**Executive Summary**
This notification, issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on September 22, 2025, amends a previous notification (G.S.R. 490(E), dated July 13, 2007) regarding the composition of the Company Secretaries Quality Review Board. The amendment replaces the existing serial numbers and entries related to the board's members. This notification becomes effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Board Member Changes:**
* The notification substitutes the existing entries for serial numbers (1), (2), and (3) in the original notification (G.S.R. 490(E)).
* The following are designated as Chairperson and members:
* Shri Rakesh Mohan, (Retd. IA and AS), New Delhi-110023, is appointed as Chairperson.
* Shri Jyoti Prakash Gadia, Gurugram, Haryana-122018, is appointed as Member.
* Ms. Deepna Gokularm, Principal Director (Commercial-I), O/o C and AG, New Delhi-110124, is appointed as Member.
* **Effective Date:**
* The changes outlined in the notification take effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Chairperson and Members of the Company Secretaries Quality Review Board**
* **Impact:** The notification directly affects the individuals appointed as Chairperson and Members of the Company Secretaries Quality Review Board by defining their roles.
* **Action Required:** They should acknowledge their appointment and prepare to perform their duties accordingly.
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Corporate Affairs**
* **Impact:** This notification is a part of the Ministry's ongoing administrative process of managing and updating the composition of important regulatory bodies.
* **Action Required:** The Ministry is required to publish the notification in the Official Gazette for it to take effect. They are also responsible for ensuring compliance with the updated board composition.
**Stakeholder: Company Secretaries and Companies governed by the Company Secretaries Act, 1980**
* **Impact:** A well-functioning quality review board helps to ensure the quality of practicing company secretaries and companies complying with regulations.
* **Action Required:** No direct action is required, but remaining informed about the composition of the review board enables them to engage effectively.
Key Entities Referenced
Company Secretaries Act, 1980: Governs the profession of company secretaries and provides the legal basis for the Quality Review Board.
Company Secretaries Procedures of Meetings of Quality Review Board, and Terms and Conditions of Service and Allowances of the Chairperson and Members of the Board Rules, 2006: Rules that govern the Quality Review Board meetings and determines the service terms and allowance of its members.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs: The primary ministry responsible for issuing the notification and making amendments related to the Quality Review Board.
Quality Review Board: A board established to review the quality of company secretarial work.
New Delhi: Location where the notification is issued and where some members of the board reside.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
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स.ं 619] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, जसतम्ब र 22, 2025/भार 31, 1947 1947
No. 619] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025/BHADRA 31, 1947 1947
कारपोरेट कार् य मत्रं ालर्
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल् ली, 22 जसतम् बर, 2025
सा.का.जन. 703(अ).––केन्द्रीर् सरकार, कंपनी सजचव अजधजनर्म, 1980 (1980 का 56) की धारा 29क के
साथ पठित कंपनी सजचव गणु वत्ता समीक्षा बोडय की बैिकों की प्रदिर्ाओं के जनर्म 8 के उप-जनर्म(1) द्वारा प्रित्त िजिर्ों
का प्रर्ोग करत े हुए और बोडय के अध्र्क्ष और सिस्ट्र्ों की सेवा की जनबंधन और ितों और भत्त े जनर्म, 2006 के अनुसार
कारपोरेट कार् य मंत्रालर् म,ें भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खडं 3, उप-खडं (i) संख्र्ा सा.का.जन. 490(अ),
दिनांक 13 िलु ाई, 2007 के तहत प्रकाजित, भारत सरकार की अजधसूचना म ें जनम्नजलजखत और संिोधन करती ह,ै
अथायत:् -
2. उि अजधसूचना म,ें िम सख्ं र्ा (1), (2) और (3) और उसके बाि प्रजवजिर्ों के जलए, जनम्नजलजखत िम संख्र्ा और
प्रजवजिर्ााँ प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत की िाएगं ी: -
"(1). श्री राकेि मोहन, (सेवाजनवृत्त आईए और एएस), अध्र्क्ष;
बी-2, टॉवर, न्द्र् ूमोती बाग, नई दिल्ली-110023
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(2) श्री ज्र्ोजत प्रकाि गाजडर्ा, सिस्ट्र्;
903-906, टॉवर-सी, जबिेनस ज़ोन,
जनवायण कंरी, सेक्टर -50,
गुरुग्राम, हठरर्ाणा-122018।
(3) सुश्री िीपना गोकुलमय, सिस्ट्र्.”.
प्रधान जनििे क (वाजणजज्र्क-I),
सी एंड एिी का कार्ायलर्, पॉकेट-9 िीन िर्ाल उपाध्र्ार् मागय,
नई दिल्ली-110124.
3. र्ह अजधसूचना इसके प्रकािन की तारीख स े प्रभावी होगी।
[फा. सं. 3(4) जवजवध/2015-पीआई]
िांतनु जमत्र, वठरष्ठ आर्थयक सलाहकार
नोट: मलु अजधसूचना भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग- II, खंड 3, उप-खंड (i) म ें संख्र्ा सा.का.जन. 490(अ),
दिनांक 13 िलु ाई, 2007 के तहत प्रकाजित की गई थी और बाि म ें संख्र्ा सा.का.जन. 68(अ), दिनांक 6 फरवरी,
2012 के माध्र्म स े संिोजधत की गई थी; सा.का.जन. 564(अ), दिनांक 21 अगस्ट्त, 2013; सा.का.जन. 323(अ),
दिनांक 27 अप्रलै , 2015; सा.का.जन. 969(अ), दिनांक 15 दिसम्बर, 2015; सा.का.जन. 328(अ), दिनांक
22 माच,य 2016; सा.का.जन. 539(अ), दिनांक 23 मई, 2016; सा.का.जन. 1246(अ), दिनांक 11 अक्टूबर, 2017;
सा.का.जन. 1001(अ), दिनाकं 8 अक्टूबर, 2018; सा.का.जन. 33(अ), दिनांक 14 िनवरी, 2020;
सा.का.जन. 339(अ), दिनांक 1 िून, 2020; सा.का.जन. 726(अ), दिनांक 16 नवंबर, 2020; सा.का.जन. 819(अ),
दिनांक 14 नवंबर, 2022; सा.का.जन. 734(अ), दिनाकं 12 अक्टूबर, 2023 और सा.का.जन. 281(अ),
दिनांक 10 मई, 2024 के माध्र्म स े प्रकाजित दकर्ा गर्ा ह।ै
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd September, 2025
G.S.R. 703(E).––In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29A of the Company Secretaries
Act, 1980 (56 of 1980), read with sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Company Secretaries Procedures of Meetings of Quality
Review Board, and Terms and Conditions of Service and Allowances of the Chairperson and Members of the Board
Rules, 2006, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 490(E), dated the 13th July, 2007, namely:-
2. In the said notification, for serial numbers (1), (2) and (3) and the entries relating thereto, the following serial
numbers and entries shall be substituted, namely: -
“(1). Shri Rakesh Mohan,(Retd. IA and AS), Chairperson;
B-2, Tower, New Moti Bagh,
New Delhi-110023[भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
(2) Shri Jyoti Prakash Gadia, Member;
903-906, Tower -C, Business Zone,
Nirvana Country, Sector-50,
Gurugram, Haryana- 122018.
(3) MS. Deepna Gokularm, Member.”.
Principal Director (Commercial-I),
O/o C and AG,
Pocket-9 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg,
New Delhi-110124.
3. This notification shall come into force from on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
[F. No. 3(4) Misc./2015-PI]
SANTANU MITRA, Senior Economic Advisor
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3,
Sub-Section (i) vide number G.S.R. 490(E), dated the 13th July, 2007 and subsequently amended vide number
G.S.R. 68(E), dated the 6th February, 2012; G.S.R. 564(E), dated the 21st August, 2013; G.S.R. 323(E), dated
the 27th April, 2015; G.S.R. 969(E), dated the 15th December, 2015; G.S.R. 328(E), dated the 22nd March,
2016; G.S.R. 539(E), dated the 23rd May, 2016; G.S.R. 1246(E), dated the 11th October, 2017;
G.S.R. 1001(E), dated the 8th October, 2018; G.S.R. 33(E), dated the 14th January, 2020; G.S.R 339(E),
dated 1st June, 2020; G.S.R. 726(E), dated 16th November, 2020; G.S.R. 819(E), dated 14th November, 2022;
G.S.R. 734(E), dated the 12th October, 2023 and vide G.S.R. 281(E), dated the 10th May, 2024.
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