LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar
Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, the 10th October 2025
NOTIFICATION
F. No. 3497/2639/XXI-B/C.G./2025.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 36 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (No. 61 of 1985), the State Government, with the concurrence of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of High Court of Chhattisgarh and in compliance of Hon'ble High Court of Chhattisgarh's Memo No. 18428/III-6-1/2001(Pt.-III) (N.D.P.S.) Bilaspur, Dated 12-09-2025, hereby, makes the further following order, to amend this department's previous notification No. 1377/1989/XXI- B/C.G./2024 dated 04-07-2024, relating to the entry mentioned in column (3) & entry mentioned in column (4) corresponding to serial no. 5 of the Schedule, namely:-
AMENDMENT
In the Schedule of the said Notification, officers mentioned in column No. (3) are appointed as Special Judge under Sections 36 (2) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (No. 61 of 1985), at the corresponding place mentioned in column no. (4) of the said Schedule, in place of Shri Shyam Lal Nawratana, Sessions Judge, Balod, respectively, namely:-
| S. No. | Name of the District | Name of the recommended Court for notifying as Special Court under NDPS Act | Jurisdiction |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| "3 | Civil District Balod | Smt. Sweta Upadhyaya Gaur, IInd Additional Sessions Judge, Balod | Civil District Balod" |
By order and in the name of the Governor of Chhattisgarh,
BHUPENDRA KUMAR VASNIKAR, Additional Secretary.