CBDT & CBIC Direct Recruitment Vacancies for 2025
Government of India
Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3565
TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2025/SRAVANA 20, 1947 (SAKA)
VACANCIES IN CBDT AND CBIC
3565. SMT. MALA ROY:
Will the Minister of FINANCE be please to state:
(a) the sanctioned posts and vacancies in CBDT and CBIC at present along with the post- wise details; and

(b) the reasons for the delay in filling up the vacancies?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a) The Sanctioned Posts and vacancies of CBDT and CBIC are enclosed at Annexure ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively.
(b) The process of filling up the vacancies is regularly undertaken. The available vacancies are reported to the recruiting agencies i.e., UPSC and SSC in respect of Group `A’, Group `B’ & Group `C’ posts, respectively for CBDT. A total number of 11809 vacancies (For `B’ & `C’ grades) to be filled up through Direct Recruitment (DR) have already been reported to the Staff Selection Commission for the Examination Year, 2025.
For year 2025, CBIC has reported 1796 vacancies in the grade of Inspector, 183 vacancies in Executive Assistant, 771 vacancies in Tax Assistant and 141 vacancies in Stenographer Gr. I/II for recruitment.
Under the Mission Mode Recruitment Plan, a total of 16320 officers in Gr. B cadre and 14346 officers in Gr. C cadre have been recruited in CBIC through Direct Recruitment mode since 2022. A total of 9125 officers in Gr. B cadre and 1378 officers in Gr. C cadre have been recruited through Promotion mode under the Mission Recruitment. The total vacancies also include Promotional vacancies that remain unfilled due to the non- availability of eligible candidates
In addition, certain vacancies have been reserved under the Compassionate and Sports Quota appointments. In some cases, due to litigation/stay granted by various courts, process to conduct DPCs have been delayed.
ANNEXURE ‘A’
Sanctioned Post and Vacancies in CBDT
(i) Sanctioned and total working strength of Group `A’ as per are as under:
| RANK | SANCTIONED STRENGTH | TOTAL WORKING STRENGTH | VACANCY |
| Chairman | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Member | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| PR. CCIT | 26 | 25 | 01 |
| CCIT | 91 | 91 | 00 |
| PCIT | 300 | 220 | 80 |
| CIT | 635 | 480 | 155 |
| JC/ADDL. | 1675 | 1185 | 490 |
| AC/DC | 2294 | 1751 | 543 |
(ii) Sanctioned and total working strength of Group `B’ and Group `C’ are as under:
| RANK | CLASSIFICATION OF THE POST | SANCTIONED STRENGTH | WORKING STRENGTH | VACANCY |
| ITO | GROUP `B’ (GAZETTED) | 5942 | 5754 | 188 |
| ADMN. OFFICER-II | GROUP `B’ (GAZETTED) | 428 | 412 | 16 |
| ADMN. OFFICER-III | GROUP `B’ (GAZETTED) | 935 | 885 | 50 |
| SR. PS | GROUP `B’ (GAZETTED) | 417 | 372 | 45 |
| PS | GROUP `B’ (GAZETTED) | 634 | 512 | 122 |
| INCOME TAX INSPECTOR | GROUP `B’ (NON- GAZETTED) | 13293 | 12223 | 1070 |
| OFFICE SUPERT. INCLUDING ERSWHILE SR. TA | GROUP `B’ (NON- GAZETTED) | 15977 | 7040 | 8937 |
| STENO GRD.I | GROUP `B’ (NON- GAZETTED) | 3860 | 1252 | 2608 |
| SR. HINDI TRANSLATOR | GROUP `B’ (NON- GAZETTED) | 119 | 83 | 36 |
| JR. HINDI TRANSLATOR | GROUP `B’ (NON- GAZETTED) | 119 | 84 | 35 |
| DPA, GR. B | GROUP `B’ (GAZETTED) | 155 | 0 | 155 |
| DPA, GR. A | GROUP `B’ (NON- GAZETTED) | 274 | 0 | 274 |
| Tax Assist. | GROUP `C’ | 12219 | 8280 | 3939 |
| STENO GRD.II | GROUP `C’ | 2335 | 1463 | 872 |
| NOTICE SERVER | GROUP `C’ | 3432 | 2290 | 1142 |
| MTS | GROUP `C’ | 11138 | 6514 | 4624 |
| CANTEEN STAFF | GROUP `C’ | 548 | 186 | 362 |
| OTHER POSTS | GROUP `C’ | 860 | 313 | 547 |
Annexure ‘ B’
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TOTAL STRENGTH (MAIN-STREAM) OF CENTRAL GST, CUSTOMS & CUSTOMS (PREV.) COMMISSIONERATES AND DIRECTORATES UNDER C.B.I.C.(AS ON 01.01.2025) |
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POSTS |
Total (Excluding SEZ) | Remarks | Special Economic Zone | ||||
| SS | WS | VP | SS | VP | |||
| Chairman | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Member | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Principal CC (Apex) | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CC (HAG+) | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pr. Commr. | 99 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Commissioner | 335 | 287 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ADC/ JC | 932 | 827 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DC/ AC | 4165 | 2928 | 1237 | 176 | 13 | 163 | |
| CAO | 349 | 225 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DD(OL) | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AD(OL) | 68 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Supdt. of C. Ex. | 15526 | 13970 | 1556 | 315 | 142 | 173 | |
| Supdt. Cus. (P) | 2388 | 2026 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Appraiser | 1194 | 1042 | 152 | 367 | 0 | 367 | |
| Inspector of C. Ex. | 20638 | 13355 | 7283 | 1049 | 35 | 1014 | |
| Prev. Officer | 2970 | 1706 | 1264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Examiner | 1595 | 1004 | 591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AO | 1600 | 574 | 1026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sr. PS | 152 | 108 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PS | 340 | 63 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steno-I | 932 | 434 | 498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Executive Assistant | 4850 | 2880 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ST | 79 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| JT | 158 | 111 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asst. Programmer | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Driver Spl. Grade | 69 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steno-II | 801 | 556 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tax Assistant | 6432 | 3188 | 3244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LDC | 1917 | 373 | 1544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Driver Grade-I | 485 | 290 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Driver Grade-II | 416 | 61 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Driver Grade-III | 415 | 14 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Head Hawaldar | 6500 | 2932 | 3568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hawaldar | 8690 | 2095 | 6595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ASI (Weapons) | 52 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lady Searcher | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ASI (Dog Handler) | 5 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MTS | 634 | 374 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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