Govt extends tenure of ED director Sanjay Mishra for 1 more year

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday extended the tenure of the Enforcement Directorate’s 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 passed 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.