2. In that connection, the head of the department
is said to have invited the attention of the Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau,
to the instructions contained in GO.Ms.No. 677, Genl.Admn.(Ser.D) Dept., dated
30-5-1961, which Jays down that before a petition is referred to the
Anti-Corruption Bureau for enquiry it is desirable that the head of the
department should be consulted in the first instance unless it is felt that the
reference to the head of the department may lead to the loss of secrecy or the
allegations are numerous and specific or are of a very serious nature and may
be true and also that in respect of non-gazetted officers the petitions received
by the Anti-Corruption Bureau may be forwarded to the heads of departments
direct along with the preliminary report for necessary action. He has also
requested the Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, to stop further proceedings, in
case preliminary enquiry has not been initiated, to enable him to make a
departmental enquiry for the reason that he is of the opinion that a
departmental enquiry is sufficient and to send the report to him if preliminary
enquiry was conducted.
3. On an examination of the points raised by the
head of the department, it has been noticed that the head of the department has
relied mostly on the instructions issued in GO.Ms.No. 677, GA. (Ser.D) Dept.,
dt. 30-5-1961 although the instructions stood modified to certain extent by the
instructions issued in GO.Ms.No. 1071, GA.(SC.C) Dept., dt. 25-9-64.
Instructions have also been issued in Memo.No.620/65-2 GA. (Ser.D) Dept., dt.
22-11-1965 that the instructions issued in GO.Ms.No.677, GA. (Ser.D) Dept., dt.
30-5-1961 should be deemed to have been modified by the instructions issued in
GO.Ms.No.1071, GA. (SC.C) Dept., dt. 25-9-1964 to the extent the instructions
issued in the former Government order and subsequent clarifications issued from
time to time which are at variance with the scheme of the Vigilance Commission
as enunciated in the later Government order. The attention of all heads of
departments and all departments of Secretariat is invited to the scheme of the
Vigilance Commission as enunciated in GO.Ms.No.1071, GA. (SC.C) Dept., dt.
25-9-1964 as subsequently modified in GO.Ms.No.1016, GA.(SC.A) Dept., dt.
8-6-1965 and Ms.No.290, GA. (SC.A) Dept., dt. 8-3-1966 as also to the
Procedural Instructions issued by the Vigilance Commissioner, with the approval
of the Government and communicated by him in his letter No. 39NC/64-28 dt.
23-8-1966, and they are requested to see that in cases where the Vigilance
Commission gives a direction to the Anti-Corruption Bureau to conduct
preliminary or regular enquiries they should not proceed with parallel
enquiries and they should hand over all the connected records and also
cooperate with or assist the officers of the Bureau during the course of the
enquiries.
