Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Judge of the Supreme Court
The correct answer is Judge of the Supreme Court. - The Comptroller and Auditor - General of India can be removed from his office in like manner as Judge of the Supreme Court.
- Removal of the Comptroller and Auditor - General of India
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the apex authority responsible for external and internal audits of the expenses of the National and state governments.
- It is popularly known as the CAG of India.
- CAG can be removed by the President only in accordance with the procedure mentioned in the Constitution that is the manner the same as the removal of a Supreme Court Judge.
- He is ineligible to hold any office, either under the Government of India or of any state, once he retires/ resigns as a CAG.
- Powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Article 148: of the Constitution of India establishes the authority of this office.
- Article 149: Duties and Powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
- Article 150: Form of Accounts of the Union of India and the States.
- Article 151: To report to the President or to the Governors of the States on the accounts of the Union or State.
- Shri Girish Chandra Murmu assumed office as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on 8th August 2020.
- Prior to this, Shri Murmu was the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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