The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) promoted 45 senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Pr. CIT) on an in-situ basis, effective from the date they assume charge.
This follows the decision of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), which on September 13, 2025, had approved the empanelment of 46 IRS officers for promotion to the rank of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) in Level 15 of the Pay Matrix for the panel year 2025. Of these, 45 officers have now been promoted, with one officer yet to be elevated.
According to the order, the promoted officers will continue to hold charge of their existing posts until formal posting orders are issued.
The following officers have been elevated:
- Komal Krishna S
- Aarsi Prasad
- PV Pradeep Kumar
- Hemant Kumar C Leuva
- Shekhar L Gajbhiye
- Sunil Gautam
- Rajnish D Burman
- I Kitto Zhimomi
- Vilas V Shinde
- S Praveena
- Vinay Sinha
- Sheodan Singh Bhadoria
- Salil Mishra
- Rohit Garg
- Mohd Salman Khan
- Shaveta Nakra Datta
- Sanjay Pandey
- Deepshikha Sharma
- Ritesh Misra
- Nimisha Singh
- Gaurav Batham
- Ashim Kumar Modi
- Prakhar Vipalava Gupta
- Pravin Kumar Rawal
- Manoj Kumar Mahar
- Sanjay Dhariwal
- Dharam Veer Singh
- Sujit Kumar
- Monika Dhami
- Neelam Shukla
- Satyasai Rath
- P Praveen Siddharth
- Susan Thomas
- AS Kumbhar
- Manish Sareen
- Dr Sanjay Kumar Lal
- Prakash Dubey
- Vijay Kumar Jaiswal
- Vijay Babu Vasanta
- Pradeep Kumar Meel
- Rajib Jain
- R Clement Ramesh Kumar
- Deshmukh S Vishwas Rao
- K Meghnath Chowhan
- Mudavathu N Murthy Naik