DEPARTMENTAL VIGILANCE OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW LAPSE OF THE RECOVERY FROM THE PIOs UNDER CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE AND MANUAL

Departmental vigilance officers are responsible to take precautionary measures for the deposit of amount of the penal action proposed against the defaulters PIOs by the Honourable SIC or CIC in procedure prescribed by the section 18 to 20 of the RTI act publications .As such the duty and responsibility of the SIC or CIC is to impose the penal action against the defaulters responsible for the delay and dereliction of duty pertinent to the charter of public accountability and transparency in the administration and required to be noticed by the FAA and SIC or CIC however the report of the said amount must be brought to the notice of the public authorities and the HOD as well as the state government but it is regretted to point out that maximum number of PIOs have not deposited their amount of the penalties for which the vigilance officer of the department concerned must take suo motu cognisance of the delay in deposit as the criminal procedure is required to be followed if more and more delay has been reported by the SICor the CIC too responsible to verify the facts finding reports of the amount required to be deposited by the defaulters responsible to protect the fundamental rights of the Citizens demanding free and fair justice from the system of governance and delay in deciding the cases has been declared as the sole responsibility of the public authorities so the vigilance officers must take required reports of the said amount and deposit being responsible to follow the procedure prescribed under law code manual of the criminal procedure act as well as the departmental proceedings brought to the notice of the FAA and the HOD to prefix the responsibility of the concerned officials / officer who have been declared responsible for the said dalay and dereliction of duty as well as the lapse adjudged under the provision of RTI act publications