The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has empanelled 64 officers of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), 1993 batch, for promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) in Level 16 of the Pay Matrix for the panel years 2025 (Review) and 2026 (Regular Panel).
The empanelment has been cleared except in the case of Anurag Goyal of the 1993 batch.
Out of the total 64 officers empanelled, eight names have been placed in the extended panel, which will be operated in the event that officers recommended in the main panel are not available for promotion during the vacancy year 2026 due to retirement, deputation, or other contingencies.
Panel for the Year 2025 (Review)
The following officers have been empanelled under the Review panel for 2025:
- Sukesh Kumar Jain
- Tarun Seem
Panel for the Year 2026 (Regular)
The officers empanelled under the Regular panel for 2026 are:
Biswaranjan Sasmal, Anand Mohan, Vijay Shankar, Jagdish P Chandrakar, Sanjiv, Amol S Kamat, Sunil Kumar Singh, Anurag Srivastava, T Bidari Sreenivas, Meenakshi Singh, Alok Singh, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sanjay Goyal, Jagjivan K Garg, Kanwal Jit Singh, Dilip Singh Kothari, Jeotsna Johri, Hari Govind Singh, Ravi Shankar Shrivastava, Meeta Singh, Satpal Gulati, V Pallanivel Rajan, Jaspreet Singh Minhas, Rahul Navin, Sanjiv Shankar, N C Swain, Raman Chopra, Virendra Ojha, Richa Khoda, Jasdeep Singh, Paramita M Biswas, Rajiv Kumar Singh, Shivraj B Morey, Gulshan Raj, Radhey Shyam, Yaswant K Bhaskar, Savita Bundas, Vanita Rattan Sharma, Upendra Bhushan Mishra, Shahi Sanjay Kumar, Swati Joshi, Sukhveer Singh Choudhary, Abhjit A Patankar, Amaresh Singh, Sunil K Jha, Saroj Kumar Mahapatra, Sunita Singh, Priya Ranjan Ghosh, Manas Mehrotra, Vatsalya Saxena, Harendra Narayan Singh, Krishna Kumar Mishra, Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha, and Satender Singh Rana.
Extended Panel for 2026
The extended panel, to be operated if required during the vacancy year 2026, comprises the following officers:
Avadesh Kumar, Rajeev Kumar, Harishankar Kumar Lal, Sangram R Gaikwad, Aroop Kumar Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Krishan Kumar, and Rajesh Kumar Bhoot.
The empanelment marks a significant administrative development in the Income Tax Department, paving the way for senior-level leadership appointments at the apex field formations across the country. The promotions to the CCIT grade will be subject to availability of vacancies and completion of necessary formalities as per service rules.
