Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has terminated the services of Manisha Mishra, Sub-Registrar of Baliapal in Baleshwar district, following her arrest by the Vigilance Department in an alleged Rs 7,000 bribery case.
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department issued an order on November 10, terminating her services with immediate effect.
According to the government order, Mishra, an Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officer under probation, was caught by Baleshwar Vigilance officials on November 6 while allegedly accepting Rs 7,000 from complainant Gyanaranjan Patra of Pancharukhi village.
She had allegedly demanded the money in her office chamber in exchange for registering his land and issuing the sale deed.
Following the incident, Baleshwar Vigilance Police registered Case No. 26 dated November 5, 2026, under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
Mishra was arrested on November 7 and produced before a court, which remanded her to judicial custody until November 20.
The government order stated that Mishra had not yet completed her probation period under the Odisha Revenue Service recruitment and service rules.
The appointing authority, after considering the report submitted by the General Administration and Public Grievance (Vigilance) Department and the gravity of the allegations, concluded that her continued service was detrimental to public interest.
The order also described the alleged conduct as gross misconduct and a violation of the Odisha Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, 1959.
Exercising powers under the relevant provisions of the Odisha Revenue Service (Recruitment) Rules, 2011, and the Odisha Revenue Service, Group-B (Probation and Departmental Examination) Rules, 2016, the government terminated her services with immediate effect.
The termination order was issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department on behalf of the Governor of Odisha.
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