Bhubaneswar, November 10: Baliapal sub-registrar, Manisha Mishra, an Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officer, who was caught taking a bribe of Rs 7,000 from a land buyer for registering a sale deed for land recorded as ‘Bajyapti Stithiban’ on November 6, was terminated from services on Tuesday, following the orders from the Additional Chief Secretary Revenue and Disaster Management Department Arabinda Padhee.

Mishra joined government service in 2024 and was serving as sub-registrar while on probation.

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She had demanded Rs 10,000 from the complainant to register the sale deed for 14 decimal of land. The land, classified as ‘Bajyapti Stithiban’, is eligible for registration and should be treated as ‘Stithiban’ under guidelines issued by the revenue and disaster management department.

When the complainant said he could not pay the amount, she reportedly reduced the demand to Rs 7,000. Unable to meet the demand, the complainant approached Odisha Vigilance. Acting on the complaint, a vigilance team laid a trap on Friday and caught Mishra allegedly accepting the bribe. The money was recovered from her possession and seized.

“Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 17 (2) of the ORS Recruitment Rule 2011 read with Rule-3(2) and 3(3) (a) of the Odisha Revenue Service, Group-B (Probation and Departmental Exam melon) Rules, 2016, the service of Ms. Manisha Mishra, ORS, Sub-Registrar, Baliapal is hereby terminated with immediate effect from the date of issue of this order,” stated the order.