Horror Stories in Auditing 2

Horror Stories in Auditing

2. . Location Trivandrum

The European CB’s auditor arrived morning by flight from Chennai. His return ticket was booked by train that evening by the overnight Express. He suddenly came up with the news that his close relative is in ICU and he wanted to return by flight to Chennai. 

The arrangement of one way flight and Air conditioned coach train ticket was part of the contract agreement. The MR had no approval authority for booking the air ticket. Moreover due to peak season, the train ticket itself was booked on TATKAL basis at higher cost.

        The MR was quite sure that the ICU matter was a “cooked up case” and he could see that no phone calls were coming to the auditor from his house/relatives nor the auditor made any calls during the day, though other calls were coming on his mobile (normal ones).

        The MR went to his GM and got special approval and arranged air ticket for the auditor.”Why unnecessarily take risk”, he said. 

The GM said I have seen many officials behaving like him.

 
Whither dignity of auditor ?