CBDT Promotes 150 Officers to Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) for 2026

New Delhi, February 24, 2026: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), under the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, has appointed 150 officers to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) (Level 14 in the pay matrix ₹1,44,200–2,18,200) for the panel year 2026, effective from the date of assumption of charge. Officers marked “@” are on deputation.

Officers Appointed to CIT (Panel Year 2026):

Ashwini D Hosmani
R.Y. Balawade
Om Prakash
Amar Singh Rana
Smitha V. Nair
Saratha G
L.M. Jindal
C.T. Mathews
P.S. Walia
Dr. Kaumudi Patil
D. Kumutha
Sugandha Sharma
Jaya Ganesh K
B.M. Varkey
Nilanjan Dey
Deepika Arora
Neelam Agrawal @
Smita Singh
Rajesh Mahajan
Smarak Swain @
Sangeeta Yadav
C. Siva Kumar
Aashwita Lal @
A.D. Kulkarni
Saurabh Dubey
Omana Kuttan
Mudit Srivastava @
P.S. Gautam @
A.S. Hiwase
Nilabhra Dasgupta @
Princy Singla
Leena Lal
Akhilesh Gupta
S.N. Pandey
M.N. Kumar Shete
Harkamal Sohi
Deepika Mohan
Sudha Gupta
Manoj Chauhan
Neha
D.K. Jain
Pinki Mahawar
V.K. Patel
V.S. Negi
Shailendra Kumar
Tarun Kushwana
Ranjan Kumar Singh
J.K. Chandnani
Anubhaa Tan
Tamil Selvam S.
Srinivasa Rao Vana
Vikram S. Sharma
Gaurav Sharma
Manish Gupta
Rajendra Singh @
P.J. Lawand
Nishi Padma
Shiv Kumar Rai
R. Namdeo
Saurav Narayan Modi
Ashish Kumar
B.K. Singh
Yagvesh
Shivani Bansal
A.P. Singh Daia
Rohini D.
Nishant Samaiya
Aastha Lakshmi @
Janardhan S.
Priyanka Singla
A.M. Mittal @
Abdul Hakeem M.
Phade Umesh Chandrakant
D. Chakraborty
Singh Abhishek Bashisht Narayan
Pramod Kumar @
Padma Ram
Abhishek Narang @
Vinod Sharma @
Vikas Singh
Priyadarshi Misra
Purnesh Gururani @
Himanshu Sharma
Ram Kishan Meena
Ajeya Kumar Ojha
Pavitrain Kumar J.
Altaf Hussain
T. Ramalingam
R. Mukundan
S.S. Ramling @
A. Anand Kumar
Kiran Panchamram Unavekar
Gajendra Singh
Marrapu Naveen
N.K. Varta Singh @
Avijit Mishra
Ajay Kumar
Abhi Rama Kartikeyan S.
Apul Jayaswal @
Sanjay Kumar
Rajneesh Yadav
Pradip Kumar Biswas
Jai Nath Verma
Rohit Raj @
Lalita Kumari
Maddewad Maruti Wamanrao
R. Kavitna
Ram Krishn Kedia
Ramanjit Kaur Sethi
Jayanthi Angayarkanni G.D.
Atesham Ansari
R. Anita
Ajay Singh
Liyakat Ali Aafaqui
Waseem Ur Rehman
K.S. Rani
Rohit Anand @
Anil Kumar @
Sanjay Gosain
Wajale Somnanth Machhindra
Ashish Kumar Deharia
Ashok Gautam
D.K. Srivastava
Anand Swaroop
Manoj Kumar
H.B. Mallayya
W.D. Soinda
M.N. Raju
Varuvooru Sreedhar
Nelapatla Ashok Babu @
S. Anbuselvam
R.V. Aroon Prasad
B.K. Vishnu Priya
B.S. Anant
R. Satish Chandra Ramsevak
Ankur Alya
Sandeep Lakra
Lalmalsawma Pachau @
Sridhar Dora
Arvind Kumar Singh
Surendra Meena
Seema Meena
Pratibha Meena
Anita Meena @
Rakhee Nisha Oraon
K. Hauthang
Lal Ramsanga Sailo
P.S. Thuingaleng @
Bhopal Singh
N.S. Shashidhara

Key Notes:

Officers continue to hold their previous charges until formal posting is notified.
Compliance reports of joining to be submitted to Principal CCIT (CCA) and CBDT Database Cell by March 6, 2026.