• For any category of complaint, if the State fails to submit an ATR within the prescribed time period, the Ministry shall issue a reminder with a grace period of another two weeks time with a caution that non-submission of ATR will lead to invoking Section 27(2) of the Act for stoppage of funds.
• If required, State Government can request for reasonable additional time with justification. Consideration for providing additional time shall be undertaken by a Committee under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary, comprising the following officers as members from the Ministry:

JS (RE-I)/ JS(RE -II) - Member

CCA - Member

Concerned Director in the division - Convener

• The Convener will prepare a gist of complaints along with the justification given by the State for seeking additional time. Based on the seriousness of the complaint and the explanation offered by the State, the Committee may decide to give additional time to the State for submitting the ATR.