Indian Revenue Services Officers of 2001 Batch Elevated to Level 15 Before IAS Batchmates For The First Time. The Modi Government has approved the promotion of 20 Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT) officers of the 2001 batch to the prestigious rank of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Pr. CIT) in Level 15 of the Pay Matrix (₹1,82,200 – ₹2,24,100). IRS Officers Outpace IAS Batchmates Traditionally, IAS officers are the first to be empanelled for senior administrative positions in Level 15, followed by officers from other All India and Central Civil Services such as the IRS, IPS, and IFS. However, this decision places IRS officers ahead of their IAS peers for the 2001 batch. Notably, the IAS 2000 batch saw empanelment of only 16 officers as Additional Secretaries earlier this year 15 in March 2025 and one in June 2025. while empanelment for the 2001 batch IAS officers has not yet commenced The following 20 officers from the 2001 IRS (IT) batch have been promoted to Principal Commissioner of Income Tax Sanjay Dhariwal Dharam Veer Singh Sujit Kumar Monika Dhami Neelam Shukla Satyasai Rath P. Praveen Siddharth Susan Thomas A.S. 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. Post navigation Citizens Availing 51 Faceless Services Provided by Transport Department State records 44 inches rainfall so far, 19% above normal:Guna, Raisen receive maximum showers; 3 districts on heavy rain alert today
