CVC Manual, which can be accessed from their web site, contains very useful and essential information for Bank officer, even though these are primarily intended for Central Government civil servants based on and exclusively quoting C.C.S.(C.C.A)Rules 1965. You can access the website of CVC at the address http://www.cvc.nic.in. The link for accessing the "CVC Manual" is in the Home Page itself. If you do not find the link, the Home Page provides "Search Facility". You may search for "CVC MANUAL" using the Search Facility and get to the same
There are 18 chapters in the Manual. Chapter-VIII Dealing with Temporary Government Servants and Chapter XVI- dealing with Consultation with UPSC are not totally relevant to Bank Officers. Saving this a Table of Contents of the remaining 16 chapters are given here under. The full text of there chapters dealing basically with inquiry procedures followed by the Commissioners of Departmental Inquiry of CVC i.e.Chapter -10 and Chapter -11 and also Chapter -12 are given in this web-site. These are also relevant for Inquiries of vigilance and non-vigilance types being conducted by the Banks.
Chapter -1 deals with Organizational information about CVC. The information is incorporated in the project on "Crime & Punishment. Information about C.B.I is also given in the same project. You may avail the hyperlinks and visit these chapters and refer to the detail, whenever needed.
Chapter-II deals with Complaints. The particulars are included in Part II of Departmental Inquiries in the web-page titled Complaints.
Chapter -III deals with preliminary investigation. The contents of the chapter is included in two web-pagesInvestigation2 and in the next chapter, fo which link is provided therein.
Relevant guidelines in respect of other chapters of CVC Manual are included in the different chapters on Departmental Inquiry discussed in this web site. However for a complete text you may access and refer to contents of these chapters direct from CVC Web site at the web-address given above. The numbersgiven aftereachsubject title refer to ther page Number in the 5th edition of the Manual.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - Organisation
General. 1
Administrative Vigilance Division. 1-2
Chief Vigilance Officers and Vigilance Units. 2-6
Central Bureau of Investigation. 6-9
Central Vigilance Commission. 9-15
CHAPTER II - Complaints
Sources of information. 16-17
Complaints received by Ministries/Departments. 17
Initial action on complaints received by Ministries/Departments. 17-19
Complaints received by the Central Vigilance Commission. 19-20
Anonymous and pseudonymous complaints. 20-21
Co-operation of voluntary public organisations, press and responsible
citizens in combating corruption. 21-22
CHAPTER III - Preliminary inquiry/investigation
Agency for conducting inquiries. 23-24
Preliminary inquiry by departmental agencies. 24-27
Preliminary investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation. 27-31
Assistance of Chief Technical Examiner's Organisation in the
investigation of complaints etc. 31-3
Expeditious completion of preliminary inquiries. 32-33
Promotion/confirmation of Government servant whose conduct
is under investigation. 33
Speedy investigation into cases in which a Government servant
is under suspension. 33-34
Action against person making false complaints. 34-35
Registration pending investigation inquiry. 35-36
CHAPTER IV - Facilities and co-operation to be extended by administrative authorities to the
Central Bureau of Investigation during investigation of cases.
Full Co-operation to be extended to Central Bureau of Investigation. 37
Inspection of Government records. 37-38
Classified/graded documents/records. 38-39
Obtaining documents from Audit Offices. 39-46
Examination of disputed documents by Government Examiner Questioned
Documents. 40-41
Technical assistance during investigation. 41-43
Grant of immunity/pardon. 43
Transfer of an officer against whom serious charges are under investigation. 43-44
Laying of traps. 44
Action to be taken when a bribe is offered. 44-45
Witnesses. 45
Accommodation/communication facilities and transport.45
Arrest/handing over of Defence personnel etc. to civil Police. 45-46
Request for suspension of Government servant. 46
Close liaison between the S.P.E. and the administrative authorities. 46
CHAPTER V - Suspension.
Effect of suspension. 47
When a Government servant may be suspended. 47-51
Competent authority. 51-53
Deemed suspension 53-55
Order of suspension. 55
Duration of order of suspension. 55-56
Date of effect of order of suspension. 56-58
Headquarters during suspension. 58
Speedy investigation into cases in which an officer is under suspension. 58-60
Appeals against and modification or revocation of order of suspension. 60-63
Resignation during suspension. 63-64
Promotion/confirmation/reversion of Government servants who are under suspension. 64-69
Subsistence allowance. 69-72
Recoveries from subsistence allowance. 72-74
Dearness allowance admissible during suspension. 74
Compensatory allowance admissible during suspension. 74
No payment admissible to a Government servant who engages himself in
other employment during suspension. 74-75
Rent fee concession during the period of suspension. 75-76
Payments admissible to a Government servant dismissed or removed or compulsorily retired from service who is deemed to be under suspension under Rule 10(3) or (4) C.C.S. (CC&A) Rules, 1965. 76
Payment to a suspended Government servant against whom major penalty
action is initiated but ends in imposition of minor penalty. 76-77
Deemed suspension - suspension be treated as revoked from the date the cause of suspension cases to exist. 77
Provisional pension if the Government servant retires while under suspension. 77-78
Payments admissible to a Government servant suspended while on leave. 78
Revision of scale of pay - whether Government servant under suspension
may be given an option to elect. 78-79
Arrangements for carrying out the work of a Government servant under> suspension. 79
Continuance of the post held by a Government servant under suspension. 79-80
Grant of leave while under suspension. 80
Termination of the services of a temporary Government servant under suspension. 80
CHAPTER VI - Penal provisions pertaining to bribery and corruption among public servants.
General. 81-82
Definition of Public Servant. 82-83
Public Servants taking gratification other than legal remuneration and abutment thereof - offence and penalties. 83-91
Offences of Criminal Misconduct. 91-93
Section 13(1)(c) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 93-94
Clause (d) of Section 13 (1) 94
Clause (e) of Section 13(1) 94-95
Presumption of the guilt of the accused. 95-97
Accused to be competent witness. 97
Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine. 97
CHAPTER VII - Prosecution.
Sanction for prosecution. 98-99
Need for sanction. 100-101
Authority competent to sanction prosecution. 101-103
Form of sanction. 103
Fresh sanction after re-investigation. 103-104
Authentication of sanction issued by Central Government. 104
Authentication of sanction issued by other competent authority. 104-10
Proof of signature. 105
Investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation. 105-106
Procedure for obtaining sanction of Central Government. 106-108
Procedure for obtaining sanction of other competent authority. 108-109
Cases where two or more Government servant belonging to different Ministries/Department, or under the different cadre controlling authorities are involved. 109
Records to be sent with the report. 109-110
Action after judgement. 110-11
Action after acquittal. 112
Departmental action after acquittal. 112-114
Setting aside the orders of penalty. 114
Withdrawal of prosecution. 114-115
CHAPTER VIII - Action against temporary Government servants.
[Not relevant for Officers of Nationalised Banks]
CHAPTER IX- Constitutional provisions
General. 126
Power to make rules governing conditions of service. 126-127
Special provisions relating to certain categories of Government servants. 127-128
Persons engaged on special contract. 128-129
Alternations in conditions of service. 129-130
Alternations in conditions of service of persons appointed on contract. 130
Employees of departmental public sector undertakings. 130-131
Employment public sector undertakings. 131
Tenure of service. 13
Article 310 of the Constitution (Doctrine of pleasure) 131-133
Article 311 of the Constitution. 133-138
Dismissal, removal and reduction in rank. 138-139
When 'termination of service' will amount to punishment of dismissal or removal. 139-140
Permanent Government employees. 140
Temporary Government employees. 140-142
Quasi-permanent employees. 142-143
Discharge of probationer/person on probation. 143-144
Officiating appointment. 144
Reduction in rank. 145
Services covered by Article 311 145
Authority competent to dismiss or remove [Article 311 (1)] 145-146
Reasonable opportunity or natural justice. 147-151
Exceptions to Article 311 (2). 151-153
Summary of principles laid down by courts. 153-155
