The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a fresh allocation of charges among its Members following the appointment of Mayank Kumar as Member of the Board. Kumar has been assigned Legal & Taxpayer Services, along with supervision of the Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam zones.
Office Order was issued by the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Revenue with the approval of the competent authority. It specifies the functional portfolios and supervisory responsibilities of the Chairman and six Members, covering directorates, preventive formations and regional zones.
The allocation modifies the existing distribution of charges to the extent specified and will continue until further orders.
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Mayank Kumar Assigned Legal & Taxpayer Services
Mayank Kumar’s allocation covers the Chief Commissioner (Authorised Representative), CESTAT; the Directorate of Legal Affairs; and the Directorate General of Taxpayer Services.
He will also supervise part of the South Region, comprising the Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Thiruvananthapuram; the corresponding formation at Hyderabad; and the Chief Commissioner, GST, Central Excise and Customs, Visakhapatnam.
The allocation places the specified legal affairs and taxpayer services formations under Kumar’s supervision, together with the three southern zones identified in the order.
Vivek Chaturvedi to Supervise All Members as Chairman
The order lists Vivek Chaturvedi as Chairman, CBIC, with supervisory responsibility over all Members of the Board.
The other responsibilities are distributed through a combination of subject-specific portfolios and supervision of designated field formations.
Surjit Bhujabal Assigned Compliance Management
Surjit Bhujabal has been allocated the charge of Member (Compliance Management). His supervisory responsibilities cover the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence, Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management, Directorate General of Audit, and Commissioner (PAC).
Under the preventive zones allocation, he will supervise the Chief Commissioners of Customs (Preventive) at Tiruchirappalli, Patna and Delhi, as well as the Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Guwahati.
The listed intelligence, risk management and audit directorates, together with the designated preventive formations, fall within his supervisory charge.
Mohan Kumar Singh Gets IT and West Region
Mohan Kumar Singh has been assigned the charge of Member (IT), with supervision of the Directorate General of Systems & Data Management and the Directorate of Logistics.
His West Region responsibilities cover the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Ahmedabad; Chief Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Vadodara; and Chief Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad.
The allocation also includes the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST & 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 & Customs, Pune.
Yogendra Garg Assigned Customs and Central Region
Yogendra Garg has been allocated the charge of Member (Customs). The formations under his supervision include the Directorate General of Export Promotion, Directorate General of Valuation, Authority for Advance Ruling, Central Revenue Control Laboratories, and Directorate of International Customs.
For the Central Region, he will supervise the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Lucknow; Chief Commissioner of GST, Central Excise and Customs, Meerut; and Chief Commissioners of GST & Central Excise at Bhopal and Nagpur.
Abhai Kumar Srivastav Gets Administration & Vigilance
Abhai Kumar Srivastav has been assigned the charge of Member (Administration & Vigilance). His allocation covers the Directorate General of NACIN, Directorate General of Vigilance, Directorate General of Human Resource Development, and Directorate General of Performance Management.
His East Region supervisory responsibilities extend to the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Kolkata; Chief Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata; and Chief Commissioners of GST, Central Excise & Customs at Bhubaneswar and Ranchi.
Sanjay Mangal Assigned GST, Central Excise, Service Tax & Tax Policy
Sanjay Mangal has been allocated the charge of Member (GST, Central Excise, Service Tax & Tax Policy). He will supervise the Directorate General of Goods & Services Tax and the Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering.
His North Region allocation covers the Chief Commissioners of GST & Central Excise at Jaipur, Chandigarh and Panchkula; the Principal Chief Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Delhi; and the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Delhi.
Mangal will also supervise part of the South Region, comprising the Principal Chief Commissioners of GST & Central Excise at Bengaluru and Chennai, along with the Chief Commissioners of Customs at Bengaluru and Chennai.
Allocation to Continue Until Further Orders
The order expressly states that the existing allocation of charges among CBIC Members stands modified to the extent set out in the new arrangement, until further orders.
Signed by Shireesh Kumar Gautam, Under Secretary to the Government of India, it has been circulated to the officers concerned, senior Customs and indirect tax formations, and other designated offices. A copy has also been marked to the Directorate General of Systems for uploading on CBIC’s website.
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