PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONING.

Government functioning is regulated by various provisions of Constitution of India and the Acts and rules framed thereunder . Public servants, including government servants are accountable for the office action and maintenance of records in the interest of transpancy and accountability for which law code manual has been issued by the government. Of course there are different levels of accountability dischargable at different levels.In the Administrative hierarchy, it is necessary to set out the matter related to accountability in advance so that the responsibility at different levels is known according to the law code manual prefixed by the government in this behalf for which the reasonable discretion and freedom of action is also established within the well defined limits for which the office manual is a basic document setting procedures and standards of the working described by the government in this behalf and found essential under law code manual to establish accountability at all levels of the government.