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Guidelines for Vigilance Clearance for Promotion and Deputation
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| Type | VCRC archived Railway commercial circular / manual |
|---|---|
| Topic | staff-establishment |
| Archive source | vcrc.in |
Summary
Guidelines for Vigilance Clearance for Promotion and Deputation Posting of SDGMs and officers in the Vigilance Directorate and Vigilance
Text of the circular
64 CHAPTER VII VIGILANCE CLEARANCE FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS 701. Ensuring integrity of public servants: There is hardly any need to emphasize the importance of ensuring the integrity of public servants for a clean administration. It is necessary for the officer-in-charge of the administration to satisfy himself about the integrity of an officer before clearing the proposal for his promotion, confirmation, deputation, foreign assignment, etc. 702. Guidelines to be observed while dealing with such matters have been issued by the Board as briefly indicated in the following paras: 702.1 Promotion: While considering cases of promotions, extant rules and instructions issued from time to time in the matter may be followed by the competent authority. It is however, clarified that promotions should not be withheld merely because a regular case has been registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against a gazetted officer or the complaints against him/ her are being looked into by the departmental agency. Promotion can be withheld only in the following circumstances: (i) Where the Railway Servant is under suspension; (ii) Where the Railway Servant is facing prosecution; (iii) Where Departmental proceedings have been initiated by issue of a charge sheet; (iv) Cases where CVC’s advice for initiation of major/ minor penalty has been received and the advice has been accepted by the DA. 702.2 Confirmation: The procedure being followed for promotion should also be followed for confirmation duly keeping in view the instructions issued from time to time by Railway Board. Confirmation should not be withheld merely because a regular case has been registered by the CBI against an officer or complaints against him/ her are being looked into by the departmental agency. 702.3 In case, however, the officer is subsequently exonerated of the charge(s), he/ she should be given his/her due place in the seniority list. The main point to be kept in mind in the matter of granting confirmation is that it is to be denied only if something specific has been proved against a railway servant’s integrity and not merely on suspicion. 702.4 Deputation including foreign assignment: Vigilance clearance should be obtained at the stage of forwarding names for deputation and again before issuing the release order, if the intervening period is more than a week. The name of the Government servant who is facing disciplinary proceedings or undergoing punishment, should be withheld 65 by Competent Authority. Guidelines issued vide Officer Order No. 31 of 1999 (Annexure VII/1) as modified vide instructions dt. 27.7.05 (Annexure VII/2) may be referred to in this regard. 702.5 Training of Railway servants abroad: An officer undergoing punishment or DAR proceedings should not be deputed for training abroad. A Railway servant having current vigilance case, where a prima-facie decision has been taken to initiate major penalty proceedings, should not be deputed for training abroad, in case duration of training is more than two weeks as it would affect the progress of major penalty proceedings. In case of training of over six months duration and when a prima-facie decision has been taken to initiate any of the disciplinary/ administrative action other than major penalty proceedings, the case should be put up to the Competent Authority for a specific order whether to allow the officer for training abroad or not. For training programmes of more than six months durations in non-railway institutions also, these instructions will be applicable. However, no vigilance clearance is required for training in Railway institutions within the country. 702.6 Posting to Railway Board/ RDSO and other offices under the direct administrative control of the Board: Where disciplinary cases are in progress or the officer is undergoing punishment, the officers will not be posted in positions carrying special pay. Officers borne on ‘Agreed/ Secret List’ will not be posted to Board/
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