Engineer suspended

The Pioneer, 13th August, 2008

Pioneer News Service Bhubaneswar
On the allegation of accumulation and possession of disproportionate assets by Nirod Kumar Sethy, Executive Engineer, Ret Irrigation Division, Bhawanipatna, his Government quarter and office chamber at Bhawanipatna, residential three-storied building at Old Town, Bhubaneswar, another quarter D/9 at Sector-3, Rourkela, houses of his relatives and residential house of contractor Pabitra Swain at Bhawanipatna were simultaneously searched on June 4 by vigilance officers. After the search, on perusal of different documents, the movable and immovable assets worth Rs 50,33,666 were found in Sethy's possession and in the name of his family members. Sethy had entered into Government services as an Assistant Engineer in the Irrigation Department in the year 1984 and was promoted to the rank of Assistant Executive Engineer in 1997 and Executive Engineer in 2004.
After getting the report from the State Vigilance, the Government has placed Sethy under suspension with immediate effect, pending drawal of disciplinary proceedings. During the suspension period his headquarters has been fixed to office of the Chief Engineer, Rusikulya, Bansadhara and Nagabali Basin, Berhampur.