New Delhi: In one of the most extensive administrative overhauls in recent years, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a sweeping transfer and posting order affecting a large number of officers in the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) and Director of Income Tax (DIT). The order, released on Monday, May 18, 2026, includes promotions, routine transfers, inter-regional postings, deputation reviews, and additional charge assignments across almost every region of the country.
The postings have been made with immediate effect and will remain in force until further orders.
Major Nationwide Administrative Exercise by CBDT
The latest order covers three broad categories:
- Promotion Cases – Officers elevated and posted to new assignments.
- MTL/RL Cases – Mutual transfer, routine transfer and retention at the same station.
- Other Cases – Fresh transfers and posting adjustments.
- Additional Charge Arrangements – Officers assigned extra responsibilities in vacant positions.
The exercise impacts officers posted in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Patna, Guwahati, Kochi, and several other stations.
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Promotion Cases: Large Number of Officers Elevated to CIT and DIT Posts
CBDT promoted a substantial number of officers and assigned them to key roles in appellate, audit, judicial, exemptions, systems, international tax and investigation wings.
Among the prominent promotions are:
- Ranu Biswas – CIT (Appeals) Unit-4, Kolkata
- K Chandrika – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Hubli
- Dipi Agrawal – ADG (TPS)-2, CBDT, Delhi
- Anupama Singla – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Indore
- Huidrom Robindro Singh – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Dhanbad
- Dr Ashwini D Hosmani – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Kota
- R Y Balawade – CIT (Audit), Pune
- Om Prakash – CIT(DR)(ITAT)-2, Delhi
- Smitha V Nair – CIT (Audit)-2, Mumbai
- Saratha G – CIT (Judicial), Hyderabad
- Lalit Mohan Jindal – CIT (Appeals) Unit-16, Delhi
- CT Mathews – CIT(DR)(ITAT)(TP)-12, Mumbai
- Puneetinder Singh Walia – CIT (NaFAC)-4, Delhi
- Dr Kaumudi Patil – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Nasik
- D Kumutha – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Puducherry
- Sugandha Sharma – CIT (Appeals) Unit-31, Delhi
- Jayaganesh K – CIT(DR)(ITAT)-4, Chennai
- Ben Mathew Varkey – CIT (Exemptions), Kochi
- Nilanjan Dey – CIT(DR)(ITAT), Visakhapatnam
- Deepika Arora – CIT(TDS), Kolkata
- Smita Singh – CIT(Audit), Jaipur
- Rajesh Mahajan – CIT (Appeals) Unit-12, Delhi
- Sangeeta Yadav – CIT(DR)(ITAT), Agra
- C Sivakumar – CIT (Appeals) Unit-10, Chennai
- A D Kulkarni – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Pune
- Saurabh Dubey – CIT (Appeals) Unit-15, Kolkata
- Omanakuttan – CIT(DR)(ITAT), Kochi
- Hiwase Anoop Sadashiv – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Thane
- Princy Singla – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Gurgaon
- Akhilesh Gupta – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Bhubaneswar
- SN Pandey – CIT(DR) IBS-1, Delhi
- Mithun Nandkumar Shete – CIT(DR)(ITAT)-1, Pune
- Harkamal Sohi – ADG (Expenditure Budget), CBDT, Delhi
- Deepika Mohan – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Chandigarh
- Sudha Gupta – CIT(DR)(ITAT)-3, Pune
- Manoj Chauhan – CIT(OSD) (PMU & SI), Delhi
- Neha – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Aurangabad
- Pinki Mahawar – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Agra
- Virendra Kumar Patel – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Aligarh
- VS Negi – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Lucknow
- Shailendra Kumar – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Gurgaon
- Tarun Kushwaha – DIT (I & CI), Kanpur
- JK Chandnani – CIT(DR)(ITAT), Surat
- Anubhaa Tah – CIT(A)-3, Raipur
- Tamil Selvam S – CIT (Appeals) Unit-8, Mumbai
- Srinivasarao Vana – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Mumbai
- Vikram Singh Sharma – CIT(DR)(ITAT)-3, Delhi
- Gaurav Sharma – CIT (Appeals) Unit-9, Hyderabad
- Manish Gupta – ADG(Systems)-5, CBDT, Delhi
- Lawand Prathamesh Jayawant – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Kolhapur
- Nishi Padma – CIT (Appeals) Unit-15, Chennai
- Shiv Kumar Rai – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Gorakhpur
- Rituparn Namdeo – CIT(DR)(ITAT), Raipur
- Saurav Narayan Modi – CIT (Appeals) Unit-23, Delhi
- Ashish Kumar – CIT(DR)(ITAT)-4, Mumbai
- BK Singh – CIT (NaFAC)-1, Delhi
- Yagyesh – CIT (Exemptions), Bhopal
- Shivani Bansal – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Alwar
The promotion list also includes dozens of additional officers posted to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and other field formations.
Officers on Deputation, Study Leave and Leave to be Reviewed in AGT 2027
Several officers were not assigned immediate field postings and will be reviewed upon their return from deputation or study leave during Annual General Transfer (AGT) 2027.
These include:
Neelam Agrawal, Smarak Swain, Aashwita Lal, Mudit Srivastava, Pradeep Singh Gautam, Nilabhra Dasgupta, Dheeraj Kumar Jain, Ranjan Kumar Singh, Rajendra Singh, Aastha Lakshmi, Amit Mohan Mittal, Pramod Kumar, Abhishek Narang, Vinod Sharma, Purnesh Gururani, Swami Shanteshwar Ramling, Namojam Kheda Varta Singh, Rohit Raj, Anita Meena, PS Thuingaleng, Nelapatla Ashok Babu, Anil Kumar and several others.
MTL/RL Cases: Transfers, Retentions and Deputation Reviews
In the MTL/RL category, CBDT issued numerous routine transfer and retention orders.
Some key movements include:
- Richa Gaharwar shifted to CIT (Appeals) Unit-8, Delhi.
- Chabungba M. Deepak Singh posted as CIT (Admin. & TPS), Kolkata.
- Battula Bala Krishna posted as CIT (IT & TP), Hyderabad.
- Binod Kumar appointed ADG (Vigilance)(HQ)-2, CBDT, Delhi.
- Praveen Karanth posted as CIT (Exemptions), Bengaluru.
- Anita Rupavataram appointed CIT(APA), Mumbai.
- Pushpendra Singh Choudhary posted as CIT(TDS), Vadodara.
- Rajesh Kumar posted as CIT(NaFAC)-3, Delhi.
- OP Meena moved to Jodhpur.
- Amalendu Nath Misra shifted to Varanasi.
- Dr Shalini Verma appointed CIT(DR)(ITAT)-8 (International Tax), Delhi.
- Dr Neil Jain posted as CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Lucknow.
- Anand Kumar Singh moved to CIT (International Tax)-3, Mumbai.
- Ritu Singh Sharma transferred to ADG(Systems)-4, CBDT, Delhi.
- Richa Rastogi appointed ADG (NADT-RC), Lucknow.
- Amit Katoch posted as CIT(A)-3, Gurgaon.
- Vikrant Pal Singh shifted to CIT(Audit)-1, Mumbai.
- Rajesh Mahajan assigned as CIT(OSD) INSIGHT 2.0, Delhi.
Several officers, including Neeraj Kumar, Guruprasad BL, Saravanan B., Gudrun Nehar, Debashis Majumder, and Ashish Tripathi, were retained in their existing posts.
Other Cases: Significant Reassignments Across Specialized Wings
Under “Other Cases,” CBDT reallocated officers across critical divisions including Audit, Systems, Vigilance, International Tax, Exemptions, Transfer Pricing and Investigation.
Notable postings include:
- Saad Kidwai – CIT(Audit), Bhopal
- Rajkumar Ghosh – ADG (NADT-RC), Bhopal
- Sanjay Punglia – CIT (Judicial), Ahmedabad
- Amisha S Gupta – ADG(HRD)-1, CBDT, Delhi
- Inoshi Sharma – CIT(A)-43, Delhi
- Sanjeev Kumar Yadav – DIT (I & CI)-1, Delhi
- Sarita Kumari – CIT(Audit)-1, Delhi
- Santosh Kumar – CIT(OSD) (S&FS), CBDT
- Sumer Singh Meena – ADG (L&R)-1, CBDT, Delhi
- Rinku Singh – CIT (Admin. & TPS), Patna
- Neetika Bansal – CIT(Audit), Chandigarh
- Riddhi Mishra – CIT(Exemptions), Mumbai
- Manisha Kinnu – ADG(PR, P&P), Delhi
- Dr Vivek Aggarwal – ADG (NADT-RC), Chandigarh
- Shashi Saklani – CIT (Admin. & TPS), Bengaluru
- Rohit Mehra – CIT (International Tax)-HQ, Delhi
- Shailesh Thakur – CIT(Exemptions), Delhi
- Bipin C.N. – ADG(Vigilance)(South), CBDT, Chennai
- Sudhanshu Shekhar – ADG(Systems)-2, CBDT, Delhi
- Suman Kumar – CIT(OSD)(Inv.), CBDT
Extensive Additional Charge Assignments Across Regions
CBDT also made a wide range of additional charge arrangements to ensure that vacant posts continue to function smoothly.
Some important assignments include:
- Seema Meena – Additional charge of CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Kurnool
- Waseem Ur Rehman – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Rajahmundry
- Nilanjan Dey – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Vijayawada
- Vedanshu Tripathi – CIT (Appeals) Unit-11, Delhi
- Rohit Anand – ADG(O & MS), CBDT, Delhi
- Manoj Chauhan – ADG(Systems)-6, CBDT, Delhi
- Ritu Singh Sharma – CIT (e-verification), Delhi
- Bharat Bhushan Garg – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Jamshedpur
- Manjeet Singh – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Patna
- Sanjay Kumar – CIT (Appeals) Unit-2, Patna
- MD Shadab Ahmed – CIT (Audit), Patna
- Ranu Biswas – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Kolkata
- Atesham Ansari – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Moradabad
- Smita Singh – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Jaipur
- Ramalingam T – CIT (Appeals) Unit-1, Siliguri
Additional charges were also distributed across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Jaipur, Patna and other regional offices.
Strengthening Tax Administration Nationwide
The sweeping reshuffle is aimed at strengthening tax administration, improving efficiency in appellate and audit functions, and ensuring timely handling of assessments, disputes and taxpayer services.
By combining promotions, transfers and additional responsibilities, CBDT has sought to optimize manpower deployment across specialized and field formations, including:
- National Faceless Appeal Centre (NaFAC)
- Transfer Pricing (TP)
- International Taxation
- Investigation and Criminal Intelligence (I&CI)
- Audit and Inspections
- Vigilance
- Human Resource Development (HRD)
- Systems and ITBA
- Exemptions
- TDS Administration
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