The Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu generally holds the Home portfolio and is the minister in charge of the Home Department, while the Excise and Prohibition portfolio is generally assigned to a senior Cabinet Minister.
Sub-divisions The following departments and wings function under the administrative control of the department. Home Police Fire and Rescue Services Forensic Sciences Prisons and Correctional Services Transport Courts Cinemas Citizenship Prosecution
Prohibition and Excise The Commissionerate of Prohibition and Excise The Prohibition Enforcement Wing Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) The Narcotics Intelligence Bureau (NIB)
Ministers Home C. Joseph Vijay (2026-Present) M. K. Stalin (2021–26) Edapadi k Palaiswamy (2017-21) O. Panneerselvam (2016–17) J. Jayalalithaa (2011–16) M. Karunanidhi (2006–11)
Prohibition and Excise K. Vignesh (2026-Present) S. Muthusamy (2025-2026) V. Senthil Balaji (2024-2025) S. Muthusamy (2023–24) V. Senthil Balaji (2022–23) P. Thangamani (2016–21) R. Viswanathan (2011–16)
Home Secretaries 1947 - 2026: O. Pulla Reddi, ICS - Home Secretary T.N.S. Raghavan, ICS - Home Secretary R. A. Gopalaswami, ICS - Home Secretary J. M. Lobo Prabhu, ICS - Home Secretary E. U. Damodaran, IAS - Home Secretary S. K. Chettur, ICS - Home Secretary P. P. I. Vaidyanathan, ICS - Home Secretary R. F. Isar, ICS - Home Secretary J. Sivanandam, IAS - Home Secretary A. Venkatesan, IAS - Home Secretary H. K. Ghazi, IAS - Home Secretary S. P. Ambrose, IAS - Home Secretary H. K. Ghazi, IAS - Home Secretary K. Subrahmanyam, IAS - Home Secretary C. V. R. Panikar, IAS - Home Secretary H. M. Singh, IAS - Home Secretary K. Chockalingam, IAS - Home Secretary T. V. Venkataraman, IAS - Home Secretary K. A. Nambiar, IAS - Home Secretary R. Nagarajan, IAS - Home Secretary K.J.M. Shetty, IAS - Home Secretary B. Vijayaraghavan, IAS - Home Secretary K. Malaisamy, IAS - Home Secretary R. Varadarajulu, IAS - Home Secretary P. V. Rajaraman, IAS - Home Secretary Ashoke Joshi, IAS - Home Secretary R. Poornalingam, IAS - Home Secretary Santha Sheela Nair, IAS - Home Secretary Naresh Gupta, IAS - Home Secretary Syed Munir Hoda, IAS - Home Secretary Sheela Rani Chunkath, IAS - Home Secretary Pavan Raina, IAS - Home Secretary S. Malathi, IAS - Home Secretary K. Gnanadesikan, IAS - Home Secretary Sheela Rani Chunkath, IAS - Home Secretary Rameshram Mishra, IAS - Home Secretary R. Rajagopal, IAS - Home Secretary Niranjan Mardi, IAS - Home Secretary Apurva Verma, IAS - Home Secretary Niranjan Mardi, IAS - Home Secretary S. K. Prabhakar, IAS - Home Secretary K. Phanindra Reddy, IAS - Home Secretary P. Amudha, IAS - Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar, IAS - Home Secretary K. Manivasan, IAS - Home Secretary
See also Government of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Government's Departments Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
References
External links Official Website of the Tamil Nadu Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India