Empanelment with Allahabad Bank for practicing CAs as Concurrent/ Revenue Auditor

1. Allahabad Bank invites applications in the under noted prescribed format from practising firms of Chartered Accountants of India who are willing to have their firm empanelled as Concurrent/ Revenue Auditor in the Bank.
2. The panel of auditors maintained last year (excluding existing concurrent auditors) since expired and  will not be used for appointment of  internal audit jobs.
3. The Bio-data should be submitted in the under-noted format to The Asstt. General Manager (Inspection),Concurrent Audit Cell, Head office, Fourth Floor, 14, India Exchange Place, Kolkata –700001 only by postal service / courier.
4. “Application  for empanelment for internal audit-2009” should be  mentioned on the envelope carrying Bio-data
5. Mere submission of application does not, in any way, constitute guarantee for allotment of any audit job from the bank.
6. The  following type of audit  firms are  not  required  to submit their Bio-data:

a)Existing concurrent auditors

b)Audit firms who have conducted statutory audit of  Allahabad bank branches for the year 2008-09

c)Associate concerns of  Audit firms who have conducted statutory audit of  Allahabad bank branches for the year 2008-09, defined as under by RBI:

“Associate concerns means any corporate body or partnership firm wherein the proprietor and/or partner(s) of the statutory audit firm  and/or their relative(s) is/are Directors or partners and/or jointly or severally hold 20% or more of the interest in the corporate body or partnership. “Relative” for this purpose will mean the spouse or any lineal ascendant or descendant of the proprietor or partner of the statutory audit firm.”

1. If the space provided for against any item in the Bio-data format is not sufficient, details may be furnished in a separate sheet..
2. All  enclosures must be attested as true copy under seal by the proprietor / at least one partner in case  of  partnership firm)
3. Any change in the Bio-data format will  result in rejection of the same.

10. The last date for receipt of Bio-data is 20^th August,2009.

From,

ALLAHABAD BANK  (A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA UNDERTAKING)

Head office: 2, netaji SUBHAS ROAD, KOLKATA-700 001

CONCURRENT AUDIT CELL, PHONE – 2242 – 0919

FAX -2231-2422, E-MAIL-  ho.ins@allahabadbank.in

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BIO-DATA FORMAT FOR APPLICATION FOR EMPANELMENT- 2009

APPLICATION FOR INCLUSION OF NAME IN THE PANEL OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (CONCURRENT / REVENUE AUDIT)

01     Name of the Audit firm                             :

02     Address  (Head office)                            :

03     Phone & mobile number of H.O.             :

04     Fax No.& E-mail                                       :

05     Date of Establishment

06     Registration No. of firm with ICAI            :

07     Details of branch

Name of branch	Name of Branch Head	Address	Phone / mobile No & E-mail.

08     Constitution (Individual/Proprietorship/ Partnership):

(Copy of  partnership deed & Copy of  constitution Certificate issued by the ICAI certifying the constitution of the firm & branches as on  1.1.2009 to be enclosed. If there is any change after 1.1.2009, latest certificate & latest partnership deed may be submitted).

09. Particulars of individual/proprietor/partners:

S.No.	Name*	Age	ICAI Membership No.	Whether passed DISA**/ CISA (Xerox copies of the certificates to be enclosed)	Whether FCA or ACA

*If any partner is not full time partner, please mention the same against his name in Bold letters

**Certificate of practical training or Eligibility test are not at all required.

10)Past  Experience of Important Bank Assignment (Experience of Firm only to be  mentioned. Separate experience of partners with any other firm is not to be mentioned) -Details of the important bank assignment(s) completed in the last 5 years and those in hand at present

Experience of Statutory Audit of  Nationalised Banks :

Name of bank	Name of branch	Year

(Copy of appointment letter  for  latest assignment  to be enclosed)

11)Experience of  Concurrent  Audit of  Nationalised Banks (No other audit to be mentioned here except Concurrent AudiT):

Name of bank	Name of branch	Year

(Copy of appointment letter  for  latest assignment  to be enclosed)

12)Experience of  concurrent audit of specialised functions in Nationalised Banks (i.e. treasury, forex, dealing room, I.S.Audit & risk based internal audit- No other audit like Revenue audit or stock audit to be mentioned here):

Nature of audit	Name of bank	Name of branch	Year

(Copy of appointment letter  for  latest assignment  to be enclosed)

13)If  firm  or partners having any account, advance and other dealings with Allahabad Bank, please furnish necessary details indicating nature of the dealings & the name of the Bank’s Branch where the account/s is/are maintained.

Name of partner/ proprietor	Name of Bank’s branch	Nature of dealing

14.Whether the firm or  any partner have ever been debarred by  ICAI/RBI. If yes, details to be mentioned :

15.Annual Income:

(Copy of the latest Income tax Return of the Firm to be attached.)

16.Any other details :

I/We here by confirm that the firm / any partner was  not statutory auditor or associate concern (as defined by RBI) of  Statutory auditors of  branches of  Allahabad Bank for the year 2008-09 & I/we are not disqualified  under any of grounds  given in  Sec.226 of the Companies Act,1956

I/We here by confirm that the details / information furnished above are/is true and correct (if any detail furnished above is found incorrect later on, the Bank  has right to terminate the assignment, if given any, without giving any notice).

I/ We also hereby declare that if my/ our name is included in the bank’s list of approved CAs/Consultants, I / we will undertake to do the tasks entrusted to me / us in the best interest of the Bank.

I/We abide by the rules and regulations of the Bank in force from time to time and will always keep the bank’s interest foremost in mind

Date

Signature of All partners with

Name and ICAI Membership Nos

Office Seal