In line with the State Government’s zero tolerance policy towards corruption, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday ordered dismissal of six officials and discontinued their pension benefits.
The officials are Sudhir Kumar Brajendra Narayan, former Chief Engineer and MD of Odisha Building and Construction Corporation (OBCC); Arun Charan Parida, OBCC Senior Project Manager; Pramod Behera, retired Assistant Engineer of Rural Development Kamakshyanagar Sub-Division; Brajasundar Pattnaik, retired Assistant Engineer of Rural Development, Puri; Khageswar Swain, retired Executive Engineer, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC); and Bibekananda Mohanty, retired Superintending Engineer, Roads and Building Division, Sambalpur.
Besides, the Chief Minister ordered compulsory retirement of two other officials on graft charges. They are Revenue Inspector (RI) Iswari Prasad Purohit of Koksara tehsil in Kalahandi district and RI Arun Kumar Purohit of Birmaharajpur tehsil in Subarnapur.
With this, the Chief Minister has so far dismissed 74 Government officials and given compulsory retirement to 15 officers from August last year, said a release issued by the Chief Minister Office (CMO) on Monday.