Deciding indecisively
The
Directorate of Enforcement is in the limelight these days as it is
probing the multi-billion dollar 2G spectrum allocation case in addition
to handling cases related to ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and
IAS couple Tinu and Arvind Joshi. Despite all the action, the
Directorate, or ED as it is commonly known as, had been directionless
for a long time. After Arun Kumar Mathur retired, the government
initially appointed Amitabh Ranjan, a 1979 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS.
But barely a month later, he was appointed as Home Secretary
Maharashtra, so he had to go. Then, Rakesh Singh, additional secretary
in the Department of Financial Services, a 1978 batch IAS officer of
Punjab cadre, was temporarily selected. All this dilly dallying over the
appointment of the ED was apparently because, as per reports, the Prime
Ministers’ Office and Finance Ministry didn’t see eye to eye. Finally,
the government has zeroed down on Dr Rajan S Katoch, additional
secretary and financial adviser in the Ministry of Commerce, a 1979
batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Katoch now has the mammoth
responsibility of dealing with all the big sharks and searching for tax
evaders and tax havens. In a corruption-ridden atmosphere, he not only
has to save the reputation of the Directorate but protect his own image
of being a hardworking and action-oriented professional.g 
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