COMPLAINTS IF PSEUDONYMOUS MAY BE FILED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IT IS NECESSARY THAT ALLEGATIONS ARE VERIFIED BY ENQUIRY FROM THE SIGNATORY.

The vigilance department is to be consulted by the Administrative departments regarding vigilance cases /vigilance complaints at the following stages :-- (1) At complaint stage :-- All complaints/audit inspections/Departmental inspections/source reports, containing allegations of corruption, embezzlement or improper motive against officials received by the administrative departments are required to be forwarded to the vigilance department for advice. The vigilance department after examination of the case decides whether to entrust the complaint /audit inspection/departmental inspection/source report to the anti -Corruption unit or to the department concerned for a fact finding enquiry. All anonymous complaints are required normally  to be filled by the departments without taking any action on them as enquiries into such complaints have adverse effect on the morale of the services. Pseudonymous complaints should also be treated similarly unless they contain allegations that can be prima facie verified by enquiry from the signatory of the complaint whether it has actually been sent by him. If he can not be contacted at the address given in the complaint or if no reply is received from him within a reasonable time period it should be presumed that the complaint is pseudonymous and should be filed (Paras 2.1.1and 2.1.2 of chapter II of vigilance manual) .