The Chief Secretary of Maharashtra is the top-most executive official and
senior-most civil servant of the
Maharashtra State. The Chief Secretary is the ''
ex-officio'' head of the state Civil Services Board, the State Secretariat, the state cadre
Indian Administrative Service and all civil services under the rules of business of the state government. The Chief Secretary acts as the principal advisor to the
chief minister on all matters of state administration.
The Chief Secretary is the officer of
Indian Administrative Service. The Chief Secretary is the senior-most cadre post in the state administration, ranking 23rd on the
Indian order of precedence. The Chief Secretary acts as an ''
ex-officio'' secretary to the state cabinet, therefore called ''"Secretary to the Cabinet"''. The status of this post is equal to that of a
Secretary to the Government of India.
Chief secretaries
Manu Kumar Srivastava was appointed
Chief Secretary of the
Government of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term.
Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legisla ...
on 28 February 2022.
List of former Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra
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Johny Joseph
30 April 2007 – 30 November 2009
*
JP Dange
JP Dange was the Chief Secretary Government of Maharashtra and Civil service IAS officer in Maharashtra. He Graduated from Nagpur University with Bachelors in Law (L.L.B) and Commerce (B.Com) and Post-graduated from Pune University with Masters ...
30 November 2009 – 2011
*
Jairaj Pathak
*Bhushan Gagrani
*
Ajoy Mehta
Ajoy Mehta is the former Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai. He succeeded Sitaram Kunte as the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai. He has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of MH on 10 May 2019.
Development
After taking over charge as Municipal ...
10 May 2019 – 20 July 2020
* Sanjay kumar
20 July 2020 – 28 February 2021
*
Sitaram Kunte
28 February 2021 – 30 November 2021
* Debashish Chakrabarty - Acting
30 November 2021 - 28 February 2022
*Manu Kumar Srivastava
28 February 2022 - incumbent
Secretaries Government of Maharashtra
Footnotes
References
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Government of Maharashtra
Indian Administrative Service officers