In addition to the appointment of over a half dozen Joint Directors (ED) the government also cleared the appointments of 13 applicants for the post of Deputy Directors of the Enforcement Directorate, though it had advertised on 28.012019 soliciting applications for filling 58 posts. Though no longer surprising but all 13 officers appointed to the post belong to the IRS (IT and C&CE) as follows;

• Jitendra Kumar Gogia (IRS IT:2011), Dy Commissioner, IT (CBDT)
• Harshal Vithalrao Mete (IRS C&CE:2013), Dy Commissioner, C&GST (CBIC)
• Nitin Kumar Jaiman (IRS IT:2012), Dy Commissioner, IT (CBDT)
• Akash Jain (IRS IT:2013), Dy Commissioner, IT (CBDT)
• Navneet Agrawal (IRS IT:2011), Dy Director (Inv.), IT (CBDT)
• Rajpal Singh Khaira (Astt Excise & Taxation Commissioner)
• Dr Rama Gopala Reddy Karri (IRS IT:2010), Dy Commissioner, IT (CBDT)
• Mahesh Kumar Gupta (IRS IT:2017-2018), Asstt CIT (CBDT)
• Bharat Ramchandra Adhale (IRS IT:2010), DC IT (CBDT)
• Ms Smriti Tripathi (IRS IT:2013), DC IT (CBDT)
• Yaduraj Singh (IRS IT:2010), Dy CIT (CBDT)
• Ms Nishi Chaudhary (IRS IT:2013), Dy CIT (CBDT) and
• Dr Mir Umair Nabi (IRS C&CE:2010), CBIC.

 

Although the ED posts of Dy Directors was announced open to all officers of All India Service or Central Services including State Governments, State Police Organisations or CBI or RBI or Public-Sector Banks with certain eligibility criteria like possessing experience of at least five years in the field of Legal work, Intelligence, Investigation work, Adjudication or prosecution relating to fiscal or criminal laws, it might be a sheer coincidence that all thirteen selected officers belong only to Indian Revenue Service (IT and C&CE).

 

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