Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.9.19

2.9.19

tasmād asya yo yasminn adhikaraṇe śāsanasthaḥ sa tasya karmaṇo yāthātathyam āyavyayau ca vyāsasamāsābhyām ācakṣīta //

Hence the chief officer of each department (adhikarana) shall thoroughly scrutinise the real amount of the work done, the receipts realised from, and the expenditure incurred in that departmental work both in detail and in the aggregate.