New Delhi: In a significant administrative reshuffle, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has ordered the transfer and posting of 57 Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officers in the ranks of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) and Director General of Income Tax (DGIT).
The reshuffle impacts key leadership positions across major metropolitan centres including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru, with most officers expected to assume charge by mid-May.
Key Postings in Major Cities
Delhi
- Ajit Kumar Singh moves from DGIT (DTRA) to CCIT Delhi-7
- Deepali Chandra appointed CCIT-1, Delhi
- Nidhi Srivastava appointed CCIT-2, Delhi
- Vivek Kumar appointed CCIT-4, Delhi
- Ramchandra Meena appointed CCIT, Delhi-8
- Dilip Singh Kothari appointed CCIT, Delhi-9
- Sanjay Goyal appointed CCIT-3, Delhi
- Dr Raman Chopra appointed CCIT (International Taxation), Delhi
Mumbai
- Nirupama Kotru appointed CCIT-4, Mumbai
- Anupama Anand appointed CCIT-2, Mumbai
- Divya Bajpai appointed CCIT-3, Mumbai
- Dr Vikram Sahay appointed CCIT(C)-1, Mumbai
- Yagysaini Kakkar appointed CCIT, Mumbai-11
- Rita Kumaro Dokania appointed CCIT, Mumbai-9
- Vijay Shankar appointed CCIT-5, Mumbai
- Meeta Singh appointed CCIT, Mumbai-10
- V. Palanivel Rajan appointed CCIT, Mumbai-8
- Rajiv Kumar Singh appointed CCIT, Mumbai-7
- Mohit Jai appointed CIT (International Taxation), West Zone, Mumbai
- Satpal Gulati appointed CCIT (OSD), Mumbai
Bengaluru
- Sanjay Kumar appointed DGIT (Investigation), Bengaluru (from DGIT Systems)
- Anand Mohan appointed DGIT (Systems), Bengaluru
- Manjit Singh appointed CCIT (TDS), Bengaluru
- Sunil Kumar Singh appointed CCIT, Bengaluru-2
Kolkata and Eastern Region
- Kalika Singh moved to DGIT (Investigation), Patna from Kolkata
- Sreenivas T. Bidari appointed CCIT, Kolkata-4
- Alok Singh appointed CCIT-2, Kolkata
- Ravishanker Srivasta appointed CCIT-1, Kolkata
- Paramita Mandal Biswas appointed CCIT, Kolkata-3 (additional charge of Kolkata-6)
- Jasdeep Singh appointed CCIT (TDS), Kolkata
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Other Key Postings Across India
- Om Prakash Singh – CCIT, Nasik
- Rajarshi Dwivedy – DGIT (Investigation), Hyderabad
- Sukesh Kumar Jain – CCIT, Ludhiana
- Tarun Seem – CCIT, Indore
- Vijayalakshmi T. H. – CCIT, Tiruchirappalli
- Arzakhl Onga – CCIT, Shillong
- Sunita Billa – CCIT, Hyderabad
- Komal Jogpal – CCIT, Shimla
- Rajesh Damor – CCIT-1, Chennai
- B. V. Prasad Reddy – CCIT, Thiruvananthapuram
- Bhavna C. Yashro – DGIT (Investigation), Jaipur
- Ashish Abrol – DGIT (DTRA), Delhi
- Anuj Arora – DGIT (Investigation), Mumbai
- Rahul Raman – CCIT, Pune
- Shefali Swaroop – CCIT, Ghaziabad
- Jagdish Prasad Chandraker – CCIT, Chennai-4
- Sanjiv – CCIT, Raipur
- Amol Sudhir Kamat – CCIT (TDS), Ahmedabad
- Meenakshi Singh – CCIT, Allahabad
- Pramod Kumar Singh – CCIT, Panaji
- Jagivan Kumar Garg – DGIT (Investigation), Pune
- Kanwal Jit Singh – CCIT, Jodhpur
- Jeotsnaa Johri – CCIT, Bareilly
- Jaspreet Singh Minhas – CCIT, Panchkula
- Sanjiv Shankar – CCIT, Coimbatore
- Dr N. C. Swain – CCIT, Surat
- Virendra Ojha – CCIT, Vadodara
Additional Charges and Institutional Roles
Several officers have also been assigned additional responsibilities in Interim Boards for Settlement and Boards for Advance Rulings:
- Dilip Singh Kothari given multiple charges across Interim Boards (I, II, III) and Advance Rulings Boards I & II (Delhi)
- Sanjay Goyal assigned Member roles in Advance Rulings Boards I & II (Delhi)
- Vijay Shankar given charge of Advance Rulings Board-III (Mumbai)
- Rajesh Damor assigned Member-1, Interim Board for Settlement-VII (Chennai)
- V. S. Sreelekha assigned Member-2, Interim Board for Settlement-VII (Chennai)
- Alok Singh assigned Member-1, Interim Board for Settlement-IV (Kolkata)
- Jasdeep Singh assigned Member-2, Interim Board for Settlement-IV (Kolkata)
Upcoming Leadership Transition
- Satpal Gulati will take over as DGIT (Training), Nagpur from June 1, 2026
- V. Palanivel Rajan is also slated for DGIT (Training), Nagpur role transition
- This follows the superannuation of Dr Sibichen K. Mathew
Administrative Significance
This large-scale reshuffle by the Central Board of Direct Taxes is aimed at strengthening leadership across key tax administration zones, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring better coordination in investigation, taxation, and policy implementation.
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