Vigilance cases against IAS officers in Odisha

Vigilance cases against IAS officers in Odisha

( From 2000 to 2014), exposed  under RTI

Dear  friends

In 2014, RTI application was  filed  to the PIO, office  of Directorate  of Vigilance, Cuttack  seeking  information about  details of  Vigilance  cases  filed against IAS and OAS  officers,  Final Report prepared,  Charge sheet filed  from 2000 to 2014.  The PIO and First Appellate Authority rejected RTI Application on the ground of voluminous information. Then Second Appeal was filed  in Odisha Information Commission which was registered  as SA No. 278/2015 .  Just after this  case, the State  Govt. released  a notification  to keep  office of State Vigilance from  ambit of RTI Act. The  decision of the State Govt. has been challenged in High Court  which is still pending.

However, the case  was  heard  by Chief Information Commissioner  in 2017  and its  hearing  continued for two years , as the PIO   continued  seeking  time  again and again  to prepare  such  huge  information. At last   we  arrived  at  negotiating table  before  the Commission    that  information about only IAS  officers  will be provided  to the appellant. Accordingly, the  Commission passed order dated 14.3.19. On 16.7.19, the PIO  supplied the  following  information.

·         Rate  of  conviction against IAS  officers is very low.

·         IAS officers  involved  in  infamous Dal Scam against  whom Vigilance  has filed  has been withdrawn.

·         Many IAS  officers  have been given protection in name of  pending investigation and  submission of  final report.

Sl. No	Name  of IAS officers	Vigilance Case Number	Year of case  filed	Present Status
1	Sri Moadan Mohan Mohanty	BBSR Case No. 44/2000	2000	Chargesheet  filed
2	Sri Sanjib Kumar Roy	BBSR Case No. 24/2001	2001	Convicted
		CTC Case No. 15/2003	2003	Chargesheet  filed
		BBSR Case No. 25/2007	2007	Case has been abated  on 10.3.14
		CTC Case No. 84/2012	2012	Pending investigation
		CTC Case No. 47/2008	2008	Final Report  submitted
3	Sri Sanjib Kumar Roy Sri Sanjay Rastogi	CTC Case No. 47/2008	2008	Final report  submitted
4	Sri Phani Bhusan Das	BBSR Case No. 39/2001	2001	Final Report submitted
5	Sri Kartik Ch. Das	BBSR Case No. 22/2002	2002	Final Report submitted
6	Sri Lokanath Mishra	BLS Case No. 23/2000	2000	Departmental action against Sri Mishra
7	Sri Jagadish Prasad Das	BBSR Case No. 10/2004	2004	Final Report submitted
		BBSR Case No. 7/2003	2003	Final report submitted
8	Sri Jagar Singh	CTC Case No. 27/2000	2000	Final Report submitted
9	Dr. Hrushikesh Panda	BPR Case No. 38/2002	2002	Final Report submitted
		BPR Case NO. 39/2002	2002	Final Report submitted
		BPR Case No. 40/2002	2002	Final Report submitted
		BPR Case No. 41/2002	2002	Final Report submitted
10	Sri S. Osatullah Sri Sanjib Mishra Sri Soumya Prasad Mishra	BPR Case No. 50/2002	2002	Final report submitted
11	Sri Prafulla Mishra	BBSR Case No. 9/2003	2003	Charge sheet  filed
		BBSR Case No. 34/2003	2003	Charge sheet  filed
		BBSR Case No. 35/2003	2003	Charge sheet  filed
12	Sri Vinod Kumar	BBSR Case No. 60/2003 BBSR Case No. 62/2003 BBSR Case No. 7/2005 BBSR Case No. 8/2005	2003 & 2005	Charge sheet  filed
	Sri Vinod Kumar	BBSR Case No. 12/2005	2005	Final Report prepared
	Sri Vinod Kumar	BBSR Case No. 18/2006 BBSR Case No. 27/2006 BBSR Case No. 32/2006 BBSR Case No. 33/2006 BBSR Case No. 49/2006 BBSR Case No. 54/2006 BBSR Case No. 57/2006 BBSR Case No. 59/2006 BBSR Case No. 60/2006 BBSR Case No. 32/2007 BBSR Case No. 34/2007 BBSR Case No. 38/2007 BBSR Case No. 48/2007 BBSR Case No. 50/2007 BBSR Case No. 51/2007 BBSR Case No. 52/2007 BBSR Case No. 53/2007 BBSR Case No. 11/2008 BBSR Case No. 6/2009 BBSR Case No. 22/2011	2006 & 2007 2008 2009 2011	Chargesheet  filed
	Sri Vinod Kumar	BBSR Case No. 56/2006 BBSR Case No. 54/2007	2006 2007	Convicted
13	Sri Surendra Nath Tripathy	CTC Case No. 30/2004	2004	Charge sheeted  against others
		CTC Case No. 5/2004	2004	Charge sheeted  against others
		CTC Case No. 6/2004	2004	Charge sheeted  against others
14	Sri Vijay Arora	BBSR Case No. 35/2007	2007	Final report  submitted
15	Sri Nityanada  Mohanty	CTC Case No. 10/2003	2003	Charge sheet filed
		CTC Case No. 9/2006	2006	Charge sheeted
16	Sri Bijay Kumar Dhal	CTC Case No. 24/2008	2008	Final Report  submitted
17	Sri Mayadhar Panigrahi	BBSR Case No. 28/2008	2008	Charge sheeted
		BBSR Case No. 29/2008	2008	Charge sheeted
		BBSR Case No. 33/2008	2008	Final Report submitted
19	Sri Himanshu Sekhar Samantaray	BBSR Case No. 37/2008	2008	Convicted
18	Sri R.N. Senapati	BBSR Case No. 49/2000	2000	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 30/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 32/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 35/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No.38/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 39/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 41/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 42/2003	2003	Charge sheeted against others
		CTC Case No. 12/2004	2004	Charge sheeted against others
		BBSR Case No. 13/2004	2004	Charge sheeted against others
		BPR Case No. 52/2005	2003	Final Report submitted
19	Sri Nikunja Kishor Sundaray	BBSR Case No. 36/2005	2005	Pending investigation
20	Sri I. Srinivas	CTC Case No. 14/2005	2005	Charge sheet against others
21	Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan	BBSR Case No. 12/2009	2009	Charge sheet  filed
		BBSR Case No. 43/2008	2008	Charge sheet against others
		SBP Case No. 28/2011	2011	Pending Investigation
22	Sri Bishnupada Sethi	CTC Case No. 33/2010	2010	Final Report submitted
23	Sri Srikant Prusty	CTC Case No. 44/2010	2010	Charge sheet  filed
24	Sri Rabindra Nath Das	CTC Case No. 60/2010	2010	Charge sheet  filed
25	Sri Bhagaban Ch. Das	BLS Case No. 52/2009	2009	Charge sheet  filed
26	Sri Ambika Prasad Mishra	SBP Case No. 90/2010	2010	Charge sheet  filed
27	Sri Pradipta Kumar Pattanayak Sri Ashok Kumat Tarenia Sri Jagadish Prasad Agrawal	BBSR Case No. 31/2005 BLS Case No. 59/2009	2005 2009	Charge sheet against  Sri Agrawal
28	Sri Benudhar Das	BBSR Case No. 48/2008	2008	Charge sheet  filed
29	Sri Pramod Kumar Pattanayak	BLS Case No. 54/2009	2009	Charge sheet  filed
30	Sri Alekha Chandra  Padihari	BBSR Case No. 7/2011	2011	Charge sheet  filed
31	Sri Debaraj Mishra	SBP Case No. 78/2014	2014	Charge sheet  filed

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 4.10.19

Vigilance Case of 2010 against Bishnupada sethi is hanging in balance

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 )