Vigilance cases against 9 IAS, 227 OAS officers
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
government keeps claiming that it provides transparent government and has ‘zero
tolerance’ to corruption, but the reality is far from this. The babus do not
seem to be adhering to one of the Ts (transparency) of the 3T/5T mantra of the
state government. This was reflected in a statement given by none other than
Chief Minister himself to the State Assembly, Monday.
In a
written reply to a question (No 605) of senior Congress MLA Narasingha Mishra,
the CM said the vigilance department has filed 11 cases against nine IAS
officers and 227 cases against OAS officers between January 1, 2010 and June
30, 2019.
Out of 11 cases against nine
IAS officers, the department has filed charge-sheets in six cases while
investigation is still continuing in four cases while the final report has been
submitted against one IAS officer.
As
per the statement of the CM, the anti-corruption wing has
filed a case against senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi May 11, 2010 during
his tenure as director of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary department. The
case was registered under Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) PC Act, 1988/420/120-B of
IPC.
Interestingly,
the vigilance is sitting idle after submitting the final report against Sethi.
Neither a charge-sheet has been filed nor departmental proceedings have been
initiated against the officer who is now working as the special relief
commissioner (SRC).
The
vigilance has also filed a case against another IAS officer Srikanta Prusty
along with a few others in June 2010. In this case, while departmental
proceedings have been recommended against other officials, Prusty continues to
remain off the hook.
The IAS officers against
whom charge-sheets have been filed are Rabindranath Das, Ambika Prasad Mishra,
Alekh Chandra Padhiary, Vinod Kumar and Debraj Mishra. All five officers have
moved court against the vigilance and the cases are now sub judice.
The
department has filed a case (No 84) against former vice chairman of Cuttack
Development Authority Sanjib Kumar Ray December 28, 2012. However, six years
have passed, but the vigilance has not been able to complete its probe. The
Bhubaneswar division of the vigilance has registered a case against another IAS
officer and former MD of Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation along
with a few others in September 2015. In this case also, the investigation has
not been completed yet.
The
vigilance has not yet completed probe into cases registered against IAS officer
Partha Sarathi Mishra. Two corruption cases have been filed against him in
February 2017 and April 2017.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 4.10.19
( N.B. – News published in Orissa
Pioneer on 16.7.19 )
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