The Central Vigilance Commission has asked all Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) of central government departments to report cases of deviation from its advice given to them, on penalising corrupt officials, according to an official order.
The probity watchdog gives its advice to the government organisation concerned for imposition of major penalties like dismissal from service on the accused employees depending on the severity of irregularities committed by them.
“Of late, it has been observed that such deviations at the stage of the appellate authorities are not being timely reported to the Commission by the Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) of the organisations,” the CVC said in the order issued on Monday.
The CVC after reviewing such cases received from the CVOs will decide whether the deviation is serious enough to be included in its annual report, the order said.
The commission had listed 44 cases of non-compliance of its advice in its annual report for 2018 tabled in parliament in June last year.
