Odisha Govt Orders Action Against Striking Revenue Employees

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday directed all District Collectors to initiate disciplinary action against revenue staff who have been on mass leave since August 11 in support of the Odisha Rajaswa Amala Sangha’s agitation.

In a letter to the Collectors, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department asked for detailed action-taken reports on erring employees for further proceedings. The Government observed that the strike has caused serious inconvenience to the public, with key revenue services disrupted due to the absence of field-level staff.

Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary Deoranajan Kumar Singh had stated that the indefinite strike was creating severe disruption in official work across districts, delaying essential services and causing hardship for citizens.

The Government termed the mass absence as “totally unbecoming of responsible government servants”, calling it a violation of service rules and conduct guidelines.

Collectors had already been instructed to reject leave applications, ensure regular attendance, issue show-cause notices to absentees, withhold salaries for the strike period, and record the unauthorized absence as a break in service in employees’ service books.