Govt approves appointment of 18 members of NCLT
Given the concerns over vacant posts in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the appointments committee of the cabinet has approved the appointment of eight judicial members and 10 technical members. The appointments would be in the pay scale of Rs 67,000-79,000 for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till attainment of 65 years of age, or until further order, whichever is the earliest.
Here is the list the members, whose appointment has been approved by the committee.
Judicial Member
| Sl No. | Name of the Judicial Members |
| 1 | Justice T Rajani, judge, Andhra Pradesh High Court |
| 2 | Justice Pradeep Narahari Deshmukh, retired judge, Bombay High Court |
| 3 | Justice S Ramathilagam, retired judge, Madras High Court |
| 4 | Dharminder Singh, Presiding officer, DRT-3, Delhi |
| 5 | Harnam Singh Thakur, retired Registrar General, Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| 6 | P Mohan Raj, retired, district court judge, principal district court, Salem, Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | Rohit Kapur, Advocate |
| 8 | Deep Chandra Joshi, District Court Judge |
Technical Member
| Sl No. | Name of the Technical Members |
| 1 | Ajay Das Mehrotra, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax |
| 2 | Balraj Joshi, Retired CMD, NHPC |
| 3 | Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar, IAS, retired secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| 4 | Subrata Kumar Dash, IRS, Retired Principal Director General of Income Tax |
| 5 | Avinash K Srivastava, IAS, Retired Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs |
| 6 | Shree Prakash Singh, Retired Chief General Manager, SBI |
| 7 | Sameer Kakkar, Chartered Accountant |
| 8 | Manoj Kumar Dubey, IRS, Retired Director General of Income Tax |
| 9 | Kaushelendra Kumar Singh, IRS, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax |
| 10 | Anuradha Sanjay Bhatia, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax |
It is to be noted that the Finance Committee of the parliament recently in its report had expressed its concern over the fact that NCLT was functioning without a regular President, and was short of 34 members out of the sanctioned 62 members. The committee recommended appointment of all the vacant posts, as well as imparting better training to NCLT members.
Also See: Panel of IPs
