CORRUPT PRACTICES AND COMPLAINTS CAN BE ENQUIRED BY THE VIGILANCE DEPARTMENT TO ERADICATE CORRUPTION

The Vigilance Department of the Himachal Pradesh Government and the Vigilance units in all the Departments and in offices of the Deputy commissioners are responsible for implementation of the anti corruption measures of Himachal Pradesh Government and maintenance of integrity in the services .The Vigilance Department can enquire into the following matters (a) Any transaction in which a Public servant is suspected or alleged to have acted for an improper purpose or in a corrupt manner.(b) Any Complaint that a public servant had exercised or refrained from exercising his powers with an improper or corrupt motive .(c) Any Complaint of mis-conduct or lack of integrity or of any malpractice or mis -dimeanour on the part of the public servant .The power and jurisdiction of the Vigilance Department extends to Public sector undertakings .Corporate bodies , Statutory Corporations in the proper Admininistration of which the state government is concerned . Particularly from the financial point of view, with the agreement of the concerned bodies .The HOD are taken into confidence in respect of all cases against gazetted and non gazetted officers as soon as enquiries are registered either by preliminary enquiry or for regular investigation .The position as to different wings of Vigilance Department, procedure for preliminary enquiry, investigation, inquiring and prosecution, functions of the HOD and Vigilance officers of the department, Issue of Vigilance clearance certificate, maintenance of registers , submission of returns and forms there for, facilities and cooperation to be extended to the Anti corruption Unit , Suspension of govt servant may be obtained from the Vigilance manual published by the government in this behalf Department of Personnel (Vigilance) in 1975 may be consulted