You are 'to be congratulated' [=you should be congratulated; you deserve praise] on/for your excellent work.
She 'congratulated' herself for getting the best grade in her class.
I'd like to 'congratulate' you on/for your success.
(..) I'm sick, Ms. Teschmacher? Sick when we're days from executing the crime of the century? No, no, no. Step away from that, please. How do you choose to congratulate the greatest criminal mind of our time? Do you tell me that l'm brilliant? Oh, no, that would be too obvious, I grant you. Charismatic? (..)1978 Superman