List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra

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

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

List of former Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra

Source:

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 - 13.05.2019 - 30.06.2020
39. Sanjay Kumar - 01.07.2020 - 28.02.2021
40. Sitaram Kunte - 28.02.2021 - 30.11.2021
41. Debashish Chakrabarty - 30.11.2021 - 28.02.2022
42. Manu Kumar Srivastava - 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. Chief secretary (India)
2. List of districts of Maharashtra
3. Government of Maharashtra
4. List of governors of Maharashtra
5. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
6. Research and Analysis Wing
7. Ministry of Home Affairs Government of Maharashtra
8. Maharashtra Legislative Council
9. Maharashtra Public Service Commission
10. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
11. Secretary to the Government of India
12. Political families of Maharashtra
13. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
14. Narayan Rane
15. Manohar Joshi
16. Police ranks and insignia of India
17. National Democratic Alliance
18. Maharashtra Lokayukta
19. Uddhav Thackeray
20. Maharashtra