1.    To provide clean and corruption-free administration, the State Vigilance Organisation has been working as a specialised agency in addition to usual oversight by various Departments. During the last five and half years (from 01.01.2000 to 30.06.2005), 2355 Vigilance enquiries were instituted against 472 Class I, 656 Class II, 1372 Class III, 42 Class IV, 186 other public servants and 212 private individuals for their alleged involvement in various acts of corruption / misconduct.  Of those 2355 enquiries, 238 were referred to their respective administrative departments for disciplinary action and 588 enquiries were converted to criminal cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Allied Sections of the Indian Penal Code and taken up for investigation.

2.     During the above period, 1622 criminal cases were registered against 476 Class I, 486 Class II, 1351 Class III, 39 Class IV Govt. employees, 284 other Public Servants and 558 Private individuals.

3.     During the relevant period, investigation in 1437 cases were completed. Of these 998 cases were sent to Court for trial and 302 cases were referred to the respective departments for regular departmental enquiries. During the year 2004-05 upto 30.06.2005, 172 Govt. servants including Class-I officers and private persons were arrested and forwarded to the court in custody for their involvement in vigilance cases.

4.      During the last five and half years as many as 4508 sales tax fraud cases were detected. An amount of Rs. 19,13,37,617/- (Rs. Nineteen crores thirteen lakh thirty thousand six hundred seventeen only) was realized by the Vigilance S.T Wing. During the above period the Vigilance Organization along with the Forest Department Officials conducted as many as 411 surprise joint raids in which timber / other forest products/saw Mill instruments/Vehicles worth Rs.2, 05,01,290/- (Rupees Two crores five lakhs one thousand two hundred ninety) only was seized during the above period.

5.     The Commissioner for Departmental Inquiries has been assigned with the task of conducting inquiries under O.C.S. (C C & A) Rules, 1962 and O.C.S (Pension) Rules, 1992 on the basis of disciplinary proceedings drawn up against the government servants in respect of all Departments of Government of Orissa.