ED DIRECTOR GETS EXTENSION FOR ANOTHER YEAR
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday extended by one year the tenure of Enforcement Directorate director Sanjay Kumar Mishra, according to an official order. The order said the extension will last till November 18, 2023. Mishra, 62, was appointed ED chief for two years on November 19, 2018.
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday extended the tenure of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) director, Sanjay Kumar Mishra for another year, which officials described as a step to ensure continuity in the agency so that crucial money laundering cases can be taken to the logical end.
An order issued by the department of revenue said “the appointments committee of cabinet has approved the extension of Sanjay Kumar Mishra as Director of Enforcement in the ED for a period of one year beyond November 18, 2022, i.e. November 18, 2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.”
Mishra’s extended tenure – he originally retired in 2020 but has already got two extensions of one year each – was to end on Friday.
The government, in November 2021, brought in an ordinance to amend the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Act as well as the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act to give three one-year extensions to the
ED chief and CBI director, if it so desires. This was subsequently passed by Parliament a month later.
Mishra was first appointed the ED director for a period of two years by an order on November 19, 2018. He was set to demit office in November, 2020, and in May that year, had reached the retirement age of 60.
However, through an office order on November 13, 2020, the appointment letter was modified retrospectively by the Union government and Mishra’s term of two years was made three years.
Under his tenure, several high profile persons accused of money laundering, including former Yes Bank managing director and chief executive officer Rana Kapoor and ICICI Bank former MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar were arrested.