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

 

 

 

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	Shri. N. Surendran Achari Smt.Sivakala Shri. J. Ajitha Prasad Shri. A.P.Rajeswary Amma

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.

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

Shri. K.P.Somarajan IPS Director Shri.P.Vijayanand IPS                                                                                       Inspector General of Police Shri.A.Surendran IPS                                                                                         Inspector General of Police Service Details:  Joined Kerala Police Service as directly recruited Deputy Superintendent of Police on 16-6-1980. Promoted as Superintendent of Police, and transferred to Crime Branch. Superintendent of Police (SIG) Crime Branch, Thiruvananthapuram  8/91   -   12/91 Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Special Cell, Thiruvananthapuram 12/91 - 12/95 Promoted to Indian Police Service in 1995 with the year of allotment from 1991.     Period From To Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Northern Range, Kozhikode 4-12-95 26-01-96 Superintendent of Police, Vigilance Special Cell, Thiruvananthapuram 29-01-96 13-07-01 Commandant, SAP 13-07-01 19-01-02 Commandant, SRAF, Malappuram 28-01-02 13-05-02 Superintendent of Police, Computer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 15-05-02 16-02-03 Superintendent of Police, Idukki 21-02-03 03-12-03 Principal, Police Training College, Tvpm. 10-12-03 06-11-04 Promoted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and posted to Vigilance in 8.11.2004. Promoted as Inspector General of Police and posted to Vigilance in 6.05.2009.

Shri.K.Nadarajan IPS                                                                                   Deputy Inspector General of Police Shri M. Sheikh Anverddin Sahib Superintendent of Police (Intelligence) Joined as Sub Inspector of Police in 1981.  Working as Superintendent of Police (Int.) at VACB Head Quarters from May 2007.

4. Performance Profile

	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005- 06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
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%

Directorate	Performance Profile
Units	Directory
Personality Profile