A total of 36 public servants were dismissed from service in the State after being convicted in different corruption cases, and 285 similar cases were registered against officials including 48 Class-I and 36 Class-II officers during the year 2013, a Vigilance wing of the State police said in a Press release.
Investigations of 365 criminal cases were successfully completed and chargesheets were filed in 347 cases against 620 public servants and others, the release said.
Among the important cases were the much hyped multi-crore illegal mining case involving iron ore and manganese mines at Uliburu in Keonjhar district.
In another case, the Sambalpur division of the Vigilance department registered cases against officials of the Sundargarh District Central Cooperative Bank limited (Mahila Branch), Rourkela on the allegations of cheating the bank and misappropriation of funds.
Two such cases were also registered against officials of the State Cooperative Bank and Bijayananda Cooperative Sugar Mill, Balangir on the allegations of illegal sanction and disbursement of loans.
During the year, as many as 174 cases were disposed of with conviction of 89 accused public servants and others in 83 cases. Special efforts were made by the Vigilance in confiscating disproportionate assets of corrupt public servants, the release said, adding that the Vigilance Commercial Tax wing detected 366 cases for suppression of gross turnover of `14,23.57. Besides, `12.84 crore was collected during Field Enforcement Activities.
The Vigilance Forest Wing detected 127 cases for violation of the Forest Act, and forest produces and machineries worth of `1,39,26,459 were seized.