remainthe same.

Promotion Hierarchy is like this-DA(4200 gp) < DAO 2(4600 gp) <DAO 1(4800gp) < Senior DAO(5400 gp)

Social respect-

Less social respect. You will get a lot of respect in office. But in society,a few people know about this post.

Posting Area-

You can also be posted in small town or village. Those who are not comfortable to live in village,should avoid it. I am not saying that you will definitely be posted in a village but it depends upon your luck whether you get a town or village as your posting place.

Government quarter-

Yes,you can get government quarter but the condition of quarter in almost all the areas are not upto the mark.

Confirmation Exam-

You will have to clear DAGE exam to be permanent in this cadre. You will be given 3 chance to clear the exam. More 3 chances can be given if AG desires so. In a nutshell,you will get 6 chances to clear the exam. If you don't clear the exam even in 6 attempts,you will be demoted.This exam is not a cake walk. You will have to labour hard to clear the exam. But when one can clear SSC CGL exam then clearing DA exam is not a hard nut to crack.

There are 5 papers to clear the exam including regional language paper. That means that you will have to pass regional language of the state in which you get your posting if You didn't read that regional language in your matriculation.

For example, If you get Westbengal cadre in DA and you had not read Bangla in your matriculation then you will have to pass Bangla paper as well.

SAS Exam-

You will be eligible for taking SAS Exam after 3 years of your service. Through SAS, you can become AAO.

Pros and Cons-

Pros-

1. No work pressure

2. Good respect in office

3. Balanced Life

Cons-

1. Worst Infrastructure

2. less social respect

3. You will be one man army in office.

4. Work nature will remain the same