Subordinate Audit/Accounts Service under Comptroller & Auditor General
The SAS examination is the departmental examination for the Subordinate Audit/Accounts Service under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. RankRacer maps it as 7 subjects and 34 topics: the five rule-book subjects common to the departmental exams — service rules, financial rules, office procedure, the RTI Act, and the Constitution and Parliament — plus an Audit & Accounts subject covering the CAG (DPC) Act, Government Accounting Rules, and the internal, receipt and expenditure audit manuals, alongside a General English subject.
| Criteria | Details |
|---|---|
| Who Can Appear | This is a departmental promotion examination (LDCE) — it is written by serving government employees, not by open-market applicants. |
| Detailed Conditions | Feeder grade, minimum qualifying service, and age conditions are fixed by the conducting authority in each notification cycle. RankRacer does not reproduce them — read the official notification for the cycle you are applying to. |
Seven topics: CCS (Pension) Rules 2021, CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964, CCS (CCA) Rules 1965, CCS (LTC) Rules, Fundamental Rules & Supplementary Rules, and the POSH Act 2013.
Six topics: General Financial Rules 2017, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules 2024, the Suspense Manual, the Manual of Goods Procurement, the CPWD Works Manual, and the Make in India Order 2017.
Five topics: the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, Record Management, the Allocation of Business Rules, the Transaction of Business Rules, and e-Office Procedure.
Five topics: general provisions of the Right to Information Act, obligations of public authorities, Information Commissions, appeals and penalties, and the RTI Rules 2012.
Six topics: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, the Union Executive, Parliament, Parliamentary Committees, and Parliamentary Procedures.
Five topics: the CAG (DPC) Act, Government Accounting Rules, the Generic Internal Audit Manual, the Receipt Audit Manual, and the Expenditure Audit Manual.
Comprehension, grammar and precis writing. Listed as a subject for this exam; no topic breakdown is mapped on RankRacer yet.
SAS is the departmental examination for the Subordinate Audit/Accounts Service under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. On RankRacer it is mapped to 7 subjects and 34 topics spanning service rules, financial rules, office procedure, the RTI Act, the Constitution and Parliament, and Audit & Accounts.
Five topics: the CAG (DPC) Act, which sets out the duties and powers of the Comptroller & Auditor General, Government Accounting Rules, the Generic Internal Audit Manual, the Receipt Audit Manual, and the Expenditure Audit Manual. Of the five departmental exams mapped on RankRacer, only CAG SAS and CGA AAO carry this subject.
Seven: Service Rules (7 topics), Financial Rules (6 topics), Office Procedure (5 topics), RTI Act (5 topics), Constitution & Parliament (6 topics), Audit & Accounts (5 topics), and General English. General English is listed as a subject but has no topic breakdown mapped yet.
This page maps the CAG SAS syllabus in full — 7 subjects covering the rules, manuals and Acts the exam is built on. Niti, RankRacer's AI tutor, can take your questions on them. No account needed to ask.