The Chief Secretary of Maharashtra is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the

Maharashtra State Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the sou ...

. The Chief Secretary is the ''

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'' head of the state Civil Services Board, the State Secretariat, the state cadre

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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 A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

on all matters of state administration. The Chief Secretary is the officer of

. The Chief Secretary is the senior-most cadre post in the state administration, ranking 23rd on the

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. The Chief Secretary acts as an ''

'' secretary to the state cabinet, therefore called ''"Secretary to the Cabinet"''. The status of this post is equal to that of a

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. Rajesh Kumar Meena is the current Chief Secretary of the

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, appointed on 1 July 2025.

Chief Secretaries

Source:https://mahaias.maharashtra.gov.in/mahaias/hpages/Hon_Chief_Secretary_List.pdf

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