Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- The Odisha Government has cancelled the promotion of Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty's father Abhaya Kumar Mohanty, who is a retired English lecturer, after a revelation by the Department of Higher Education that the latter had submitted fake certificate to get elevation as a Reader in 1997.

The Principal Secretary to the High Education Department in a notification released on Thursday stated that the placement of Abhaya, a Retired Lecturer (SS) in English at Kandarpur College in Cuttack, as Reader with effect from January 2, 1997 in the pay scale of Rs 12,000-420-Rs 18,300 via a notification dated May 3, 2008 has been cancelled.

The department had initiated an enquiry based on the allegations that Abhaya had produ...