Vigilance Portal

The Vigilance Section of CEA is located at CEA Headquarters, Sewa Bhawan, R.K.Puram, New Delhi. CEA Vigilance team is headed by Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO).

• Jurisdiction of CEA Vigilance

1.Complaint can be lodged only against employees and/or matters of CEA.

2.CEA Vigilance has no jurisdiction over private individuals. CEA Vigilance investigates issues concerning employees and/or matters of CEA.

Lodging of Complaint

Complaint can be lodged by addressing the written communication/letter directly to CVO, CEA on their postal addresses available on the Vigilance Page of CEA website - www.cea.nic.in or through the "Lodge Complaint" link available on Vigilance Page of CEA website.

Complaint sent through written communication/letter should contain complete name and postal address (including mobile/telephone number, if any) of the sender with specific details/information of the matter. Complaint should be signed by the Complainant. Complaint not addressed to Chairperson, CEA/ CVO, CEA or sent on any e-mail ID will not be entertained or taken cognizance of by CEA Vigilance.

Action taken on complaint in CEA Vigilance

1. After registration of complaint and confirmation of veracity of the complainant (if required), further correspondence in the matter regarding the outcome of the complaint will not be entertained. However, CEA Vigilance will ensure that the complaint is examined/investigated and action taken to its logical conclusion as per extant guidelines of eve.
2. As regard to complaint against tenders, it is clarified that while CEA Vigilance would get the matter investigated, however, it would not interfere in the tendering process as such. The intention is not to stop the work in the organization.
3. As CEA Vigilance deals only with matters of corruption, redressal of grievances should not be the focus of complaint to CEA Vigilance:
4. Complaints must contain factual details, verifiable facts and related matters. They should not be vague or contain sweeping general allegations. Such complaint which is vague and contains sweeping / unverifiable allegation shall be filed.
5. Complaint should be addressed directly to CVO, CEA. No action would be taken on complaint marked as a copy to CVO, CEA.
6. A complaint should preferably be lodged in typed or written form in English or Hindi language for facilitating early action thereon. Complaints not received in Hindi or English shall first be translated to either Hindi or English and then only further action will be taken.
7. All types of complaints, even if printed or photocopied, should be clearly legible. Complaints which are illegible are filed.
8. CEA Vigilance does not entertain anonymous/pseudonymous complaint.
9. The complainant should lodge complaints only regarding issues having vigilance angle and which are not part of any litigation in any courts, tribunals, etc., i.e. the matter should not be sub-judice. Complaints about known sub-judice matter are filed.
10. Normally one specific issue should be raised in one complaint. However, if more than one specific issues are there, it is better to raise the same in separate complaint. Further, complainants while forwarding their complaints to CEA, Vigilance should mention details one by one in coherent manner so the same can be understood unambiguously.
11. The complaint having administrative issues will be forwarded to respective designated authority as applicable, for necessary action.
12. "Complaint under the Public Interest Disclosure" or "PIDPI" received from CVC is investigated/ dealt as per instruction of CVC.
13. Under Section 182 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, a person making false complaint can be prosecuted.
14. If a person making a false complaint is a public servant, departmental action may also be considered against him as an alternative to prosecution.
15. Under section 195(1)(a) of Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 a person making a false complaint can be prosecuted on the basis of a complaint lodged with a court of competent jurisdiction by the public servant to whom the false Complaint was made or by some other public servant to whom he is subordinate