The Haryana Government on Monday directed all the departments not to appoint low rank officers as chief vigilance officer. The State Government has asked all the departments that the CVO appointed should be an officer of appropriate level, preferably immediately below the Head of Department.
In a letter to all Administrative Secretaries, Head of Departments, Deputy Commissioners, Managing Directors, Registrars of all Universities and Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Additional Chief Secretary, Vigilance stated, “It has come to notice that some departments have appointed very low rank officers as CVO, which renders the fight against corruption in effective.”
“Engineering Departments, where construction/technical matters are being handled, technical persons should be appointed as CVOs. All the departments were directed to appoint CVOs, who will act as a nodal officer for all vigilance related matters to root out corruption using preventing and participatory strategies,” the letter stated.
All the concerned authorities have been directed to appoint the CVOs as per instructions and also send their details to Vigilance Department. The departments have also been asked to ensure that the names of CVOs are displayed at the entrance of their office building, it further stated.
Besides, the Vigilance Department has also sought details of vigilance complaints referred and received by various departments relating to corruption on quarterly basis.
The departments have been asked to comply with the directions by December 15.