List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra

Chief Secretary of Maharashtra of Government of Maharashtra
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Flag of India
Incumbent
Dr. Nitin Kareer
since 1 January 2024
StyleThe Honourable
Reports toGovernor & Chief Minister Maharashtra
ResidenceA-10 Bungalow, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai
Seat6th Floor, Mantralaya, Mumbai
AppointerChief Minister of Maharashtra

The Chief Secretary of Maharashtra is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the Maharashtra State.[1] 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

Dr. Nitin Kareer was appointed Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra on 01 January 2024.

List of former Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra

Source:[2]

  1. N. T. Mone. - 01.05.1960 - 16.08.1964
  2. D. R. Pradhan - 17.08.1964 - 04.09.1967
  3. B. B. Pemaster - 05.09.1967 - 24.09.1971
  4. L. G. Rajwade - 25.09.1971 - 07.11.1972
  5. L. M. Nadkarni - 08.11.1972 - 30.09.1973
  6. D. D. Sathe - 01.10.1973 - 30.09.1976
  7. J. B. Dsouza - 01.10.1976 - 31.05.1977
  8. S. V. Bhave - 01.06.1977 - 31.05.1978
  9. L. S. Lulla - 01.06.1978 - 19.04.1979
  10. P. D. Kasbekar - 20.04.1979 - 31.09.1979
  11. P. G. Gavai - 01.10.1979 - 31.07.1982
  12. R. D. Pradhan - 23.08.1982 - 14.01.1985
  13. B. G. Deshmukh - 07.03.1985 - 31.07.1986
  14. K. G. Paranjape - 01.08.1986 - 31.08.1988
  15. D. M. Sukhthankar. - 01.09.1988 - 31.08.1990.
  16. K. B. Shrinivas - 01.09.1990 - 31.12.1991
  17. S. Ramamurti - 01.01.1992 - 10.03.1993
  18. N. Raghunathan - 11.03.1993 - 30.09.1994
  19. Sharad Upasani - 01.10.1994 - 17.01.1996
  20. Dinesh Afzalpurkar. - 24.02.1996 - 31.08.1997
  21. P. Subramanyam - 31.08.1997 - 25.05.1999
  22. A. L. Bogirwar - 25.05.1999 - 24.01.2001
  23. V. Ranganathan - 24.01.2001 - 30.09.2002
  24. Ajit M. Nimbalkar - 01.10.2002 - 31.05.2004
  25. Arun Kumar Mago - 01.06.2004 - 30.10.2004
  26. Navin Kumar - 31.10.2004 - 08.12.2004
  27. R. K. Premkumar - 08.12.2004 - 28.02.2006
  28. D. K. Shankaran - 01.04.2006 - 30.04.2007
  29. Johny Joseph - 30.04.2007 - 30.11.2009
  30. JP Dange - 30.11.2009 - 04.01.2011
  31. R. Y. Gaikwad - 04.01.2011 - 31.05.2012
  32. J. K. Banthiya - 31.05.2012 - 30.11.2013
  33. J. S. Sahariya - 30.11.2013 - 31.07.2014
  34. Swadheen Kshatriya - 31.07.2014 - 28.02.2017
  35. Summet Mallik - 28.02.2017 - 30.04.2018
  36. Dinesh Kumar Jain - 30.04.2018 - 26.03.2019
  37. U. P. S. Madan - 27.07.2019 - 13.05.2019
  38. Ajoy Mehta[3] - 13.05.2019 - 30.06.2020
  39. Sanjay Kumar[4] - 01.07.2020 - 28.02.2021
  40. Sitaram Kunte - 28.02.2021 - 30.11.2021
  41. Debashish Chakrabarty[5] - 30.11.2021 - 28.02.2022
  42. Manu Kumar Srivastava [6] - 28.02.2022 - 30.04.2023
  43. Manoj Saunik - 30.04.2023 - 01.01.2024
  44. Dr. Nitin Kareer - 01.01.2024 - Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "What are the Roles and Functions of Chief Secretary of a State?". Preserve Articles. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ https://mahaias.maharashtra.gov.in/mahaias/hpages/Hon_Chief_Secretary_List.pdf
  3. ^ "Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Ajoy Mehta called on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra | India". Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra: Sitaram Kunte replaces Sanjay Kumar as new Chief Secretary". IndianMandarins. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Kunte retires as Maharashtra chief secy, Debashish Chakrabarty takes additional charge". The Indian Express. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Manoj Saunik is new chief Secretary of Maharashtra". The Indian Express. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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