The Government of India has appointed 31 senior IRS (Customs & Indirect Taxes) officers — both retired and serving — as Technical Members (Centre) in the state benches of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT). The appointments have been made under GSTAT (Appointment and Conditions of Service of President and Members) Rules, 2023 and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
The appointed members will receive a fixed monthly salary of ₹2,25,000 for a four-year term or until they attain 67 years of age, whichever comes earlier. They are required to join on or after September 1, 2025, at the Principal Bench, GSTAT, New Delhi, and must submit a government-specified medical fitness certificate prior to taking charge.
List of Appointed Technical Members (Centre):
- Ajay Dixit (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Alok Chopra (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Amand Shah (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Ashish Varma (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Bijoy Bihari Mohapatra (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Bijoy Kumar Kar (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- D.P. Nagendra Kumar (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Deep Shekhar (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Duvvuri Krishna Srinivas (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Gurdeep Singh (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Hir Bhagat Negi (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- J. Michael Kennedy (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Jogiranjan Panigrahi (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Kishori Lal (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- M. Mathew Jolly (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Nirmal Kumar Soren (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Pradeep Kumar Goel (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Pramod Kumar – IRS (C&IT), serving as Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority
- Pramod Kumar Singh (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Rajiv Kapoor – IRS (C&IT), serving as Principal Commissioner, Directorate General of Performance Management
- Raju Ahuja (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Ram Niwas (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Ramamoorthi Sriram (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Ranjan Kumar Sahoo (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Sandeep Kumar (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT), serving as Chairman, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission
- Satish Kumar Agrawal (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Shaik Khader Rahman – IRS (C&IT), serving as Principal Commissioner, Delhi CBIC
- Sudha Koka – IRS (C&IT), serving as Commissioner, NACIN Palasmundram
- Sungita Sharma (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Sunil Kumar Das (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)
- Sunil Kumar Sinha (Retd.) – IRS (C&IT)