FINAL ORDER

08 .01.2026

The present appeal has been filed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against the order of the Ld. Adjudicating Authority (AA) constituted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) dated 23.12.2020, in Original Complaint (OC) No. 1318/2020/PMLA, whereby, the Ld. Adjudicating Authority, while confirming the attachment of movable property, has declined to confirm the provisional attachment of immovable properties.

2. The PMLA case arose from an FIR (FIR No. 936 dated 27.10.2016), in pursuance of which the Dibrugarh Police filed a Charge Sheet bearing No. 3/2017 dated 24.01.2017 in the Special Court, Guwahati against Shri Rakesh Kumar Paul the then Chairman of Assam Public Services Commission (APSC), Shri Samedur Rahaman and Shri Basanta Kumar Doley, Members of the APSC and certain others, invoking Sections 120B , 420, 463, 468, 471, 477A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 7 , 13(1)(a),(b) and (d) read with Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (P. C. Act). Investigation conducted by the CBI revealed criminal activities related to recruitment of candidates in Government service in lieu of money. In the charge sheet, it w