The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, issued Office Order No. TMC – 02/2025 dated August 08, 2025 has appointed 31 retired and serving IRS (Customs & Indirect Taxes) officers as Technical Members (Centre) in the State Benches of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT).
As per the Office Order issued under the GST Appellate Tribunal (Appointment and Conditions of Service of President and Members) Rules, 2023, the appointees will serve a four-year term with a fixed monthly salary of ₹2,25,000, or until attaining the age of 67 years, whichever is earlier.
The officers, including Ajay Dixit, Alok Chopra, Amand Shah, Kishori Lal, Sungita Sharma, and others, are required to assume charge at the Principal Bench, GSTAT, New Delhi on or after September 1, 2025, within four weeks. Joining will be subject to submission of medical fitness certificates from an authority designated by the Central Government.
This marks a major step towards operationalising GSTAT benches across states, aimed at expediting resolution of GST-related disputes.
The President of India is pleased to appoint the following officers, as per the table mentioned below, to the post of Technical Member (Centre) in the state benches of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) in the salary of Rs. 2,25,000/- (fixed) p.m., for a period of four years w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till attaining the age of 67 years, whichever is earlier in terms of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (Appointment and Conditions of Service of President and Members) Rules, 2023 published on 25.10.2023 and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) as amended from time to time:
Technical Member (Centre) for state benches
| S. No. | Name (S/Ms./Shri) | Date of Birth |
| 1 | Ajay Dixit, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 01.01.1962 |
| 2 | Alok Chopra, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 18.03.1963 |
| 3 | Amand Shah, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 03.05.1965 |
| 4 | Ashish Varma, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 15.11.1964 |
| 5 | Bijoy Bihari Mahapatra, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 30.06.1964 |
| 6 | Bijoy Kumar Kar, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 17.04.1963 |
| 7 | D.P. Nagendra Kumar, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 13.07.1962 |
| 8 | Deep Shekhar, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 26.07.1964 |
| 9 | Duvvuri Krishna Srinivas, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 01.07.1963 |
| 10 | Gurdeep Singh, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 10.04.1963 |
| 11 | Hir Bhagat Negi, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 14.12.1964 |
| 12 | J. Michael Kennedy, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 11.05.1967 |
| 13 | Jogiranjan Panigrahi, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 27.11.1963 |
| 14 | Kishori Lal, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 01.01.1961 |
| 15 | M Mathew Jolly, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 06.02.1965 |
| 16 | Nirmal Kumar Soren, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 01.07.1965 |
| 17 | Pradeep Kumar Goel, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 13.06.1962 |
| 18 | Pramod Kumar, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT), Serving as Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority | 05.01.1965 |
| 19 | Pramod Kumar Singh, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 16.10.1961 |
| 20 | Rajiv Kapoor, IRS (C&IT), serving as Pr. Commissioner, Directorate General of Performance Management | 25.07.1965 |
| 21 | Raju Ahuja, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 06.12.1962 |
| 22 | Ram Niwas, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 13.06.1965 |
| 23 | Ramamoorthi Sriram, IRS (Retd.) (C&IT) | 25.11.1965 |
| 24 | Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.) | 15.08.1960 |
| 25 | Sandeep Kumar, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.), serving as Chairman, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission | 27.10.1962 |
| 26 | Satish Kumar Agrawal, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.) | 17.09.1962 |
| 27 | Shaik Khader Rahman, IRS (C&IT), serving as Pr. Commissioner, Delhi, CBIC | 16.06.1966 |
| 28 | Sudha Koka, IRS (C&IT), serving as Commissioner, National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN), Palasmundram | 15.08.1966 |
| 29 | Sungita Sharma, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.) | 14.01.1963 |
| 30 | Sunil Kumar Das, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.) | 25.08.1960 |
| 31 | Sunil Kumar Sinha, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.) | 02.10.1964 |
Each of the aforesaid officers is required to join / take charge of the post of Technical Member (Centre) at the Principal Bench, GSTAT, New Delhi on or after the 1st of September, 2025, within four (04) weeks thereon. It is also requested that the officer aforesaid shall submit his/her medical fitness from an authority specified in this behalf by the Central Government before joining.
The Order can be accessed at: https://a2ztaxcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/OFFICE-ORDER-No.-TMC-02-2025.pdf
