Odisha sacks probationary sub-registrar Manisha Mishra over Rs 7,000 bribe

The Odisha government terminated the services of probationary Odisha Revenue Service officer Manisha Mishra on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, days after her arrest in a bribery case. Mishra, serving as sub-registrar at Baliapal in Balasore district, was caught by Vigilance officers on 6 November allegedly accepting Rs 7,000 from complainant Gyanaranjan Patra for registering a land sale deed, according to an order from the Revenue and Disaster Management Department.

The department described the act as gross misconduct and a violation of the Odisha Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1959, and said her continuance was ‘highly detrimental to public interest’. Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari said the government has a zero-tolerance policy toward corruption. Mishra had not completed her two-year probation period, allowing summary dismissal under recruitment rules. She had joined as a trainee reserve officer in December 2024 and was appointed sub-registrar in December 2025. Mishra was arrested on 7 November and remanded to jail custody until 20 November.

Update, 10 November 2026: The Times of India quotes Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari calling the dismissal part of a ‘zero-tolerance policy toward corruption’. It adds that Mishra was a 2022-batch ORS officer who joined as a trainee reserve officer in December 2024 and became sub-registrar in December 2025. Odisha Bytes reports she initially demanded Rs 10,000 before reducing it to Rs 7,000.