Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption is an apex governmental body in Tamil Nadu to address governmental corruption. The Government of Tamil Nadu constituted this State Vigilance Commission headed by a Vigilance Commissioner in 1964.
Main Functions Conduct enquiries into the allegations of corruption referred to by the State Vigilance Commission/Government. Gather information and statistics to furnish the State Vigilance Commission Enquire on the corruption complaints made on public servants. Collect intelligence for detection of cases of bribery and corruption under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Set Traps catch corrupt government servants while accepting the bribe. Notable Cases Granite scam in Tamil Nadu, corruption scandal occurred in Madurai Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa Graft case of R. Indira Kumari Land grabbing case on K. Ponmudy Allegation of corruption in Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission recruitment process.
Former Directors List of Directors. Directors TenureR.M.Mahadevan, IP., 22.04.1964 - 15.12.1967M.Balakrishna Menon, IP., 16.12.1967 - 18.10.1971E.L.Stracey, IP., 18.10.1971 - 02.01.1975K.R.Shenai, IPS., 10.07.1975 - 30.06.1976C.V.Narashimhan, IPS., 01.07.1976 - 30.04.1977N.Kirshnaswami, IPS., 13.05.1977 - 31.08.1979K.V.Subramanian, IPS., 07.12.1979 - 30.06.1980C.V.Narashimhan, IPS., 01.07.1980 - 30.11.1983V.R.Lakshmi Narayanan, IPS., 01.02.1984 - 24.01.1985K.Radhakrishnan, IPS., 24.01.1985 - 12.04.1986B.P.Rangasamy, IPS., 13.04.1986 - 31.03.1988C.L.Ramakrishnan, IPS., 01.04.1988 - 30.11.1992R.K.Raghavan, IPS., 10.01.1993 - 01.01.1999S.Ganapathy, IPS., 13.01.1999 - 24.05.2001B.P.Nailwal, IPS., 24.05.2001 - 20.09.2001V.K.Rajagopalan, IPS., 20.09.2001 - 10.06.2002G. Thilakavathi, IPS., 10.06.2002 - 05.03.2003G. Nanchil Kumaran, IPS., 05.03.2003 - 20.05.2006S.K.Upadhyay, IPS., 20.05.2006 - 20.05.2008K.Natarajan, IPS., 20.05.2008 - 31.12.2008K.Ramanujam, IPS., 01.01.2009 - 06.10.2009Bholanath, IPS., 07.10.2009 - 20.05.2011Dr.K.R.Shyam Sundar, IPS., 21.05.2011 - 26.05.2011K.P.Magendhran, IPS., 08.06.2011 - 25.12.2011T.K.Rajendran, IPS., 28.12.2011 - 19.09.2012S.K.Dogra, IPS., 19.09.2012 - 31.12.2013G.Venkataraman, IPS., (i/c) 01.01.2014 - 24.03.2017M.N.Manjunatha, IPS., 24.03.2017 - 19.04.2018Dr.K.Jayanth Murali, IPS., 30.04.2018 - 02.06.2019Vijay Kumar, IPS., 03.06.2019 - 30.09.2020Dr.K.Jayanth Murali, IPS., 30.09.2020 - 26.02.2021Dr.P.Kandaswamy, IPS., 11.05.2021- 30.04.2023Abhay Kumar Singh, IPS., 05.05.2023 F.N. - till date
Former Office bearers Letika Saran, Additional director A. K. Viswanathan, Joint Director
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