THE ORGANISATION
The Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau, functioning as a separate Department since 1964, is the main Agency of the State to deal with Cases involving corruption. The Bureau conducts Investigation/Enquiries into the following types of allegations involving Government Servants and Public Servants including those working in the Public sector undertakings of the State Government.
(i) Criminal misconduct of Public Servants as defined in PC Act 1988.
(ii) Dishonest or improper conduct or abuse of power by Public Servants.
(iii) Gross dereliction of duty or negligence.
(iv) Misappropriation of public funds involving more than Rs. 50,000/-
(v) Amassment of wealth disproportionate to the known sources of income.
(vi) Misuse of Public money or property.
Besides conducting investigation into Vigilance Cases, the Bureau also conducts Vigilance Enquiries, Confidential Verifications and Surprise Checks. The Bureau also collects intelligence report about corrupt officials and maintains dossiers on them. The functioning of the Bureau is governed by the guidelines issued by the State Government vide G.O. (P) No. 65/92/Vig. dated 12.5.1992 and G.O. (P) No. 18/97/Vig. dated 5.4.1997.
1.Directorate
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau is headed by the Director who is of the rank of Director General of Police. The Director is assisted by one Additional Director who is of the rank of Additional Director General of Police and also another Additional Director General of Police, one Inspector General of Police and one Deputy Inspector General of Police. There is a Superintendent of Police (Int.) functioning in the Directorate for assisting the Director in administrative matters and for supervising the work of Intelligence Branch.
Following are presently helding the posts
1 |
Director |
Shri.K.P.Somarajan IPS |
2. |
Additional Director General of Police |
Vacant |
3. |
Inspector General of Police |
Shri.P.Vijayanand IPS |
4. |
Inspector General of Police |
Shri.A.Surendran IPS |
5. |
Deputy Inspector General of Police |
Shri.K.Nadarajan IPS |
6. |
Superintendent of Police (Intelligence) |
Shri. M. Sheikh Anverddin Sahib |
Ministerial Wing
The Ministerial Staff are appointed through Kerala Public Service Commission. The details of the employees who are holding the posts presently at VACB Directorate:
| 1. |
Manager |
Shri. P. Radhakrishnan |
2. |
Accounts Officer |
Smt.A.Sreekumari |
3. |
Administrative Assistant |
Shri. P. Akbarshah |
4. |
Senior Superintendents |
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The Ministerial Wing also includes 6 Junior Superintendents, 1 Cashier, 1 Head Clerk, 43 UDC/LDC’s, 1 Fair Copy Superintendent, 10 Typists, 7 Confidential Assistants, 1 Attender and 2 Peons in the Directorate.
Legal Wing
The Legal Wing is headed by the Legal Adviser and he is assisted by 6 Additional Legal Advisers at Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Thrissur and Kozhikode. They conduct the prosecution of the cases of the Bureau in the Special Courts and Enquiries in the Vigilance Tribunals.
1. |
Legal Adviser, Thiruvananthapuram. |
Shri. R.S.Jyothi |
2. |
Additional Legal Adviser-I, Thiruvananthapuram. |
Sri. Augustine.C.C |
3. |
Additional Legal Adviser-II, Thiruvananthapuram. |
Shri. Biju Manohar |
4. |
Additional Legal Adviser, Kottayam |
Sri. Unnikrishnan.S |
5. |
Additional Legal Adviser, Thrissur |
Shri. O. Sasi |
6. |
Additional Legal Adviser-I, Kozhikode. |
Sri. P.K. Muralikrishnan |
7. |
Additional Legal Adviser-II, Kozhikode. |
Shri. Suraj.C.P |
Technical Wing
A Technical Wing also functioning in VACB Directorate consisting of one Executive Engineer and one Asst. Executive Engineer in Civil, One Executive Engineer (Mechanical) and an Accounts Officer from the office of the Accountant General of Kerala, assists the officers of the Bureau in investigations and enquiries involving technical matters.
1. |
Executive Engineer (Mechanical) - on deputation |
Shri. Rajasekharan Nair.P |
2. |
Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) - on deputation |
Shri. Vinod Kumar.C |
3. |
Accounts Officer (Audit) - on deputation |
Shri. R.S.Suresh Kumar |
Intelligence Wing
An Intelligence wing under SP (Int.) is functioning at Directorate. He is assisted by an Inspector of Police and 5 Police men.
Computer Wing
A Computer Wing consisting of highly qualified Police personnel working in this department looks after the data management and other IT needs of the Bureau. Efforts are underway for the comprehensive computerization of the Bureau to upgrade the efficiency of the Bureau.
1. |
N.I.Sailesh Kumar |
2. |
A.Joseph |
3. |
Sudheesh.K.P |
4. |
Saji.R.Nair |
2. Units
(i) District Level:
In each of the 14 Revenue Districts, there is a Vigilance Unit headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
(ii) Range Level:
There are four Ranges each headed by a Superintendent of Police with supervisory territorial jurisdiction located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Kozhikode.
(iii) Special Units:
In addition, there are four Special Units each headed by a Superintendent of Police with Statewide jurisdiction. These are, the three Special Cells at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode and the Special Investigation Unit at Thiruvananthapuram. Special Cells are meant primarily for investigation of Disproportionate Assets cases.
(iv) Special Teams
Special Teams are functioning for investigation of cases relating to the Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant (BDPP) at Ernakulam and for cases relating to the Kallada Irrigation Project (KIP) at Kollam.
(v) Range offices and Special Units
1. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Special Investigation Unit, Thiruvananthapuram. |
Shri. B.Asokan |
2. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Special Cell, Thiruvananthapuram. |
Shri. Sasidharan.V.N |
3. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Special Cell, Ernakulam. |
Shri. V. Muraleedharan Nair |
4. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Special Cell, Kozhikode. |
Shri. Vijayasankar IPS |
5. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Southern Range, Thiruvananthapuram. |
Shri S.Jogesh IPS |
6. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Eastern Range, Kottayam. |
Shri. K.J. Devasia IPS |
7. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Central Range, Ernakulam. |
Shri. V.N.Nandaraj |
8. |
Superintendent of Police, VACB, Northern Range, Kozhikode. |
Shri. T. Sreesukan IPS |
3. Personality Profile
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Shri. K.P.Somarajan IPS
Promoted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and posted to Vigilance in 8.11.2004. |
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Shri.K.Nadarajan IPS Joined as Sub Inspector of Police in 1981. Working as Superintendent of Police (Int.) at VACB Head Quarters from May 2007. |
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1999-00 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005- 06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
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No. of Vigilance cases registered |
161 |
202 |
129 |
168 |
199 |
134 |
135 |
128 |
130 |
160 |
No. of Public Servants involved in Vigilance Cases |
352 |
416 |
334 |
528 |
646 |
304 |
263 |
340 |
422 |
407 |
No. of Trap cases Registered |
61 |
67 |
49 |
46 |
42 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
21 |
27 |
No. of Public servants involved in Trap Cases |
68 |
75 |
54 |
54 |
51 |
37 |
39 |
43 |
44 |
30 |
No. of Vigilance Enquiry ordered by Government. |
239 |
265 |
305 |
537 |
380 |
350 |
348 |
284 |
413 |
344 |
No. of Public Servants involved in Vigilance Enquiry. |
481 |
584 |
618 |
1026 |
918 |
886 |
850 |
838 |
938 |
569 |
No. of Confidential Verification taken up |
187 |
239 |
189 |
299 |
207 |
251 |
203 |
151 |
121 |
57 |
No. of Public servants involved in Confidential Verification |
213 |
281 |
323 |
284 |
311 |
315 |
342 |
421 |
503 |
74 |
No. of Surprise Checks conduct |
204 |
312 |
257 |
282 |
259 |
363 |
493 |
324 |
272 |
300 |
No. of Public servants involved in Surprise Checks |
259 |
426 |
482 |
412 |
436 |
399 |
387 |
344 |
315 |
372 |
No. of Vigilance Cases completed |
157 |
134 |
169 |
116 |
164 |
138 |
127 |
156 |
198 |
140 |
No. of Trap Cases conducted |
50 |
46 |
62 |
52 |
44 |
32 |
39 |
38 |
21 |
28 |
No. of Vigilance Enquiries completed |
373 |
235 |
242 |
225 |
376 |
320 |
347 |
334 |
416 |
518 |
No. of Confidential Verifications completed |
181 |
245 |
223 |
129 |
251 |
251 |
180 |
206 |
198 |
145 |
No. of Surprise Checks completed |
183 |
213 |
198 |
249 |
213 |
287 |
501 |
358 |
337 |
268 |
No. of Vigilance Cases charge sheeted |
99 |
108 |
62 |
92 |
108 |
88 |
90 |
76 |
101 |
71 |
No. of Tribunal Enquiry ordered |
20 |
16 |
21 |
11 |
12 |
16 |
13 |
22 |
7 |
13 |
No. of Departmental Action recommended |
219 |
436 |
506 |
598 |
670 |
585 |
771 |
843 |
564 |
671 |
No. of Persons convicted by Vigilance Courts |
33 |
42 |
58 |
18 |
15 |
31 |
54 |
31 |
67 |
34 |
No. of Persons punished after Tribunal Enquiry |
19 |
31 |
69 |
15 |
2 |
15 |
12 |
18 |
13 |
2 |
No. of Cases Pending Trial |
163 |
224 |
236 |
297 |
371 |
419 |
454 |
490 |
544 |
567 |
No. of Enquiries pending in Tribunals |
103 |
75 |
60 |
49 |
59 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
66 |
67 |
No. of Vigilance Cases pending investigation |
394 |
462 |
422 |
479 |
509 |
505 |
513 |
485 |
417 |
437 |
No. of Vigilance Enquiries pending |
481 |
511 |
511 |
886 |
890 |
920 |
921 |
871 |
868 |
694 |
No. of Confidential Verifications pending |
255 |
249 |
215 |
385 |
341 |
341 |
364 |
309 |
232 |
144 |
Percentage of Conviction |
55.2% |
89.4% |
86% |
58% |
44% |
38% |
47% |
77.5% |
76.6% |
70.8% |