ORDER
Sub :—Excise—Establishment Department—Seniority list of Deputy Commissioners
of Excise for the period from 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024—Finalised—Orders
issued.
Read :—1. G. O. (Rt.) No. 425/2024/TD dated 22-5-2024.
2. G. O. (Rt.) No. 608/2024/Taxes dated 10-7-2024.
3. G. O. (Rt.) No. 617/2024/Taxes dated 12-7-2024.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER
KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
(Present: Mahipal Yadav, IPS)
16th January, 2025.
No. EXC/5618/2024-XD3 Part (1).
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4. Order No. EXC/3318/2024-XD3 dated 26-7-2024 of the Excise
Commissioner.
5. G. O. (Rt.) No. 175/2024/Taxes dated 21-12-2024 (K. G. Ex. No. 4051
dated 21-12-2024)
6. G. O. (Rt.) No. 1162/2024/Taxes dated 24-12-2024.
7. Report dated 7-1-2025 submitted by the Committee constituted by the
Government as per G. O. (Rt.) No. 425/2024/TD dated 22-5-2024.
8. Order No. EXC/5618/2024-XD3 Part (I) dated 9-1-2025 of the Excise
Commissioner (Published in Kerala Gazette (Extraordinary) No. 108 dated
10-1-2025).
The final seniority list of Excise Inspectors for the period from 1-1-2004 to 30-6-2006
was finalised and published as per Order No. XD3-4188/10(1) dated 20-12-2011 of Additional
Excise Commissioner (Administration). The finalised seniority list so published has been under
dispute in various courts over several years. In conformity with the final Order in
OA 1873/2015 dated 10-3-2020 by the Hon’ble Kerala Administrative Tribunal and also with
the final judgment in OP (KAT) 182, 183, 185, 186 and 197/2020, Government, as per Order
read 1st above, constituted a Committee to recast the seniority list of Excise Inspectors from
1-1-2004 to 30-6-2006. The seniority list of Excise Inspectors for the period from 1-1-2004 to
30-6-2006 has been recast and published as per Order read 4th above. Although the Committee
was initially constituted to recast the disputed seniority list of Excise Inspectors for the period
from 1-1-2004 to 30-6-2006, the persistent anomalies in this seniority list necessitated the
recasting of all subsequent seniority lists of Excise Inspectors up to the present date.
Furthermore, the seniority lists for Circle Inspectors, Assistant Excise Commissioners, Deputy
Excise Commissioners, and Joint Excise Commissioners, which were prepared based on
selections made in accordance with the seniority assigned in the pre-revised seniority list, also
require recasting.
Government, as per Orders read 2nd and 3rd above have authorised the Committee to
prepare and submit the draft recast seniority lists of Excise Inspectors, Circle Inspectors,
Assistant Excise Commissioners, Deputy Excise Commissioners and Joint Excise
Commissioners, in accordance with the changes made in the recast seniority list of Excise
Inspectors for the period from 1-1-2004 to 30-6-2006. The Committee has already prepared
and submitted the draft recast seniority lists of Excise Inspectors covering the periods from
1-1-2004 to 30-6-2006, 1-7-2006 to 30-4-2019, Circle Inspectors/Managers/Superintendents
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of Excise for the period from 1-1-2009 to 1-6-2019 and that of Assistant Commissioner of
Excise for the period from 1-4-2021 to 31-12-2022 and 01-01-2023 to 1-6-2024. The
Committee has now submitted its report along with draft seniority list of Deputy
Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024 as per read 7th above.
The seniority lists for Deputy Commissioners have been finalised up to 31-8-2022, with
the final seniority list for the period from 1-7-2021 to 31-8-2022 having been published under
Order No. EXC/2667/2022-XD3, dated 2-12-2022, of the Excise Commissioner, as per Kerala
Gazette No. 4 dated 24-1-2023. The last officer included in this finalised seniority list of
Deputy Commissioners of Excise is Sri Jayachandran, R. (PEN 205826), who is ranked at
Sl. No. 188 in the seniority list of Excise Inspectors for the period from 1-6-2001 to
31-12-2003, as finalised by Order No. XD3-2306/06, dated 22-6-2007, of the Excise
Commissioner. Since no changes have been made in the seniority of these officers in the recast
feeder category seniority lists, there is no necessity to revise the final seniority list of Deputy
Commissioners of Excise as of 31-8-2022.
Four more officers included in this undisputed seniority list of Excise Inspectors were
eligible to get promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioners of Excise. They are
Sri Sojan Sebastian (Sl. No. 189), Sri Ragesh, T. (Sl. No. 191), Sri Sunu, C. (Sl. No. 192) and
Sri Teny Mon, B. (Sl. No. 194). Consequently, the first officer to be included in the seniority
list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise that is to be prepared will be Sri. Sojan Sebastian,
followed by Sri Ragesh, T., Sri Sunu, C., and Sri Teny Mon, B., subject to their selection by
the Departmental Promotion Committee (Higher). Following the inclusion of these officers,
the next group of officers to be considered for selection will be drawn from the recast seniority
lists of Excise Inspectors for the period starting from 1-1-2004.
The select list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for promotion to the cadre of Deputy
Commissioner of Excise for the year 2022 was prepared by the Departmental Promotion
Committee (Higher) dated 31-12-2021. The list was subsequently approved by the Government
through G. O. (Ms.) No. 3/2022/TD dated 12-1-2022, and was published in Kerala Gazette
Extraordinary No. 157 dated 13-1-2022. This list was later revised by the Ad hoc Departmental
Promotion Committee (Higher) in its meeting held on 24-1-2022, and the revised list was
approved by the Government as per G. O. (Ms.) No. 10/2022/TD dated 27-1-2022, and
published in Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 332 dated 28-1-2022. All officers included in
this select list have been included in the seniority list of Deputy Commissioners of
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Excise for the period from 1-7-2021 to 31-8-2022, which was finalised as per Order
No. EXC/2667/2022-XD3 dated 2-12-2022, of the Excise Commissioner.
Select list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for promotion to the cadre of Deputy
Commissioner of Excise for the year 2023 was prepared by the Departmental Promotion
Committee (Higher) in its meeting held on 28-2-2023, by including only three officer namely
Sri Sojan Sebastian, Sri Ragesh, T. and Sri Sunu, C. This list was approved by the Government
as per G. O. (P) No. 35/2023/Taxes dated 9-3-2023 and published in Kerala Gazette
Extraordinary No. 908 dated 13-3-2023. Following this, these officers were promoted to the
cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise, as detailed in Table-I below. They need to be
included in the seniority list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise.
TABLE-I
List of Regular Promoted Deputy Commissioners of Excise, included in the Select List
of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for promotion to the cadre of Deputy
Commissioner of Excise for the year 2023
Sl.
No.
Sl. No. in
AEC Sen.
List
(2019-21)
Name
PEN
Date of
Birth
DC(X)
Promotion
Order No.
(Regular)
Order
Date
Select List
(DPC(H)
dated
28-2-2023)
Remarks
1
18
Sojan Sebastian
184833 25-5-1967 G. O. (Rt.) No.
199/2023/Taxes 20-3-2023 2023-01
Retired on
31-5-2023
2
21
Ragesh, T.
207187 28-4-1968 G. O. (Rt.) No.
199/2023/Taxes 20-3-2023 2023-02
Retired on
30-4-2024
3
22
Sunu, C.
184535 30-5-1969 G. O. (Rt.) No.
366/2023/Taxes 6-6-2023
2023-03
These 3 officers were included in the seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise
for the period from 1-9-2019 to 31-3-2021, finalised as per Order No. EXC-1609/2021-XD3
dated 4-9-2021 of Excise Commissioner, published in Kerala Gazette No. 44 dated 9-11-2021.
Subsequently, Sri Teny Mon, B. was granted notional promotion to the cadre of Assistant
Commissioner of Excise, effective from 30-3-2021, as per G. O. (Rt.) No. 903/2022/Taxes
dated 22-11-2022. He was later included in the seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of
Excise for the period from 1-9-2019 to 31-3-2021 as Sl. No. 22A, positioned below
Sri Sunu, C., as per Order No. EXC/1675/2022-XD3 dated 1-4-2023 issued by the Excise
Commissioner. All officers included in this seniority list for the period up to 31-3-2021 are
also part of the seniority list of Excise Inspectors prior to 31-12-2003, which has not undergone
recasting.
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A provisional seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from
1-4-2021 to 31-3-2022 was published as per Order No. EXC/2501/2022-XD3 dated 5-7-2022
of the Excise Commissioner. However, the finalization of this list was put on hold, in
compliance with the Government's directive contained in Letter No. Taxes-F1/340/2022-Taxes
dated 30-3-2023. This was further in light of G. O. (Rt.) No. 617/2022/Taxes dated 8-8-2022,
which pertains to the recasting of the seniority list of Excise Inspectors for the period from
1-1-2004 to 30-6-2006.
Considering the administrative exigency, Sri Teny Mon, B. and eight other officers
included in the aforementioned provisional seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise
for the period from 1-4-2021 to 31-3-2022, were granted temporary promotion to the cadre of
Deputy Commissioner of Excise under Rule 31(a)(i) of the Kerala State and Subordinate
Services Rules (KS&SSR), as detailed in Table-2 below.
TABLE-II
List of Assistant Commissioners of Excise who were temporarily promoted
to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise
Sl.
No.
Sl. No. in
AEC Prov.
Sen. List
(2021-22)
Name
PEN
Date of
Birth
DC(X) Temporary
Promotion Order No. and
Date
Remarks
1
22A*
Teny Mon, B.
443340
31-5-1968
G. O. (Rt.) No.
441/2023/Taxes dated
3-7-2023
Retired on 31-5-2024
2
5
Shanavas, S.
206749
25-5-1968
Retired on 31-5-2024
3
6
Suresh Varghese
207730
30-5-1968
Retired on 31-5-2024
4
10
Jayaraj, P. K.
207724
6-6-1969
5
11
Shibu, Y.
207693
2-4-1975
6
12
Rakesh, M.
206747
23-5-1974
7
13
Vinodkumar, S.
207733
11-5-1974
8
14
Robert, V.
206228
17-9-1976
G. O. (Rt.) No.
113/2024/Taxes dated
6-2-2024
9
19
Maju, T. M.
207257
6-12-1976
* Final Seniority List of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-9-2019 to 31-3-2021
The seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-4-2021 to
31-12-2022 has been finalised as per Order No. EXC/5618/2024-XD3 dated 13-12-2024 of the
Excise Commissioner and published in Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 3987 dated
13-12-2024, reflecting the changes made in the feeder category seniority lists. The Ad hoc
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Departmental Promotion Committee (Higher) of the Excise Department convened on
19-12-2024 prepared the select lists of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for promotion to the
cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise for the years 2023 (Supplementary) and 2024, based
on the finalised seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from
1-4-2021 to 31-12-2022. These select lists have been approved by the Government as per
G. O. (P) No. 175/2024/Taxes dated 21-12-2024 and published in Kerala Gazette Extraordinary
No. 4051 dated 21-12-2024.
These select lists, as detailed in Table-3 below, include all officers in the seniority list of
Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-4-2021 to 31-12-2022 except
Sri Rakesh, M. (Sl. No. 6 in Table-II). Due to the pending vigilance tribunal enquiry and the
MoC for major punishment against Sri Rakesh, M. (PEN 206747), he has been superseded by
the Departmental Promotion Committee (Higher) held on 19-12-2024.
Sri Vinodkumar, S. (Sl. No. 3 in Table-III, PEN 207733) has been included in the select
list on provisional basis, as per note (i) of Rule 28(b)(i)(7) of the Kerala State and Subordinate
Services Rules (KS&SSR), due to the pending Memo of Charges for a minor punishment
against him. Therefore, Sri Vinodkumar is eligible only for provisional promotion.
Similarly, Sri Naushad, M. (Sl. No. 16 in Table-III, PEN: 205385) has been selected by
the DPC(H) with the condition that, should any major or minor Memo of Charges be issued
against him before his promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise, his
promotion will be granted solely on a provisional basis, as per note (i) under Rule 28(b)(i)(7)
of the KS&SSR, due to the ongoing disciplinary proceedings initiated against him.
TABLE-III
List of officers included in the select list of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for promotion
to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise, by DPC(H) dated 19-12-2024
Sl.
No.
Sl. No. in
AEC Sen.
List
(2021-22)
Name
PEN
Date of
Birth
Select List
(DPC(H) dated
19-12-2024)#
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
1
22A*
Teny Mon, B.
443340
31-5-1968
2023-01
Retired on 31-5-2024
2
2
Shibu, Y.
207693
2-4-1975
2023-02
3
4
Vinodkumar, S.
207733
11-5-1974
2023-03
Provisional selection
4
5
Robert, V.
206228
17-9-1976
2023-04
5
7
Maju, T. M.
207257
6-12-1976
2023-05
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
6
8
Sugunan, M.
206744
30-5-1973
2023-06
7
9
Krishna Kumar, S.
184532
27-5-1970
2023-07
8
13
Shanavas, S.
206749
25-5-1968
2023-08
Retired on 31-5-2024
9
14
Suresh Varghese
207730
30-5-1968
2023-09
Retired on 31-5-2024
10
20
Jayaraj, P. K.
207724
6-6-1969
2024-01
11
24
Suresh, K. S.
438413
18-3-1973
2024-02
12
25
Rajesh, V.
207696
26-3-1977
2024-03
13
26
Joy Joseph
207504
7-5-1972
2024-04
14
27
Naseemudeen, B.
184544
21-5-1974
2024-05
15
28
Subhash, V.
207701
30-5-1975
2024-06
16
29
Naushad, M.
205385
1-5-1970
2024-07
Conditional Selection
17
30
Ajay, K. R.
184831
25-4-1978
2024-08
18
31
Shibu, P. L.
417927
5-5-1977
2024-09
19
32
Mohan, K. P.
206229
5-3-1974
2024-10
* Final Seniority List of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-9-2019 to 31-3-2021
# Supplementary Select List for the year 2023 and Select List for the year 2024.
Subsequent to the revision of the feeder category seniority lists, the officers listed in
Table-I and Table-3 above (with the exception of Sri Vinodkumar, S., Sl. No. III in Table-III)
have been granted notional promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise,
effective from the dates specified in column (7) of Table-IV below, as per G. O. (Rt.)
No. 1162/2024/Taxes dated 24-12-2024. This promotion is in accordance with their seniority
in the seniority list of Assistant Commissioner of Excise and the select lists, subject to the
provisions of Rule 23(c) of Volume I, Part I of the Kerala Service Rules (KSR).
As no Memo of Charges had been issued against Sri Naushad, M. (Sl. No. 16 in
Table-III, PEN 205385) until the date of his promotion order, he has also been considered for
notional promotion.
TABLE-IV
List of officers notionally promoted to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise
Sl.
No.
Sl. No. in
AEC Sen.
List
(2021-22)
Name
PEN
Date of Birth
Select List
(DPC(H) dated
28-2-2023 &
19-12-2024)
Date as on
which Notional
Promotion is to
be given
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
1
18*
Sojan Sebastian
184833
25-5-1967
2023$-01
1-2-2023
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
2
21*
Ragesh, T.
207187
28-4-1968
2023$-02
1-3-2023
3
22*
Sunu, C.
184535
30-5-1969
2023$-03
1-6-2023
4
22A*
Teny Mon, B.
443340
31-5-1968
2023#-01
1-6-2023
5
2
Shibu, Y.
207693
2-4-1975
2023#-02
1-6-2023
6
5
Robert, V.
206228
17-9-1976
2023#-04
1-6-2023
7
7
Maju, T. M.
207257
6-12-1976
2023#-05
1-6-2023
8
8
Sugunan, M.
206744
30-5-1973
2023#-06
1-6-2023
9
9
Krishna Kumar, S.
184532
27-5-1970
2023#-07
1-6-2023
10
13
Shanavas, S.
206749
25-5-1968
2023#-08
1-11-2023
11
14
Suresh Varghese
207730
30-5-1968
2023#-09
22-12-2023
12
20
Jayaraj, P. K.
207724
6-6-1969
2024-01
1-4-2024
13
24
Suresh, K. S.
438413
18-3-1973
2024-02
1-4-2024
14
25
Rajesh, V.
207696
26-3-1977
2024-03
1-5-2024
15
26
Joy Joseph
207504
7-5-1972
2024-04
1-6-2024
16
27
Naseemudeen, B.
184544
21-5-1974
2024-05
1-6-2024
17
28
Subhash, V.
207701
30-5-1975
2024-06
1-6-2024
18
29
Naushad, M.
205385
1-5-1970
2024-07
1-6-2024
19
30
Ajay, K. R.
184831
25-4-1978
2024-08
1-6-2024
20
31
Shibu, P. L.
417927
5-5-1977
2024-09
1-6-2024
21
32
Mohan, K. P.
206229
5-3-1974
2024-10
24-12-2024
* Final Seniority List of Assistant Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-9-2019 to 31-3-2021
$ Select List for the year 2023 (DPC(H) dated 28-2-2023).
# Supplementary Select List for the year 2023 (DPC(H) dated 19-12-2024).
Also, Sri Rakesh, M. (PEN 206747) Sl. No. 6 in Table-II, temporarily promoted Deputy
Commissioner of Excise, who has been superseded by the DPC(H) meeting held on
19-12-2024, has been reverted to the post of Assistant Commissioner of Excise, vide the above
Government Order.
Sri Vinodkumar, S. (PEN 207733), Sl. No. 3 in Table-III, is eligible for notional
promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise on 1-6-2023. However, since he has
only been provisionally selected by the DPC(H) dated 19-12-2024, as per note (i) under Rule
28(b)(i)(7) of KS&SSR's, his promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise is kept
as provisional and therefore he cannot be included in the seniority list of Deputy
Commissioners of Excise unless his selection is formally regularized by the Departmental
Promotion Committee.
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The most recent finalised seniority list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise covers the
period from 1-7-2021 to 31-8-2022, as published under Order No. EXC/2667/2022-XD3 dated
2-12-2022 of the Excise Commissioner, in Kerala Gazette No. 4 dated 24-1-2023. Since the
last officer included in this seniority list, Sri Jayachandran, R., does not appear in the recast
seniority list of Excise Inspectors, no revision is required for the Deputy Commissioner of
Excise seniority list up to 31-8-2022. Upon reviewing the vacancies that have occurred in the
cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise from 1-9-2022, as well as considering the select lists
prepared by the Departmental Promotion Committee (Higher) on 28-2-2023 and 19-12-2024,
it has been identified that the last officer in the select list for 2024 will get assignment in the
cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise on 24-12-2024. After this date, no further vacancies
have occurred in the cadre up to 31-12-2024.
The cadre strength of Deputy Commissioner of Excise as on 31-8-2022, stands at 19,
with no changes in this cadre strength since that date. The following is the list of Deputy
Commissioners of Excise who were in service as of 31-8-2022, compiled based on the finalised
seniority lists, along with the relevant promotion orders and select lists.
TABLE-V
List of Deputy Commissioners of Excise in service as on 31-8-2022
Sl.
No.
Name
PEN
Date of
Birth
Date of
entry in
Service
Sl. No.
in AEC
Select
List
Sl. No. in
DC(X)
Sen. List
Date of
Promotion
to DC(X)
Cadre
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
1 Shaji S. Rajan
231309
1-3-1971 9-2-1996 2019-S1 2017-19 22-8-2019
2 Nazar, M.M.
205471 18-3-1968 2-5-1998 2020-02 2019-03 26-6-2020
under
suspension
3 Thajudheen Kutty, J.
207676 28-3-1969 2-5-1998 2020-07 2019-08 26-6-2020
4 Pradeep Kumar, K. (Sr.)
184296 20-5-1969 2-5-1998 2020-08 2019-09 26-6-2020
5 Shaji, K. S.
206745 16-5-1969 2-5-1998 2021-02 2019-12 3-2-2021
6 Unnikrishnan Nair, S.
205877 2-10-1969 2-5-1998 2021-03 2019-13 3-2-2021
7 Ashok Kumar, N.
184534 31-5-1969 2-5-1998 2021-05 2019-15 19-4-2021
8 Jayapalan, K.
205824 28-5-1967 2-5-1998 2021-06 2019-16 25-6-2021
9 Prem Krishna, K.
206958
1-6-1968 16-6-1998 2021-07 2019-17 25-6-2021
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
10 Salim, V. A.
207723 15-5-1968 2-5-1998 2021-09 2019-19 25-6-2021
11 Suresh, B.
184538 14-5-1967 2-5-1998 2021-10 2019-20 25-6-2021
12 Balachandran, D.
207675 17-1-1969 2-5-1998 2021-12 2019-21 25-6-2021
13 Augustine Joseph, K.
205879 31-5-1968 2-5-1998 2021-15 2019-22 25-6-2021
14 Babu Varghese
205524 13-3-1967 2-5-1998 2022-01 2021-01 2-2-2022
15 Rajendran, V.
206618 24-2-1969 2-5-1998 2021-1A 2021-02 2-2-2022
16 Pradeep, V. A.
206232 31-5-1969 2-5-1998 2022-02 2021-03 2-2-2022
17 Abu Abraham
205465 25-5-1967 2-5-1998 2022-05 2021-06 16-6-2022
18 Radhakrishnan, B.
184047 16-10-1969 2-5-1998 2022-06 2021-07 16-6-2022
19 Sivaprasad, M. N.
205063 20-2-1967 2-5-1998 2022-07 2021-08 16-6-2022
20 Jayachandran, R.
205826 24-5-1969 2-5-1998 2022-08 2021-09 30-8-2022
Sri M. M. Nazar (Sl. No. 2 in Table-V), was placed under suspension as per
G. O. (Rt.) No. 412/2022/Taxes dated 24-5-2022. He was reinstated into service as per
G. O. (Rt.) No. 237/2023/Taxes dated 31-3-2023. During his suspension, an Assistant
Commissioner of Excise was promoted to the post of Deputy Commissioner of Excise to fill
the resultant vacancy. This officer was subsequently included in the seniority list of Deputy
Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-7-2021 to 31-8-2022, as per Order
No. EXC/2667/2022-XD3 dated 2-12-2022, published in Kerala Gazette No. 4 dated
24-1-2023. This seniority list need not be revised, as the officers included in this list were
drawn from the seniority list of Excise Inspectors prior to 1-1-2004. Since the officer promoted
to fill the vacancy created by Sri Nazar’s suspension was assigned seniority from the date of
promotion, in order to maintain the cadre strength, one occurrence vacancy needs to be kept
unassigned corresponding to the date of his reinstatement, i.e. 31-3-2023.
Sri Vinodkumar, S. (PEN 207733), Sl. No. 3 in Table-3, is eligible for notional
promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise on 1-6-2023. However, since he has
only been provisionally selected by the DPC(H) dated 19-12-2024, as per note (i) under Rule
28(b)(i)(7) of KS&SSR's, his promotion to the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Excise is kept
as provisional until his selection is formally regularized by the DPC(H) to be held in this regard.
Therefore he cannot be included in the seniority list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise unless
his selection is formally regularized by the Departmental Promotion Committee. Hence one
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vacancy that arose on 1-6-2023 is kept unassigned, until the minor MoC issued against him is
finalised and he may be included in the seniority list of Deputy Commissioners in the vacancy
kept unassigned only if his selection is formally regularized by DPC (H).
A deputation post of Joint Commissioner of Excise as Technical Officer in the Kerala
Toddy Industry Development Board, has been created as per G. O. (Ms.) No. 74/2024/Taxes
dated 16-11-2024. Appointment of a Joint Commissioner of Excise to the above deputation
post has been made as per G. O. (Rt.) No. 1159/2024/Taxes dated 24-12-2024. Hence one
occurrence of vacancy as on 24-12-2024 is taken for giving assignment in the post of Deputy
Commissioner of Excise.
Sri Prem Krishna, K. (PEN 206958), Joint Commissioner of Excise (Sl. No. 9 in
Table-V), has been granted Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR) for 162 days, effective
from 22-12-2023, as per G. O. (Rt.) No. 893/2023/Taxes dated 20-12-2023. Similarly,
Sri Suresh Varghese (PEN 207730), Deputy Commissioner of Excise (Sl. No. 11 in Table-IV),
has been sanctioned LPR for 89 days, effective from 4-3-2024, as per G. O. (Rt.)
No. 208/2024/Taxes dated 5-3-2024. However, as per G. O. (P) No. 57/2023/Fin dated
13-6-2023, it has been clarified that vacancies arising from LPR for periods up to 3 months
should not be considered for promotions. Therefore, of the two LPR vacancies mentioned, only
the vacancy arising from Sri Prem Krishna, K.’s LPR can be considered for promotion. As for
Sri Suresh Varghese, only his superannuation date, 31-5-2024, can be considered as occurrence
of a vacancy.
The cadre strength of Deputy Commissioner of Excise as on 31-12-2024 remains 19. The
list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise as on 31-12-2024, as per the draft provisional seniority
list will be as follows.
TABLE-VI
List of Deputy Commissioners of Excise who is in service as on 31-12-2024
Sl.
No.
Name
PEN
Date of
Birth
Date of
entry in
Service
Sl. No. in
AEC
Select
List
Sl. No. in
DC(X) Sen.
List
Date of
Promotion
to DC(X)
Cadre
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
1 Shaji S. Rajan
231309
1-3-1971
9-2-1996
2019-S1 19 [2017-19] 22-8-2019
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
2 Jayachandran, R.
205826 24-5-1969
2-5-1998
2022-08 9 [2021-22] 30-8-2022
3 Sunu, C.
184535 30-5-1969
2-5-1998
2023$-03 4 [2022-24]
1-6-2023
4 Shibu, Y.
207693
2-4-1975
5-8-2004
2023#-02 6 [2022-24]
1-6-2023
5 Vinodkumar, S.
207733 11-5-1974
5-8-2004
2023#-03
3-7-2023
Provisional
6 Robert, V.
206228 17-9-1976
5-8-2004
2023#-04 8 [2022-24]
1-6-2023
7 Maju, T. M.
207257 6-12-1976
5-8-2004
2023#-05 9 [2022-24]
1-6-2023
8 Sugunan, M.
206744 30-5-1973
5-8-2004
2023#-06 10 [2022-24] 1-6-2023
9 Krishna Kumar, S. 184532 27-5-1970
5-8-2004
2023#-07 11 [2022-24] 1-6-2023
10 Jayaraj, P. K.
207724
6-6-1969
1-12-1998
2024-01 14 [2022-24] 1-4-2024
11 Suresh, K. S.
438413 18-3-1973
1-3-2005
2024-02 15 [2022-24] 1-4-2024
12 Rajesh, V.
207696 26-3-1977
1-3-2005
2024-03 16 [2022-24] 1-5-2024
13 Joy Joseph
207504
7-5-1972
1-3-2005
2024-04 17 [2022-24] 1-6-2024
14 Naseemudeen, B.
184544 21-5-1974
1-3-2005
2024-05 18 [2022-24] 1-6-2024
15 Subhash, V.
207701 30-5-1975
1-3-2005
2024-06 19 [2022-24] 1-6-2024
16 Naushad, M.
205385
1-5-1970
1-3-2005
2024-07 20 [2022-24] 1-6-2024
17 Ajay, K. R.
184831 25-4-1978
1-3-2005
2024-08 21 [2022-24] 1-6-2024
18 Shibu, P. L.
417927
5-5-1977
1-3-2005
2024-09 22 [2022-24] 1-6-2024
19 Mohan, K. P.
206229
5-3-1974
1-3-2005
2024-10 23 [2022-24] 24-12-2024
$ Select List for the year 2023 (DPC(H) dated 28-2-2023).
# Supplementary Select List for the year 2023 (DPC(H) dated 19-12-2024).
The Committee has prepared and submitted a draft provisional seniority list of Deputy
Commissioner of Excise for the period from 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024. The dates of occurrence
of vacancies in the cadre have been identified and the date of assignment for each individual
in the cadre have been determined, by taking in account of the above points, as well as the
respective select lists and notional promotion order, and the same is entered in the draft
seniority list.
The draft seniority list as prepared by the Committee, reports and recommendation of the
Committee, revised select list, notional promotion order and feeder category seniority list were
examined in detail along with other relevant records. The draft recast seniority list of Deputy
Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024, which was prepared,
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recommended and submitted by the Committee, was found to be in congruence with the cadre
strength ratio, previous seniority lists, recast feeder category seniority list, revised select lists,
notional promotion order and also Government Orders passed in this regard.
Hence, the provisional seniority list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise for the period
from 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024 has been prepared and published as per Order read 8th above.
Although a seven-day time period was provided for submitting objections to the published
provisional seniority list, no objections or requests for personal hearing were received within
the allotted time.
In the above circumstances, the seniority list of Deputy Commissioners of Excise for the
period 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024 is hereby finalised and published.
MAHIPAL YADAV, IPS,
Excise Commissioner.
To:
The Incumbents
Copy to:
1. The Additional Chief Secretary, Taxes (Excise) Department (with C/L)
2. The Additional Excise Commissioner (Enforcement)
3. The Vigilance Officer, Excise
4. The Joint Excise Commissioners (All)
5. The Deputy Excise Commissioners (All)
6. The Assistant Excise Commissioners (All)
7. The lT Cell, Excise (for publishing in the official website)
8. The Order file/Stock file
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Final Seniority List of Deputy Commissioners of Excise for the period from 1-9-2022 to 31-12-2024
Sl.
No.
Name
PEN
Sl. No. in AEC
Seniority List
Date of
Birth
Date of
entry in
Service
Academic
Qualification
Test
Qualification
Date of
regular/
notional
promotion to
the cadre of
Deputy
commissioner
of excise
(Date of
Occurrence of
Vacancy)
Occurrence of
Vacancy
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
1 Sojan Sebastian
184833
18
[2019-21]
25-5-1967
2-5-1998
S.S.L.C.
MoP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-2-2023
Retirement of
Murali Kumar, P. V.,
Joint Commissioner
of Excise
2 Ragesh, T.
207187
21
[2019-21]
28-4-1968
2-5-1998
B.Sc.
MoP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-3-2023
Retirement of
Sivaprasad, M. N.,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
3 Reinstatement of Nazar, M. M., Deputy commissioner of excise as per G. O. (Rt.) No. 237/2023/TD
dated 31-3-2023 (Suspension as per G. O. (Rt.) No. 412/2022/TD dated 24-5-2022)
1-4-2023
Retirement of
Babu Varghese,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
4 Sunu, C.
184535
22
[2019-21]
30-5-1969
2-5-1998
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Ranjith, A. S., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
5 Teny Mon, B.
443340
22A
[2019-21]
31-5-1968
2-5-1998
S.S.L.C.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Zulficar, A. R., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
6 Shibu, Y.
207693
2
[2021-22]
2-4-1975
5-8-2004
B.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Asok Kumar, T. A.,
Joint Commissioner
of Excise
7 Vacancy kept unassigned, further to the provisional selection of Sri Vinodkumar, S. (PEN 207733), by
the DPC(H) dated 19-12-2024, as per note (i) under Rule 28(b)(i)(7) of KS&SSR’s
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Aleyas, P. V., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
8 Robert, V.
206228
5
[2021-22]
17-9-1976
5-8-2004
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Jayapalan, K.,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
9 Maju, T. M.
207257
7
[2021-22]
6-12-1976
5-8-2004
B.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Suresh, B., Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
10 Sugunan, M.
206744
8
[2021-22]
30-5-1973
5-8-2004
B.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Abu Abraham,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
11 Krishna Kumar, S. 184532
9
[2021-22]
27-5-1970
5-8-2004
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2023
Retirement of
Sojan Sebastian,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
12 Shanavas, S.
206749
13
[2021-22]
25-5-1968
2-5-1998
S.S.L.C.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-11-2023
Retirement of
Anil Kumar, K. K.,
Joint Commissioner
of Excise
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
13 Suresh Varghese
207730
14
[2021-22]
30-5-1968
2-5-1998
M.Com.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
22-12-2023 Leave Preparatory
to Retirement of
Prem Krishna, K.,
Joint Commissioner
of Excise
14 Jayaraj, P. K.
207724
20
[2021-22]
6-6-1969
1-12-1998
M.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-4-2024
Retirement of
Pradeep, G., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
15 Suresh, K. S.
438413
24
[2021-22]
18-3-1973
1-3-2005
B.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-4-2024
Retirement of
Nazar, M. M., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
16 Rajesh, V.
207696
25
[2021-22]
26-3-1977
1-3-2005
B.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-5-2024
Retirement of
Ragesh, T., Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
17 Joy Joseph
207504
26
[2021-22]
7-5-1972
1-3-2005
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2024
Retirement of
Sanu, P. K., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
18 Naseemudeen, B.
184544
27
[2021-22]
21-5-1974
1-3-2005
B.A.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2024
Retirement of
Salim, V. A., Joint
Commissioner of
Excise
19 Subhash, V.
207701
28
[2021-22]
30-5-1975
1-3-2005
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2024
Retirement of
Augustine Joseph, K.,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
20 Naushad, M.
205385
29
[2021-22]
1-5-1970
1-3-2005
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2024
Retirement of
Teny Mon, B.,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
21 Ajay, K. R.
184831
30
[2021-22]
25-4-1978
1-3-2005
B.Sc.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2024
Retirement of
Shanavas, S.,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
22 Shibu, P. L.
417927
31
[2021-22]
5-5-1977
1-3-2005
B.Com.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
1-6-2024
Retirement of
Suresh Varghese,
Deputy
Commissioner of
Excise
23 Mohan, K. P.
206229
32
[2021-22]
5-3-1974
1-3-2005
B.Com.
MOP, Excise
Test, A/C Test
24-12-2024 Creation of a
Deputation post of
Joint Commissioner
of Excise in the
Kerala Toddy
Industry
Development
Board, as per
G. O. (Ms.) No.
74/2024/Taxes
dated 16-11-2024
Excise Commissioner.
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