Major Income Tax Department Reshuffle: CBDT Issues Nationwide Large-Scale Pr. CIT and Pr. DIT Posting Order, Full List Inside

New Delhi: In one of the most significant administrative exercises of the year, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, issued a sweeping transfer and posting order in the ranks of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Pr. CIT) and Principal Director of Income Tax (Pr. DIT).

The comprehensive order covers promotions, inter-regional transfers, retention cases, deputation continuations, and extensive additional charge arrangements involving a large number of senior officers across India. The reshuffle is aimed at strengthening leadership across the Income Tax Department and ensuring seamless functioning of assessment, investigation, audit, judicial, and verification units nationwide.

Major Promotions in Principal CIT and Principal DIT Grades

The CBDT promoted several officers to key positions in both field and headquarters formations.

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Among the most notable promotions:

• Rajesh Gupta has been promoted as Principal Additional Director General (O&M Services), CBDT, Delhi.
• Vilas V. Shinde has been promoted as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Nagpur.
• D. Komali Krishna has been promoted as PCIT-8, Chennai.
• Aarsi Prasad has been promoted as PCIT-3, Bengaluru.
• P.V. Pradeep Kumar has been promoted as PCIT (AU)-2, Hyderabad.
• Hemantkumar Chimanlal Leluva has been promoted as PCIT(C), Panaji.
• Shekhar L. Gajbhiye has been promoted as PCIT(VU)-1, Nashik.
• Dr. Sunil Gautam has been promoted as PCIT, Jamnagar.
• Ihezhe Kitto Zhimomi has been promoted as PCIT-2, Kolkata.
• Praveena S. has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-1, Hyderabad.
• Vinay Sinha has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-14, Mumbai.
• Sheodan Singh Bhadoriya has been promoted as PCIT-1, Jalandhar.
• Salil Mishra has been promoted as PCIT(RU)-1, Jamshedpur.
• Rohit Garg has been promoted as PCIT, Rohtak.
• M Salman Khan has been promoted as PCIT(C), Pune.
• Shaveta Nakra Datta has been promoted as PCIT(VU)-2, Delhi.
• Sanjay Pandey has been promoted as PCIT(C), Kanpur.
• Deepshikha Sharma has been promoted as PCIT(C), Nagpur.
• Ritesh Misra has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-3, Mumbai.
• Nimisha Singh has been promoted as PCIT-1, Thane.
• Gaurav Batham has been promoted as PCIT(C), Lucknow.
• P.V. Gupta has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-1, Bilaspur.
• Pravin Rawal has been promoted as PCIT-1, Indore.
• Manoj Kumar Mahar has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-1, Jaipur.
• Sanjay Dhariwal has been promoted as PCIT(C), Gurgaon.
• Dharm Veer Singh has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-3, Delhi.
• Monica Dhami has been promoted as PCIT, Srinagar.
• Dr. Satyasai Rath has been promoted as Principal ADG (NADT-RC), Bengaluru.
• P. Praveen Siddharth has been promoted as PCIT (OSD), Delhi.
• Susan Thomas has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-4, Delhi.
• Abhinay Shivaji Kumbhar has been promoted as PCIT-8, Mumbai.
• Manish Sareen has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-1, Mumbai.
• Dr. Sanjay Kumar Lal has been promoted as PCIT-1, Agra.
• Shri Prakash Dubey has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-2, Delhi.
• Vijay Kumar Jaiswal has been promoted as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Ahmedabad.
• Vijay Babu Vasanta has been promoted as PCIT(C), Visakhapatnam.
• Rajib Jain has been promoted as PCIT-9, Kolkata.
• R. Clement Ramesh Kumar has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-1, Mysore.
• Sanjay Vishwas Rao Deshmukh has been promoted as PCIT, Thiruvananthapuram.
• K. Meghanath Chowhan has been promoted as PCIT(AU)-1, Dibrugarh.
• Mudavathu N. Murthy Naik has been promoted as PCIT, Kozhikode.

Officers Continuing on Deputation or Leave

Several officers will continue on deputation, with their cases to be reviewed during AGT-2027. These include:

Rajnish Dev Burman, Ashim Kumar Modi, Pradeep Kumar Meel, Vanita Rattan Sharma, Anurag Goyal, Rajat Subhra Biswas, Manoj Kumar, Archana Sharma Awasthi, Ansuman Pattnaik, Bhaskar Goswami, Madhukar Kumar Bhagat, Garima Bhagat, Abha Rani Singh, T. Roumuan Paite, Rashmita Jha, Pankaj Jindal, Sandeep Raj, Ekta Vishnoi, Chittaranjan Dash, Meera Srivastava, Sanjog Kapoor and several others.

Neelam Shukla, who is currently on leave, will have her case reviewed upon return in AGT-2027.

Retention and MTL/RL Cases

In the MTL/RL category, a number of officers were retained in their current posts, while others were reassigned.

Key appointments include:

• Harendra Narayan Singh retained as PCIT-5, Kolkata.
• T. Vasanthan retained as PCIT-1, Madurai.
• Susan Dolores George posted as PCIT(AU)-1, Bengaluru.
• Vinay Kumar Singh posted as PCIT-1, Jaipur.
• Paresh Johri appointed as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Chandigarh.
• S. Ravichandran appointed as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi.
• Arun Kumar posted as PCIT(C), Bengaluru.
• Kesang Yangzom Sherpa posted as PCIT(VU)-3, Delhi.
• Garima Jain posted as PCIT-12, Delhi.
• Chandrajit Singh posted as PCIT-1, Vadodara.
• Monica Khare posted as PCIT(RU)-1, Mumbai.
• Anusha Khurana posted as PCIT(AU)-10, Delhi.
• Ritesh Parmar posted as PCIT-2, Jaipur.
• Dr. Pallavi Darade posted as PCIT-27, Mumbai.
• Somogyan Pal posted as PCIT-20, Mumbai.
• Smiti Samant posted as PCIT-17, Mumbai.
• Vandana Ramachandran posted as PCIT-3, Chennai.
• Muneesh Kumar retained as PCIT-1, Raipur.
• Vinod Tanwani retained as PCIT(C)-3, Mumbai.
• Anu Krishna Aggarwal posted as PCIT(RU)-1, Delhi.
• Gaurav Kanaujia posted as PCIT(C)-2, Kolkata.
• M. Mathivanan posted as PCIT(C)-1, Chennai.
• Manish Kanojia appointed as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Pune.
• Mr. Imokaba Jamir posted as PCIT(C), Guwahati.
• Naina Soin Kapil posted as PCIT, Panaji.
• Dr. Vijay Kumar Chadha posted as PCIT-1, Kanpur.

Other Significant Postings Across the Country

The CBDT also announced a large number of fresh postings under the “Other Cases” category.

Some of the prominent appointments include:

• Rajgopal Sharma as Principal ADG (Systems)-6, CBDT, Delhi.
• Jitender Kumar as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Ludhiana.
• Purushottam Kashyap as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Bhopal.
• Rajesh Kumar Kedia as Principal ADG (Training Collaboration), Delhi.
• Deepak Garg as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation)-1, Delhi.
• Mudit Nagpal as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation)-2, Mumbai.
• H. Phani Raju as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Hyderabad.
• Samir Tekriwal as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Bengaluru.
• Sanjay Kumar Bharati as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Patna.
• Kumar Ajeet as Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation), Kolkata.
• Neehar Ranjan Pandey as Principal ADG (L&R)-2, CBDT, Delhi.
• Sunita Verma as PCIT-1, Lucknow.
• Abhay Kumar Thakur as PCIT, Patna.
• Swapna Nanu Ambatti as PCIT(C), Kochi.
• Srujani Mohanty as PCIT-1, Bhopal.
• Gopinath Ch V as PCIT, Vijayawada.
• S. Murali Mohan as PCIT-2, Hyderabad.

The order also includes postings for dozens of other officers across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Patna, Kochi, Surat, and several other stations.

Extensive Additional Charge Arrangements

To ensure uninterrupted functioning, CBDT assigned additional charges to numerous officers across assessment, verification, review and appeals units.

Notable additional charge assignments include:

• Praveena S. given additional charge of PCIT(AU)-4 and PCIT(VU)-1, Hyderabad.
• P.V. Pradeep Kumar assigned PCIT(RU)-1, Hyderabad.
• Salil Mishra given additional charge of PCIT(AU)-1, Bhagalpur and PCIT, Ranchi.
• Swati Joshi assigned PCIT(AU)-3 and PCIT(AU)-5, Ahmedabad.
• Dr. Sunil Gautam assigned PCIT-1, Rajkot.
• Susan Dolores George assigned PCIT(AU)-2 and PCIT(AU)-3, Bengaluru.
• Manish Sareen assigned PCIT(AU)-2 and PCIT(AU)-9, Mumbai.
• Vinay Sinha assigned PCIT(AU)-6, PCIT(AU)-10 and PCIT(AU)-13, Mumbai.
• Rajeev Kumar Sahu assigned PCIT(AU)-4, PCIT(AU)-15 and PCIT(TU)-1, Mumbai.
• Monica Khare assigned PCIT(RU)-2 and PCIT(VU)-1, Mumbai.
• Sunita Verma assigned additional charge of PCIT, Gorakhpur.
• Narendra Singh Jangpangi assigned PCIT(AU)-1, Lucknow and PCIT(RU)-1, Varanasi.
• Dr. Sanjay Kumar Lal assigned PCIT(VU)-1, Agra and PCIT(RU)-1, Aligarh.
• Harendra Narayan Singh assigned multiple AU charges in Kolkata.
• Rajib Jain assigned PCIT(RU)-1 and PCIT(RU)-2, Kolkata.

Further, Ritesh Mishra and Manish Sareen were entrusted with additional charge of CIT (Appeals) Unit-37 and Unit-43, Mumbai, respectively.

Focus on Strengthening Investigation and Assessment Wings

A major feature of the reshuffle is the strengthening of the Investigation Wing, with several experienced officers posted to important centres including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Patna, Pune, Ludhiana, Bhopal and Nagpur.

The order also reflects CBDT’s continued emphasis on faceless assessment structures, with multiple postings and additional charges in Assessment Units (AU), Review Units (RU), Verification Units (VU), Technical Units (TU) and e-Verification divisions.

Administrative Significance of the Order

This large-scale restructuring is expected to improve operational efficiency and ensure better leadership across the Income Tax Department. By combining promotions, transfers, deputation reviews and temporary additional charges, CBDT has sought to maintain continuity while strengthening key tax administration and investigation functions throughout the country.

The order will have a significant impact on the functioning of field formations as well as headquarters divisions under the Income Tax Department.

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