State Taxes Department

About Us

Brief information of the department:

State Taxes Department is headed by Commissioner, State Taxes and comes under Secretary of Finance. There are only two offices in each District headed by State Taxes Officer, Circle Leh/Kargil.

Vision: –

To build an atmosphere that encourages and incentivises self compliance of Taxes Laws and mobilises revenue in an efficient manner .

Mission: –

To provide excellent services to the honest dealers in a fair, professional, convenient and courteous manner with just application of Statutes and use of latest Technological Tools.
State Taxes Department Union territory of Ladakh is a major contributor to the Tax Revenues. This department manages complete tax administration life-cycle of taxpayers under Goods & Services Tax (GST)/ apart from managing other important acts Motor Spirit and Diesel Oil Act (MST).
The basic objective of the Goods and Services Tax is to bring all the persons liable to pay taxes in the stream of GST .Goods and Services Tax is a comprehensive tax to be levied on both goods and services.

Organisation Chart

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Who's who

Name of the Officer	Designation	Contact No.	Email
Mr. Umang Narula	Advisor and Finance Secretary	01982-257560	ps.advisor@ladakh.gov.in
Mr. K. Mehboob Ali Khan	Commissioner, State Taxes	01982–260888	comsecytourismutl@gmail.com
Mr. Dr. Iftakhar Ahmed Chowdhary	Commissioner, Appeal	01982-	addlsecyhutladakh@gmail.com
Mr. D C Rajath Kumar	Additional Commissioner	01982-256776	directoratladakh@gmail.com
Mr. Virindar Singh Pawar	Assistant Commissioner (Enforcement)	01982-257636	eto-ladakh@jk.gov.in

RTI

S.No	Subject	Status
1	Disclosure of Information under Right to Information Act – 2005 Section 4(1)(b)	Click Here To View

Orders

General Administration Department
Title	Date	View / Download
Order No: 198-LA(GAD) of 2026:- Transfer & Posting / Assigning of Additional Charge.	10/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (376 KB)
Order No. 196 -LA(GAD) of 2026:-Engagement of Sh. Moses Kunzang, JKAS (1999), as Consultant to function as OSD (Special Projects) in the Office of the CS, UT of Ladakh on contract basis.	09/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (711 KB)
Office Memorandum:- Issues pending with Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.	08/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (331 KB)
Order No .: 191- LA(GAD) of 2026:- Allocation of Departments to Sh. Shurbir Singh, IAS (2004) … reg.	06/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (372 KB)
Order No .: 190- LA(GAD) of 2026:-Allocation of Departments to Sh. Nitish Rajoria, IAS (AGMUT: 2021) … reg.	06/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (381 KB)
Order No: /88 – LA(GAD) of 2026:-Designation / Appointment of PAR Custodian and PAR Manager for managing online submission of APARs under Smart Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW).	06/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (906 KB)
OFFICE MEMORANDUM:- Competent Authority for sanction of Leave, Deputation and Training- Revised Instructions.	03/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (1 MB)
Order No: 188 – LA(GAD) of 2026:- Designation / Appointment of PAR Custodian and PAR Manager for managing online submission of APARs under Smart Appraisal Report Recording Online Window(SPARROW).	03/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (906 KB)
Order No .: 187-LA (GAD) of 2026:- Naming of District Hospital Kargil in honor of Late Sh. Qamar Ali Akhoon.	03/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (489 KB)
Order No: 186- LA(GAD) of 2026:-Transfers / Postings / Assigning of Additional Charges to the Officers …reg.	03/04/2026	Accessible Version : View (538 KB)