Gazette Reference: Office Letter No. EST 11/2025/Niyat Badli/14/2-A-2, April 2025, Commissioner of State Excise, Maharashtra State, Mumbai Type: Administrative Transfer Notice — Regular (Niyat) Transfer of Sub-Inspectors (Duyam Nirikshak), 2025 Authority: GR No. SRV-2017/PR.KR.415/Desk-12, dt. 09-04-2018 & Government Letter No. EST-2021/PR.KR.93/RAUSHU-1, dt. 25-05-2021
⚠️ SCOPE NOTE: This document is not a Maharashtra eGazette notification amending the Bombay Prohibition Act or its subordinate rules/fee schedules. It is an internal administrative circular issued by the Commissioner of State Excise, Maharashtra, initiating the annual regular transfer process for Sub-Inspectors (Group-C cadre) of the State Excise Department for the year 2025. It does not amend any provision of the BPA, 1949 or any subordinate legislation. A summary is provided below for reference.
An intra-departmental communication (marked Kal-Maryada / Ati-Tatkal — time-bound/urgent) addressed to all Divisional Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of State Excise, calling for prescribed application forms from Sub-Inspectors due for regular transfer in 2025, along with supporting annexures.
Deadline for submission of preference forms: All eligible Sub-Inspectors must submit their filled preference-order (pasantiakram) forms to the Commissioner's office before 28 April 2025; a copy must also be emailed to excise.estmaharashtra@gmail.com
Verification responsibility: Divisional Deputy Commissioners / Superintendents must verify the accuracy of service details, difficult/non-difficult area classification, and preference order stated by each Sub-Inspector; corrections must be made before forwarding
Mandatory difficult-area preferences: Out of 10 preference choices, at least 2 must be from difficult (avghad) areas
Inter-district/inter-division transfers: Sub-Inspectors eligible for transfer outside their district/division must NOT restrict all preferences to the same district/division; such preferences will not be considered at the Civil Services Board meeting
Crime investigation details: A separate prescribed statement on crime investigation work performed by each transfer-eligible Sub-Inspector must be prepared and submitted
Accountability: If complaints arise due to non-communication of this circular to eligible employees, the responsibility will rest with the respective Divisional Deputy Commissioner / Superintendent
The document lists 77 Sub-Inspectors (Duyam Nirikshak, Group-C) due for regular transfer in 2025, working across districts including Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad (Chh. Sambhajinagar), Nagpur, Amravati, Nanded, Latur, Solapur, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Ahmednagar (Ahilyanagar), Akola, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondia, Wardha, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Yavatmal, Bid, Dharashiv, and the Commissioner's Office (State-level Flying Squad). Most have been posted at their current stations since 25-05-2022 (approximately 3 years), with a few since January–April 2022.
Currently Vacant — Non-Executive (Akaryakarī) Posts: 59 positions across manufacturing units (Form-I distilleries/sugar factories, PLL, CL-I, BRL, Group Supervision) in districts including Chh. Sambhajinagar, Dharashiv, Bid, Hingoli, Latur, Nanded, Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Satara, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg, Nagpur, Bhandara, Amravati, Nashik, Nandurbar, Pune, Ahmednagar, and Solapur.
Likely-to-be-Vacant Posts (by May 2025) — Executive + Non-Executive: 86 positions across all major districts, arising from:
This circular sets in motion the annual counselling-based transfer exercise for the Sub-Inspector cadre. Eligible officers submit preference forms; the Civil Services Board then allocates postings through a counselling process in accordance with the Government's transfer policy of 09-04-2018 and 25-05-2021. It has no legal/legislative effect on the Bombay Prohibition Act or its rules.