New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has revised the allocation of work among its Members following the appointment of senior IRS officer Mayank Kumar as Member of the Board. The revised arrangement assigns responsibilities relating to customs, GST, compliance management, information technology, administration, vigilance, legal affairs and taxpayer services among the senior officers.
According to an office order issued by the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance on October 26, 2026, the revised allocation covers various directorates, customs and GST zones, and regional formations across the country. The arrangement will remain in force until further orders.
Under the new distribution, 1991-batch IRS (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer Mayank Kumar has been assigned Legal and Taxpayer Services, while other Members will continue to oversee their respective functional areas along with specified regional responsibilities.
CBIC Chairman Vivek Chaturvedi to Supervise All Members
Vivek Chaturvedi, a 1990-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer and Chairman of CBIC, will supervise all Members of the Board.
As Chairman, Mr Chaturvedi will exercise overall supervision over the Board’s functioning, while individual Members will handle their assigned directorates, administrative responsibilities and regional formations.
The revised allocation is intended to establish a clear distribution of responsibilities among the Members overseeing different areas of indirect tax administration.
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Surjit Bhujabal Gets Compliance Management and Key Intelligence Directorates
Surjit Bhujabal, a 1989-batch IRS (C&IT) officer serving as Member (Compliance Management), has been assigned supervision of several important intelligence, audit and risk-management directorates.
His responsibilities include the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DGGI), Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM), Directorate General of Audit and Commissioner (PAC).
These directorates deal with important aspects of customs and indirect tax intelligence, compliance monitoring, audit and risk assessment.
Mr Bhujabal will also supervise Customs Preventive Zones under the Chief Commissioners of Customs (Preventive) at Tiruchirappalli, Patna and Delhi.
Additionally, he will oversee the Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Guwahati.
Mohan Kumar Singh Assigned IT, Systems and West Region
Mohan Kumar Singh, a 1989-batch IRS (C&IT) officer and Member (Information Technology), will oversee the Directorate General of Systems and Data Management and the Directorate of Logistics.
His portfolio covers the technological and logistical aspects of CBIC administration, including systems and data-management functions.
Mr Singh has also been assigned responsibility for the West Region, covering several major GST, Central Excise and Customs formations.
These include the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Ahmedabad; Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Vadodara; and Chief Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad.
In Maharashtra, he will supervise the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Mumbai; Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai-I; Chief Commissioners of Customs, Mumbai-II and Mumbai-III; and Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Pune.
The allocation places major customs and indirect tax formations in Gujarat and Maharashtra under his regional supervision.
Yogendra Garg Gets Customs Portfolio and Central Region
Yogendra Garg, a 1990-batch IRS (C&IT) officer serving as Member (Customs), will supervise directorates and institutions associated with customs administration, valuation, export promotion and international customs matters.
His responsibilities include the Directorate General of Export Promotion, Directorate General of Valuation, Authority for Advance Ruling, Central Revenue Control Laboratories and Directorate of International Customs.
These institutions perform important functions relating to customs valuation, trade facilitation, export-related matters, laboratory examination and international customs coordination.
Mr Garg has also been assigned responsibility for the Central Region.
The formations under his supervision include the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Lucknow; Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Meerut; Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Bhopal; and Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Nagpur.
Abhai Kumar Srivastav to Handle Administration, Vigilance and East Region
Abhai Kumar Srivastav, a 1992-batch IRS (C&IT) officer, will continue as Member (Administration and Vigilance), overseeing directorates concerned with training, personnel management, vigilance and institutional performance.
He has been assigned the Directorate General of the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN), Directorate General of Vigilance, Directorate General of Human Resource Development and Directorate General of Performance Management.
The allocation gives him responsibility for important administrative functions, including professional training, human resource development, vigilance and performance assessment within CBIC.
Mr Srivastav will also supervise the East Region.
This includes the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Kolkata; Chief Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata; Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Bhubaneswar; and Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Ranchi.
Sanjay Mangal Assigned GST, Tax Policy and North Region
Sanjay Mangal, a 1992-batch IRS (C&IT) officer, will handle the portfolio of GST, Central Excise, Service Tax and Tax Policy.
He will supervise the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax and the Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering.
His functional responsibilities cover important areas of indirect tax administration and policy relating to GST and other assigned taxes.
Mr Mangal has also been assigned the North Region, which includes the Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Jaipur; Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Chandigarh; Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise,
Panchkula; Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Delhi; and Chief Commissioner of Customs, Delhi.
In addition to these northern formations, he will supervise certain major formations in the South Region.
These include the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Bengaluru; Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bengaluru; Principal Chief Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Chennai; and Chief Commissioner of Customs, Chennai.
The revised allocation therefore places important GST and customs formations in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu under his regional responsibilities.
Mayank Kumar Gets Legal Affairs, Taxpayer Services and South Region
Mayank Kumar, a 1991-batch IRS (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer, has been assigned the portfolio of Member (Legal and Taxpayer Services) following his appointment to CBIC.
Under the revised arrangement, he will supervise the Chief Commissioner (Authorised Representative), Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Directorate of Legal Affairs and Directorate General of Taxpayer Services.
The assignment places important legal and taxpayer-facing functions under his supervision.
The Directorate of Legal Affairs is concerned with legal matters relating to indirect tax administration, while the Directorate General of Taxpayer Services focuses on taxpayer-related services, information and facilitation.
Mr Kumar will also supervise specified formations in the South Region.
These include the Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Thiruvananthapuram; Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Hyderabad; and Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Visakhapatnam.
His responsibilities will therefore combine legal and taxpayer service functions with regional supervision of key indirect tax formations in Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Regional Responsibilities Divided Among CBIC Members
The revised work allocation distributes regional supervision across Members while retaining their specialised functional portfolios.
The West Region has been assigned to Mohan Kumar Singh, while Yogendra Garg will supervise the Central Region. Abhai Kumar Srivastav will oversee the East Region, and Sanjay Mangal will handle the North Region along with specified formations in Bengaluru and Chennai.
Mayank Kumar will supervise the Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam formations in the South Region.
Surjit Bhujabal will oversee specified Customs Preventive Zones and the Guwahati GST, Central Excise and Customs formation.
This arrangement provides a defined supervisory structure for directorates and field formations operating under CBIC.
Revised Allocation Effective Until Further Orders
The Department of Revenue’s October 26, 2026 office order specifies that the revised distribution of work will remain effective until further orders.
The changes follow Mayank Kumar’s induction as a Member of CBIC and clarify the functional and geographical responsibilities of the Board’s senior officers.
With the revised arrangement, CBIC has distributed supervision of its major directorates and regional formations among Members responsible for compliance, customs, GST, information technology, administration, vigilance, legal affairs and taxpayer services.
