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CORPORATE VIGILANCE
The Corporate Vigilance Cell is headed by the Chief Vigilance Officer and under the overall control of the
Secretary. It is manned by other officers and staff of the P&A and Accounts Wing. Enquiry Officers are appointed
from amongst the retired officers of IAS/WBCS Cadres and professionals, who are part time officers of the
Board appointed for conducting departmental enquiries.
The cases relating to the dereliction of duties, malpractices and corrupt practices involving moral turpitude,
defalcation of cash, misappropriation of stores, forgery of documents, false claim, theft of electricity, acceptance
of illegal gratification etc., on the part of the employees/officers of the Board are being dealt with by Corporate
Vigilance Department and departmental proceedings are arranged where necessary. After the departmental
enquiry is over forwarding of findings, issue of second show-cause notice and imposition of punishment or
acquittal orders are issued from Corporate Vigilance Department. This department also acts as office of the
Standing Appellate Committee and process the appeal petitions submitted by the individual appellant. The
declaration of assets in respect of all Class-I & II officers of the Board are maintained at this department.
Vigilance report in respect of individual employees of all categories are being issued from this department
prior to giving them service benefits including promotion/confirmation as well as release of terminal benefits
including pension.
This apart, the Corporate Vigilance Cell sporadically undertakes Anti-corruption drives by laying traps to
catch the miscreants particularly the employees or officers of the Board red handed while accepting illegal
gratification in cash or in kind. Moreover, the Corporate Vigilance Department undertakes consumer survey
seeking their opinion in respect of the services rendered by the employees, as a measure of preventive
vigilance.
The activities, achievements and performance of the Corporate Vigilance Cell, during the year
2006 – 07 (1.04.2006 – 31.03.2007) are tabulated below :
TABLE – A : Summary table :
1. No. of complaints received and taken cognizance of 301
2. No. of charge sheets framed and issued 60
3. No. of employees whose disciplinary proceedings finalized by imposing 67
punishment or absolving of charges
4. Total No. of employees against whom departmental enquiries started 39
in this year
5. No. of employees against whom departmental enquiries Conducted 81
6. No. of employees suspended 4
7. No. of Enquiry Officers conducting enquiries 10
TABLE – B : Disciplinary proceedings :
Stages of Departmental Proceeding
Departmental Proceeding (Break up)
Class-I Class-II Class-III Class-IV Total
1. Charge-sheet framed and issued 8 7 41 4 60
2. Disciplinary proceedings finalized by 10 5 44 8 67
issuing order of punishment/absolving of the charges
3. No. of departmental enquiries completed 6 5 24 6 41
4. Total No. of departmental enquiries undertaken 5 7 25 2 39
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Annual Report 2006-2007