Charges of corruption brought against Government functionaries in various departments and of various ranks are inquired into by a departmental inquiry committee to establish the facts of a case of corruption. Having established the case, it is referred to the Vigilance Organization for formal administrative inquiry and establishment of charges and then a charge sheet is given to the culprit. It is learnt through reliable sources that the officers who are asked to conduct departmental inquiry are not trained properly to carry out the inquiry and lay bare the facts of the case. Therefore their conduct of inquiry is faulty or partial or half hearted. This creates problem for the Vigilance Organization to proceed expeditiously in framing the official or exonerating him/her. The net result is that the inquiry is delayed and procrastinated indefinitely and at the fag end, the case is shelved as unresolved. The Governor, in his meeting with the Vigilance Chiefs some time back, had emphasized that pendency should be done away with and within a stipulated time, inquiry into cases of corruption should be finalised. In pursuance of this directive, the Vigilance Organization in collaboration with the Secretary General Administration Department has delivered orientation courses to the officers who are authorized under rules to conduct inquiries in various departments on how departmental inquiry should be conducted with efficiency and impartiality.
We can understand the good intentions and purpose behind this move. Therefore we think it is in fitness of things. However another problem is that in most of the cases inquiring officers covertly tries to shield the accused subordinates for one or the other reason. Strict measures need to be put in place to curb this tendency for better results of these enquiries.
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