Corruption and irregularities in terms of show of undue favour by officials of Odisha State Cooperative bank in appointment of 14 no. of system Managers in OSCB IN 2013-14.
· This corruption took place when Mr. Bishnupada Sethy was Management-in-Charge , Odisha State Cooperative Bank and Tusar Kanti Panda was Managing Director.
· After preliminary inquiry, State Vigilance sought sanction from Govt. for open inquiry.
· The Chief Minsiter refused to give sanction and ordered for Departmental inquiry in Dec. 2020.
· Nothing happened . As per RTI information, the inquiry is still under process.
· Moot question is how the Vigilance was denied to conduct inquiry.
· Was it fact that it was desgined to suppress inquiry in name of Departmental Inquiry.
· We are still waiting to know the result of the inquiry.
1.On 13.6.2013 , just after appointment of Bishnupada Sethy as Management –in-Charge in Odisha State Cooperative Bank (from 5th February, 2013 and continued upto 2016), Managing Director, OSCB issued adertisment for appointment of 14 no. of system Managers in the officer cadre of the Bank with the following qualification i) B Tech /MSC in Computer SC/MCA with 2 years of experience , 2) age should not be less than 21 years or more than 32 years as on 1.4.13.
2. Accordingly , many applicants applied for the post. But the officials of OSCB who were dealing with the recruitment showed undue favour to 14 no. of candidates by selecting them for the post, though they were not having requisite qualification.
3. Previously, the Institute of Banking Personal Selection ( IBPS) which is a recognized body for recruitment of officers had recruited Assistant Managers for the Bank. But violating the existing procedure , the Bank officials under guidance of Mr. Bishnupada sethy themselves conducted the recruitment and selected 14 nos. of system Manager for different Cooperative banks.
4. After the allegation of irregularities, the State Vigilance conducted a secret investigation and found the allegation true. After finding prima facie of the case, on 3rd December, 2019, the Vigilance to the letter to Govt. seeking sanction of the Govt. for open inquiry. As per the file noting, the Chief Minister rejected request of the Vigilance and ordered for the departmental inquiry on 12.12.2019.
5. On 1.1.20, the General Administration ( Vigilance ) department wrote a letter to the Secretary, department of Cooperation to conduct departmental inquiry into allegation of undue favour shown for the appointment of 14 no. of system manager.
6. On 16.1.20, the Secretary, Department of Cooperation wrote a letter to Registrar of Cooperative Societies to Conduct an inquiry into the matter.
7. On 22.2.20, the RCS, Odisha authorized Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies to conduct an inquiry and submit the report within one month.
8. After one year, I filed RTI Application dt. 12.4.21 to the PIO, Department of Cooperation , Got. of Odisha and Office of RCS, Odisha seeking the following information.
i. Date on which the inquiry was completed in connection with illegal appointment of 14 System Manager by Odisha State Cooperative Bank
ii. Date on which the inquiry report was submitted to the Cooperation department.
iii. Details of action taken on the inquiry report so far.
iv. Provide copy of the inquiry report.
9. On 28.4.21, the PIO , Dept. of Cooperation sent a letter stating that “ inquiry in connection with illegal appointment of 14 System Manager by OSCB is under process. Hence the relevant information as sought for can not be supplied as per section 8 of the RTI Act.”
10. The PIO, Office of RCS, Odisha has not supplied the information till yet.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 16.5.21
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