But the ground reality suggests something else. There are innumerable vacant posts at the top and middle level in various vigilance cells. In such a situation it is futile to think of any serious effort to launch a war on corruption, at least in the near future.

For example the post of ADG State Vigilance Bureau (SVB), which is known as key vigilance body of the state, has been lying vacant ever since the then ADG Anil Sinha shifted to Centre several months back.
In the same way the BSEB Vigilance, which keeps an eye on theft of electric wires and corrupt practices by the state power board officials, has been headless after the then DG Manoje Nath was shifted out many months back. He was removed from his post because he filed a case against the then BSEB chairman, Swapan Mukherjee, who was considered close to powers that be.

The SVB is not only headless, it is grossly understaffed. It is the Bureau, which had in the past carried out raids on high profile personalities like former DGP Narayan Mishra, senior IAS officer S S Verma and the then state drug controller.

Media reports now say that ever since the SVB raided S S Verma’s premises sometimes back, the IAS lobby got together to ensure that it becomes redundant organization. The posts of SPs, inspectors, and even stenographers are lying vacant and no new posts have been sanctioned for different ranks.
Two ADG rank officers, Abhyananand and Sunit Kumar, are now in dual charge. While Abhayanand is both ADG (Training) and (Wireless), Sumit is ADG (State Crime Record Bureau) and ADG (Recruitment).

Reports also say that if the government fills up these vacancies, the officers of 1983 and 1984 batches could be elevated to ADG rank. After all their batchmates in several states have already become ADG long back. In Bihar the officers of these two batches are still working on IG ranks.

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