List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra

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Chief Secretary of Maharashtra of Government of Maharashtra
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Incumbent
Rajesh Kumar Meena
since 1 July 2025
Reports to Governor & Chief Minister Maharashtra
Residence A-10 Bungalow, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai
Seat 6th Floor, Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer Chief 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.

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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.

Rajesh Kumar Meena is the current Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra, appointed on 1 July 2025.

Chief Secretaries

Source: [2]

Sl.NameTerm of officeRef.
1N. T. Mone1 May 196016 August 19644 years, 107 days
2D. R. Pradhan17 August 19644 September 19673 years, 18 days
3B. B. Pemaster5 September 196724 September 19714 years, 19 days
4L. G. Rajwade25 September 19717 November 19721 year, 43 days
5L. M. Nadkarni8 November 197230 September 1973326 days
6D. D. Sathe1 October 197330 September 19762 years, 365 days
7J. B. D'Souza1 October 197631 May 1977242 days
8S. V. Bhave1 June 197731 May 1978364 days
9L. S. Lulla1 June 197819 April 1979322 days
10P. D. Kasbekar20 April 197930 September 1979163 days
11P. G. Gavai1 October 197931 July 19822 years, 303 days
12R. D. Pradhan23 August 198214 January 19852 years, 144 days
13B. G. Deshmukh7 March 198531 July 19861 year, 146 days
14K. G. Paranjape1 August 1986 -31 August 19882 years, 30 days
15D. M. Sukhthankar1 September 198831 August 19901 year, 364 days
16K. B. Shrinivas1 September 199031 December 19911 year, 121 days
17S. Ramamurti1 January 199210 March 19931 year, 68 days
18N. Raghunathan11 March 199330 September 19941 year, 203 days
19Sharad Upasani1 October 199417 January 19961 year, 108 days
20Dinesh Afzalpurkar24 February 199631 August 19971 year, 188 days
21P. Subramanyam31 August 199725 May 19991 year, 266 days
22A. L. Bogirwar25 May 199924 January 20011 year, 244 days
23V. Ranganathan24 January 200130 September 20021 year, 249 days
24Ajit M. Nimbalkar1 October 200231 May 20041 year, 243 days
25Arun Kumar Mago1 June 200430 October 2004151 days
26Navin Kumar31 October 20048 December 200438 days
27R. K. Premkumar8 December 200428 February 20061 year, 82 days
28D. K. Shankaran1 April 200630 April 20071 year, 29 days
29 Johny Joseph 30 April 200730 November 20092 years, 214 days
30 J. P. Dange 30 November 20094 January 20111 year, 35 days
31R. Y. Gaikwad4 January 201131 May 20121 year, 148 days
32J. K. Banthiya31 May 201230 November 20131 year, 183 days
33J. S. Sahariya30 November 201331 July 2014243 days
34Swadheen Kshatriya31 July 201428 February 20172 years, 212 days
35Summet Mallik28 February 201730 April 20181 year, 61 days
36Dinesh Kumar Jain30 April 201826 March 2019330 days
37U. P. S. Madan27 March 201913 May 201947 days
38 Ajoy Mehta 13 May 201930 June 20201 year, 48 days [3]
39 Sanjay Kumar 1 July 202028 February 2021242 days [4]
40 Sitaram Kunte 28 February 202130 November 2021275 days
41Debashish Chakrabarty30 November 202128 February 202290 days [5]
42Manu Kumar Srivastava28 February 202230 April 20231 year, 61 days [6]
43Manoj Saunik30 April 20231 January 2024246 days
44Dr. Nitin Kareer 1 January 202430 June 2024181 days
45 Sujata Saunik 1 July 202430 June 2025364 days
46Rajesh Kumar Meena1 July 2025 Incumbent 85 days

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Notes

    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 [ bare URL 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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