Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Out of 285 cases registered in 2022, 84 cases were instituted for the acquisition of disproportionate assets against 91 public servants and 56 private persons. The total disproportionate assets in all 84 cases stood at Rs 174.83 Crores. 32 DA cases were registered against Class-I officers and 27 DA cases were registered against Class-II officers.
The top 4 cash seizures in DA searches in the history of Odisha Vigilance happened in 2022 with Rs 7.01 Crores seized. The details of top 5 cash seizures in the history of Odisha Vigilance are as under;
1) Cash seizure of Rs 3,41,66,280/- during house searches against Kartikeswar Raul, AE, MI, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam on 07.04.2022.
2) Cash seizure of Rs 1,40,18,070 during house searches against Ashish Kumar Das, SE, RW Division, Malkangiri on 25.03.2022.
3) Cash seizure of Rs 1,13,16,720/- during house searches against Dr. Sukant Jena, Gynaecologist, Charichhaka CHC following trap on 16.02.2022.
4) Cash seizure of Rs 1,06,44,500/- during house searches against Gaya Santara, Joint Manager, IDCOL on 20/21.12.2022.
5) Cash seizure of Rs 1,01,70,000/- during house searches against Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra, Ex-DFO, Athagarh, Cuttack on 24.02.2016.
Major DA cases based on DA amount:
1) Gaya Santara, Joint Manager, IDCOL – Rs.10,18,68,732/-.
2) Trinath Mishra, Additional Superintendent of Police, Communication, Tulasipur, Cuttack – Rs.9,05,29,073/-.
3) Kartikeswar Raul, Assistant Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhanjanagar, DistGanjam – Rs.7,47,62,194/-
4 Jagannath Rout, Live Stock Inspector, Kalarahanga, Raghunathpur, Bhubaneswar – Rs.6,96,29,769/-
5) Jagannath Sethy, Executive Engineer, Rural Works (Electrical) Division, Berhampur, Dist-Ganjam – Rs.6,79,62,748/-
6) Ratnakar Sethy, Additional Civil Supplies Officer (ACSO), Nuapada, DistNuapada – Rs.6,43,84,862/-
62 Spouses were also brought in the ambit of investigations as co-accused in DA cases.
Interception cases:
This year, 7 Government officers (3 Class-I, 2 Class-II officers & 2 Class-III employees) were intercepted while carrying unaccounted cash of Rs 27,21,770/- (Rupees Twenty-seven Lakhs Twenty-one Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy). The major interception cases were;
1. Ashish Kumar Dash, Superintending Engineer, RW Division, Malkangiri – Rs.10,23,970/-.
2. Neena Beura, Dy. Superintendent of Excise, Rayagada – Rs.6,29,000/-.
3. Srimant Kumar Sethi, Superintending Engineer (SE), Salandi Canal Division, Bhadrak – Rs.5,00,000/-.
