A day after the government forcibly retired a dozen senior Income-Tax Department officials over charges of corruption, the CBDT on Tuesday demoted four officials on the basis of "pending" vigilance cases against them. IRS officers, while entering service in the department after clearing the UPSC exam, are first posted as Assistant Commissioners and their first promotion is the Deputy Commissioner rank. "In view of pending disciplinary/vigilance cases against the four officers, the competent authority has decided not to extend the term of ad-hoc appointment of the officers... Accordingly, the officers are reverted to their substantive post - the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax - with immediate effect," the order said. The order identified the officers as Ashutosh Verma, Sanjeev Ghei, Jai Singh and Waghmare Vipul Digambar.

Source: dna June 11, 2019 16:07 UTC