The role and functions of CVOs have been broadly divided into two parts. They are
Preventive side:
- To examine in detail the existing Rules and procedures of the Organisation with a view to eliminate or minimise the scope for corruption or malpractices;
- To identify the sensitive/corruption prone spots in the Organisation and keep an eye on personnel posted in such areas;
- To plan and enforce surprise inspections and regular inspections to detect the system failures and existence of corruption or malpractices;
- To maintain proper surveillance on officers of doubtful integrity; and
- To ensure prompt observance of Conduct Rules relating to integrity of the Officers.
Punitive side:
- To ensure speedy processing of vigilance cases at all stages.
- To ensure that the processing of the Enquiry Officer’s Reports for final orders of the Disciplinary Authority is done properly and quickly;
- To scrutinise final orders passed by the Disciplinary Authorities subordinate to the Ministry/Department, with a view to see whether a case for review is made out or not;
- To see that proper assistance is given to the C.B.I. in the investigation of cases entrusted to them or started by them on their own source of information;
- To take proper and adequate action with regard to writ petitions filed by accused officers;
- To ensure that the competent disciplinary authorities do not adopt a dilatory or law attitude in processing vigilance cases, thus knowingly otherwise helping the subject public servants, particularly in cases of officers due to retire;
- To ensure that cases against the public servants on the verge of retirement do not lapse due to time-limit for reasons such as misplacement of files etc. and that the orders passed in the cases of retiring officers are implemented in time;
- To ensure that the period from the date of serving a charge-sheet in a disciplinary case to the submission of the report of the Inquiry Officer, should, ordinarily, not exceed six months.
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