The Fight against corruption cannot be started, let alone won, without the active meaningful support of the public at large. The Central Vigilance Commission invites the co-operation of all right thinking people in their effort to eliminate this scourge. Any member of the public can lodge a complaint with the Central Vigilance Commission of those relating to malpractices, misconduct or corruption in public services relating to officials of Central Government Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalised Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, other Corporations and Societies established by or under any Central Act, Government companies, societies and other local authorities, owned or controlled by the Central Government may be sent directly to the Central Vigilance Commission. All complaints sent by post to the Commission have to be signed and should contain the name and address of the complainant. One can lodge a complaint through the CVC Website also.

The Commission invites complaints through e-mail also. If you want to lodge a complaint against any public servant who fall within the jurisdiction of the Commission, all you have to do is to key in the following information at the following E-mail address:vigilance@hub.nic.in

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If a complaint involves contacting persons other than those employed in the department or collecting documents in private possession, the Commission asks the CBI to investigate and send report. Allegations which are only administrative in nature are sent for appropriate action to the department concerned. On receipt of the investigation report by the CBI, after considering the views of the concerned departments, the Commission tenders appropriate advice.

The CVC carefully examines the investigation report on the complaint and satisfy itself about the fairness of the investigation. Based on the report, where necessary, it advises the concerned department/organisation, in which the alleged government servant is working, to charge-sheet and initiate departmental disciplinary action.

Departmental disciplinary action is a series of procedure in which a departmental inquiry is conducted, just like the way the Courts conduct, in which sufficient opportunity is given to the suspected public servant to prove his innocence, the inquiry report is submitted by the Inquiry Officer, which forms the basis for award of punishment to the guilty.