Odisha Govt Takes Action Against 14 Officers For Corruption

Bhubaneswar: As part of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s zero tolerance approach towards corruption, the Odisha government has taken action against 14 officers for their alleged involvement in corruption cases.

While the government has dismissed four officers, as many have been issued compulsory retirement orders and the pension of six officers have been held up permanently, according to an official release on Tuesday.

The officers who have faced the action include a superintending engineer, two assistant engineers, a DSP, one CDPO, a forest range officer, one tehsildar, a BDO, a senior manager, a tax collector, a supply inspector and three junior engineers.

With this, the government has taken action against 187 officers so far for alleged involvement in corrupt practices. The action against these officers was taken based on the feedback received through 5T and ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiatives

Superintending engineer in Cuttack public health division, Nabakishore Das has been issued the order of compulsory retirement. He had earlier been suspended following allegation of irregularities in tender and contract process and misuse of office.

Similarly, former CDPO of Lamptaput block in Koraput district, Swarnava Das and former BDO of Kantamal block in Boudh district, Damodar Mahalik have been dismissed from service after they were convicted in separate bribery cases.

The pension of former tehsildar of Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Panchanan Barik has been permanently held up as he was convicted in a bribery case, while former DSP in Dhenkanal Malay Kishore Nayak has been given compulsory retirement for corruption and inefficiency.

The pension of former supply inspector at Mohana block in Gajapati district, Prakash Chandra Patra has been stopped permanently after he was convicted in a case of disproportionate assets.