BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced in the Assembly that the State Government would continue with efforts to detect corruption cases and no one will be spared if found guilty during the course of investigation. Replying to the discussion on the Home Department budget, the Chief Minister said last year 383 criminal cases had been registered against government employees, public servants and private persons. This is the highest number of cases registered by the State Vigilance in its history. Naveen said 223 criminal cases had been registered by the Vigilance during the first six months of the year adding, 69 cases ended in conviction which is 51 per cent of the total disposal in 2009. The State now has nine special judge courts trying vigilance cases. Steps are being taken to open three more new courts at Bhawanipatna, Phulbani and Keonjhar. After enactment of Special Courts Act in 2006, two special courts -- one each at Cuttack and Bhubaneswar -- have started functioning since May 17, 2008 for trial of disproportionate assets cases against persons in high political and public offices, he said. Referring to prison administration, the Chief Minister said all efforts are being made to modernise and upgrade the prison administration. The Government is committed to filling up all vacant posts in prison administration, as of now only 95 warder posts are vacant against the sanctioned strength of 1,435 posts. Out of the 86 prisons in Orissa, 37 have been fortified and 18 more will be fortified by August-end. Stating that the country now faces an external threat from the sea side, the Chief Minister said Orissa’s 480 km coast should also be prepared for the new challenge. All the five coastal police stations sanctioned by the Centre for the State have been operationalised, he said, adding that a proposal for establishment of 13 more marine police stations has been submitted. Besides, the State Government has carried on the process of filling up vacancies and increasing the strength of the police force to meet today’s challenges. He said the number of police personnel per lakh of population has gone up from 90 in 2005 to 101 in 2008. Naveen informed that out of the total allocation of Rs 491.24 crore from 2000-01 to 2009-10 under the police modernisation scheme, more than 97 per cent has been utilised.