Madam/Dear Sir,

The President, in terms of the authority given to him by the Council at its 363rd meeting held on 12th February, 2017, has re-constituted the Group to look into the intricacies involved in areas pertaining to the disciplinary mechanism wherein changes need to be made and thereafter, further amendments to the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Rules framed thereunder, with the following composition:-

• CA. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Convenor
• Shri R.K. Tewari, Government Nominee on Board of Discipline
• CA. Atul Kumar Gupta
• CA. (Dr.) Debashis Mitra
• CA. Sanjiv Kumar Chaudhary
• CA. K. Sripriya

Shri Ravindra Singh Pundhir, Assistant Secretary will continue to act as Secretary and Ms. Aruna Sharma, Sr. Executive Officer will assist the Secretary to the said group.

The President has requested the Group to complete the task at the earliest so that the report of said Group can be placed at the next meeting of the Council. The President has further desired that till the return of CA. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal from abroad, the Meeting of the Group will be convened by CA. (Dr.) Debashis Mitra.