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Notification under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, appointing Special Public Prosecutors for the Directorate of Enforcement across various States and Union Territories.

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The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, issued S.O. 5258(E) dated 6 December 2024, appointing, under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), a large number of named Advocates as Special Public Prosecutors to conduct prosecution of cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement before the Special Courts, each assigned to the zone or sub-zone corresponding to a specific State or Union Territory, with tenures valid up to dates ranging from 2 March 2025 to 7 July 2027 depending on jurisdiction; the table covers appointees across states including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, NCT of Delhi, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with Zoheb Hossain appointed for all States and Union Territories with tenure valid up to 3 July 2025.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-06122024-259226 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4865] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 15, 1946 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th December, 2024 S.O. 5258(E). In exercise of powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), the Central Government hereby appoints the Advocates specified in column (2) of the table below as Special Public Prosecutors for conducting the prosecution of cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement before the Special Courts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 for the specified tenure mentioned against each in column (4) of the said table and within the jurisdiction of zones/sub zones mentioned against their names in column (3) of the said table, namely:- +--------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------+ | Sl. No. | Name of the Counsel | State/Union Territory | Tenure valid upto | +========+=================================+===================================+===================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | +--------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------+ | 1 | Zoheb Hossain | All States and Union Territories | 3/7/2025 | | 2 | Teto Taba | Arunachal Pradesh | 3/7/2025 | | 3 | Jambey Tsering | Arunachal Pradesh | 3/7/2025 | | 4 | Jumla Kamduk | Arunachal Pradesh | 3/7/2025 | | 5 | Ratul Goswami | Assam | 3/7/2025 | | 6 | Pranjal Sharma | Assam | 3/7/2025 | | 7 | Ghanshyam Jalan | Assam | 3/7/2025 | | 8 | Kuldeep Baishya | Assam | 3/7/2025 | | 9 | Prakash Kumar | Bihar | 14/3/2027 | | 10 | Manoj Kumar | Bihar | 14/3/2027 | | 11 | Sanjeev Kumar | Bihar | 14/3/2027 | | 12 | Prabhat Kr. Singh | Bihar | 14/3/2027 | | 13 | Akhtar H Khan | Bihar | 14/3/2027 | | 14 | Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey | Chattisgarh | 14/3/2027 | | 15 | Vinod S Bharat | Chattisgarh | 14/3/2027 | | 16 | Viswapal Hanumata | Chattisgarh | 14/3/2027 | | 17 | Dhirendra Nath Nande | Chattisgarh | 14/3/2027 | | 18 | Vijay Sheth | Gujarat | 3/7/2025 | | 19 | Amit Nair | Gujarat | 3/7/2025 | | 20 | Sanjay Thakker | Gujarat | 3/7/2025 | | 21 | Sudhir K Gupta | Gujarat | 14/3/2027 | | 22 | Rajesh K Kanani | Gujarat | 14/3/2027 | | 23 | Nayan Sukhadwala | Gujarat | 14/3/2027 | | 24 | Purushottam R Karpe | Goa | 14/3/2027 | | 25 | Sidharth Samant | Goa | 14/3/2027 | | 26 | Vishal Panwar | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 27 | Manor Chauhan | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 28 | Navlesh Verma | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 29 | Rinku Kaul | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 30 | Sanjeev Sharma | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 31 | Vivek Vashisht | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 32 | Chander Bhanu Raina | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 33 | Arvind Kapoor | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 34 | Bhupesh Kumar | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 35 | Geeta Kundal | Himachal Pradesh | 2/3/2025 | | 36 | B M P Singh | Jharkhand | 2/3/2025 | | 37 | Biswaraj Bhaduri | Jharkhand | 2/3/2025 | | 38 | Shiv Kumar | Jharkhand | 14/3/2027 | | 39 | Ramit Satender | Jharkhand | 14/3/2027 | | 40 | Atish Kumar | Jharkhand | 14/3/2027 | | 41 | Prasanna Kumar | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 42 | Geeta S M | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 43 | B S Girish | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 44 | I S Pramod Chandra | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 45 | Ganpathi Prasanna | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 46 | Deepak K Shetty | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 47 | Sudeep Bangera | Karnataka | 3/7/2025 | | 48 | Mahesh Kaje | Karnataka | 14/3/2027 | | 49 | Rajesh Rai | Karnataka | 14/3/2027 | | 50 | M T Suresh Kumar | Kerala | 3/7/2025 | | 51 | T K Shahjahan | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 52 | Govindu P Renuka Devi | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 53 | Santosh M J | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 54 | Jiji S Kariyilakulam | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 55 | Vinu Raj R | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 56 | E K Santhosh Kumar | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 57 | P K Ram Kumar | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 58 | B N Binesh Babu | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 59 | M Rajesh Kumar | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 60 | Geetharani V | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 61 | K M Thomas | Kerala | 14/3/2027 | | 62 | Neha Bhide | Maharashtra | 14/3/2027 | | 63 | Ramakant R Yadav | Maharashtra | 14/3/2027 | | 64 | Sunil D Gonsalves | Maharashtra | 14/3/2027 | | 65 | Kavita Sandesh Patil | Maharashtra | 14/3/2027 | | 66 | Arvind A Aghav | Maharashtra | 14/3/2027 | | 67 | Rajesh Tiwari | Maharashtra | 3/7/2025 | | 68 | Kartik Shukul | Maharashtra | 3/7/2025 | | 69 | Nilesh Gaidhane | Maharashtra | 3/7/2025 | | 70 | Niraj Jawde | Maharashtra | 3/7/2025 | | 71 | Vivek Kolte | Maharashtra | 3/7/2025 | | 72 | Chandan Airen | Madhya Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 73 | Prasanna Prasad | Madhya Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 74 | Vikram Singh | Madhya Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 75 | Rakhal Debnath | Meghalaya | 6/6/2027 | | 76 | Dorothy Lalrinchhani | Mizoram | 3/7/2025 | | 77 | Yogendra Prasad Gupta | Nagaland | 3/7/20225 | | 78 | Keduvi Zhotso | Nagaland | 3/7/2025 | | 79 | Naveen Kumar Matta | NCT of Delhi | 14/3/2027 | | 80 | Atul Tripathi | NCT of Delhi | 14/3/2027 | | 81 | Rahul Sharma | NCT of Delhi | 14/3/2027 | | 82 | Atul Sharma | NCT of Delhi | 7/7/2027 | | 83 | Arvind Moudgil | NCT of Delhi | 7/7/2027 | | 84 | Suraj Rathi | NCT of Delhi | 7/7/2027 | | 85 | Ratnesh Deo | NCT of Delhi | 7/7/2027 | | 86 | Shailesh N Pathak | NCT of Delhi | 7/7/2027 | | 87 | Neelam Sharma | NCT of Delhi | 14/3/2027 | | 88 | Chitta Ranjan Dash | Orissa | 31/3/2025 | | 89 | Gopal Kumar Agarwal | Orissa | 31/3/2025 | | 90 | Prasanta Kishore Ray | Orissa | 14/3/2027 | | 91 | Jangya Prakash Parida | Orissa | 14/3/2027 | | 92 | Jagjit Singh Sarao | Punjab | 2/3/2025 | | 93 | Ajay Pal Singh Pathania | Punjab | 2/3/2025 | | 94 | Ranjan Malhotra | Punjab | 2/3/2025 | | 95 | Beant Singh Dhami | Punjab | 14/3/2027 | | 96 | Balram Shakti | Punjab | 14/3/2027 | | 97 | Ganesh Sharma | Rajasthan | 3/7/2025 | | 98 | Banwarilal Thakur | Rajasthan | 3/7/2025 | | 99 | Shyam Singh Yadav | Rajasthan | 3/7/2025 | | 100 | Shailendra Agarwal | Rajasthan | 14/3/2027 | | 101 | Alok Sharma | Rajasthan | 14/3/2027 | | 102 | B S Ajatshatru Singh Mina | Rajasthan | 14/3/2027 | | 103 | Jigmi Phunchok Bhutia | Sikkim | 2/3/2025 | | 104 | Megnath Dhungel | Sikkim | 3/7/2025 | | 105 | Bhusan Nepal | Sikkim | 3/7/2025 | | 106 | N Ramesh | Tamil Nadu | 14/3/2027 | | 107 | P Sidharthan | Tamil Nadu | 14/3/2027 | | 108 | S Sasi Kumar | Tamil Nadu | 14/3/2027 | | 109 | Rajinish Pathiyil | Tamil Nadu | 14/3/2027 | | 110 | Cibi Vishnu | Tamil Nadu | 14/3/2027 | | 111 | N Vinayagam | Tamil Nadu | 6/6/2027 | | 112 | V Parilvallal | Tamil Nadu | 3/7/2025 | | 113 | Shivam Jaganmohan (Ranga Reddy) | Telangana | 14/3/2027 | | 114 | TV Subba Rao | Telangana | 14/3/2027 | | 115 | K Prashant | Telangana | 14/3/2027 | | 116 | R Shridhar | Telangana | 14/3/2027 | | 117 | D Narender Naik Dharavath | Telangana | 10/4/2025 | | 118 | Monika Thakur | UT of Chandigarh | 14/3/2027 | | 119 | Tarun Mehta | UT of Chandigarh | 3/7/2025 | | 120 | Lokesh Narang | UT of Chandigarh & State of Punjab| 2/3/2025 | | 121 | H P S Verma | UT of Chandigarh & State of Punjab| 14/3/2027 | | 122 | Vikash Sharma | UT of Jammu & Kashmir | 2/3/2025 | | 123 | Ajay Singh Manhas | UT of Jammu & Kashmir | 2/3/2025 | | 124 | Ashwani Khajuria | UT of Jammu & Kashmir | 2/3/2025 | | 125 | Javed Ahmad Khandey | UT of Jammu & Kashmir | 3/7/2025 | | 126 | Abid Hussain Bandey | UT of Jammu & Kashmir | 3/7/2025 | | 127 | Anjali Nag | UT of Andaman & Nicobar | 14/3/2027 | | 128 | Uday Bahadur Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 3/7/2025 | | 129 | K P Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 130 | Kuldeep Srivastava | Uttar Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 131 | Aseem Pratap Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 132 | O P Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 133 | Shiv Murthi Sharma | Uttar Pradesh | 14/3/2027 | | 134 | D P Singh | Uttarakhand | 2/3/2025 | | 135 | Manoj Joshi | Uttarakhand | 2/3/2025 | | 136 | Vibhor Goel | Uttarakhand | 2/3/2025 | | 137 | Devendra Kumar | Uttarakhand | 2/3/2025 | | 138 | Abhijit Kumar Bhadra | West Bengal | 14/3/2027 | | 139 | Arijit Chakraborty | West Bengal | 14/3/2027 | | 140 | Adil Rashid | West Bengal | 14/3/2027 | | 141 | Bhaskar Prasad Banerjee | West Bengal | 14/3/2027 | +--------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------+ [F. No. C-18016/3/2022-Ad.ED] RAJEEV LOCHAN, Under Secy.

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