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VIGILANCE DEPARTMENT IN BHARAT COKING COAL LTD. 

As early as 1974, it was decided in principle to have a compact but strong Vigilance Unit in the Company. The vigilance team representing the Steel Authority of India Ltd., Central Bureau of Investigation & Central Vigilance Commission, which visited BCCL in 1974 also emphasised the urgency of having a full time Chief Vigilance Officer to head the proposed vigilance set-up. At that time there was no formal vigilance set up and Sri K. K. Choudhary, Sr. Vigilance Officer was In-charge of Vigilance Department. Vigilance Department in BCCL formally came into being on 2nd January, 1975 with joining of Sri S.K. Jha, IPS, as first time Chief Vigilance Officer. BCCL once again became the pioneer of Coal Industries in giving a formal status of Vigilance. Shortly after posting of a full time CVO, CMD, BCCL issued a comprehensive Circular outlining the duties and responsibilities of Vigilance Department. In light of the said circular an Organisational set-up was proposed and sanctioned. Work started with a small band of Officers and Staff. Some of them were taken from within the Company; some taken on Deputation and some Retired Police/CBI Officers were taken on contract employment. One Account Personnel was taken on Deputation from Railways. One Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer also joined on deputation. In the beginning, Vigilance Department was functioning from Bihar Building, Jharia, Dhanbad. After posting of full time Chief Vigilance Officer, the Office was shifted to Ropeways Office(Shed) at Bhulan Bararee Camp, Jealgora which is presently G.M. (Ropeways)’ Office. During the tenure of Sri B.B.Nanda, IPS, CVO, Vigilance Department shifted from Bhulan Bararee Office to Koyla Bhawan, Level-V in the year 1987. Presently, BCCL Vigilance is headed by Sri Kumar Animesh, IRAS, Chief Vigilance Officer, who reports directly to CMD, BCCL. Besides C.V.O., there are 17 Officers and 19 Staffs in the Vigilance Department. The Organizational Structure of Vigilance Department is given below:

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF VIGILANCE DEPARTMENT, BCCL.

Shri Aman Raj

Chief Vigilance Officer, BCCL

Shri Aman Raj assumed the charge of Chief Vigilance Officer, Bharat Coking Coal Limited Dhanbad on 29^th May, 2023.

Shri Raj is from Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) of 2008 batch, belonging to Special Class Railway Apprentices 2003 batch. He has graduated in Mechanical Engineering from BIT Mesra.

He has worked in various streams of Mechanical wing as well as Administration wing of Railways viz. freight car maintenance, diesel locomotive maintenance, train operations, maintenance of coaches, wagon production, environment management etc in East Central Railway.

Prior to his present assignment as CVO BCCL, he was working as Secretary to General Manager, ECR.

Vigilance Manual

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Vigilance Awareness Week

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Guidelines for lodging complaints:

The office of Chief Vigilance Officer, B.C.C.L. advises that the complainants should follow under mentioned guidelines /instructions to make a meaningful contribution in the vigilance administration:

1.Complaints containing allegation of corruption, misconduct or malpractice involving the matters of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) or the officials, employees working in BCCL can be lodged through letter, email or online on the website of BCCL directly addressed to Chief Vigilance Officer, Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) ,Dhanbad.

2.Complaints without specific factual details, verifiable facts and which are vague or contain sweeping or general allegations will not be acted upon.

3.Complainants to be careful before lodging complaints: Complainants are important stake holders for an anti-corruption institution like Office of CVO, BCCL. The Office of CVO, BCCL expects that the complaints lodged with the Office of CVO, BCCL are genuine and not malicious, vexatious or frivolous; are based on verifiable facts and pertain to the Office of CVO, BCCL’s jurisdiction. Complainants must keep in mind that the resources at the command of the Office of CVO, BCCL are precious; and so, it needs to be used prudently in unearthing serious issues of corruption that would serve the public interest. Apart from using the resources of the Office of CVO, BCCL, false and frivolous complaints create administrative delays in decision making like in the selection processes, project implementations apart from tarnishing personal reputations of the Government functionaries. In appropriate cases of misuse of the provision with a malafide intention to harass or harm an innocent Government servant, necessary action as per extant provisions could be taken against such complainants.

4.It has been the experience of the Office of CVO, BCCL that some complainants raise a large number of issues in one complaint in a way that all the issues get mixed up / intertwined with each other and it becomes difficult to discern and delineate the specific issues individually. The Office of CVO, BCCL expects that the complainants, while lodging their complaints to the Office of CVO, BCCL, should mention about the various specific issues one by one in a coherent manner so that any person of normal prudence can understand these issues unambiguously.

5.The complaint should not be anonymous or pseudonymous. If the complainant expects that the Office of CVO, BCCL should not file (take no action) their complaints on the basis of it being anonymous or pseudonymous, the complainants are expected to mention their name, correspondence address and contact details properly. It is also expected that the complainants will be quick to respond to the verification / confirmation being sought from them by the Office of CVO, BCCL.

6.On receipt of complaints, confirmation will be sought in the standard format from the complainant for owning or disowning the complaint as the case may be, together with a copy of complainant’s identity proof. If no response to the letter seeking confirmation is received from the complainant in the standard format sent by this office within 15 days followed by a reminder to for another 15 days, such complaints will be treated as pseudonymous complaint and will not be acted upon.

7.Complaints via email will not be entertained and complainant should avoid sending the complaints on official emails of officers of Vigilance department.

8.As the Office of CVO, BCCL deals only with matters of corruption, redressal of grievances should not be the focus of complaints to the Office of CVO, BCCL.

9.If hand written complaints are received in the Office of CVO, BCCL and are not legible at all, it will be difficult to understand the contents of complaints and take appropriate action. If a hand-written complaint is forwarded to the Office of CVO, BCCL, it is expected that it should be legible. The same applies to the enclosures sent along with the complaints. All types of complaints, even if printed or photocopied should be clearly legible.

10.The complainants are also expected to lodge complaints regarding only those issues having vigilance angle which are not part of any litigation in any court, tribunal, etc., i.e. the matter should not be sub-judice.

11.Complaint/ Information about corruption/malpractice can also be lodged against any official by their subordinates or other officials, directly to this office.

12.Once the complaint has been registered, this office will ensure that the complaints are acted upon and action taken to its logical conclusion.

13.Complaints under PIDPI commonly known as Whistle Blower Complainant may be lodged to The Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi duly following the guidelines of CVC for lodging complaint under PIDPI which is available at link PIDPI.

14.If a complaint against a public servant is found to be malicious, vexatious or unfounded, then action may be taken as per extant provisions against the complainant for making a false complaint

15.Withdrawal of complaint: Some complainants, after confirming the complaint made by them, make a request for withdrawing the same or stopping the inquiry / investigation by the Office of CVO, BCCL. It is to be noted that once a complainant confirms the complaint and action has been initiated for inquiry/investigation by the Office of CVO, BCCL, it is not permissible to withdraw / stop such enquiry / investigation even if the complainant withdraws his complaint. The allegations contained in the complaint will be taken to its logical conclusion irrespective of complainant’s request for withdrawal of the complaint. LINK BELOW

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