List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra

Chief Secretary of Maharashtra of Government of Maharashtra
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Flag of India
Incumbent Sujata Saunik since 1 July 2024
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.

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.

Sujata Saunik is the current and first woman Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra, appointed on 1 July 2024.[2]

Chief secretaries

Source:[3]

Sl.	Name	Term of office			Ref.
1	N. T. Mone	1 May 1960	16 August 1964	4 years, 107 days
2	D. R. Pradhan	17 August 1964	4 September 1967	3 years, 18 days
3	B. B. Pemaster	5 September 1967	24 September 1971	4 years, 19 days
4	L. G. Rajwade	25 September 1971	7 November 1972	1 year, 43 days
5	L. M. Nadkarni	8 November 1972	30 September 1973	326 days
6	D. D. Sathe	1 October 1973	30 September 1976	2 years, 365 days
7	J. B. Dsouza	01 October 1976	31 May 1977	242 days
8	S. V. Bhave	01 June 1977	31 May 1978	364 days
9	L. S. Lulla	01 June 1978	19 April 1979	322 days
10	P. D. Kasbekar	20 April 1979	30 September 1979	163 days
11	P. G. Gavai	1 October 1979	31 July 1982	2 years, 303 days
12	R. D. Pradhan	23 August 1982	14 January 1985	2 years, 144 days
13	B. G. Deshmukh	7 March 1985	31 July 1986	1 year, 146 days
14	K. G. Paranjape	01 August 1986 -	31 August 1988	2 years, 30 days
15	D. M. Sukhthankar	01 September 1988	31 August 1990	1 year, 364 days
16	K. B. Shrinivas	01 September 1990	31 December 1991	1 year, 121 days
17	S. Ramamurti	01 January 1992	10 March 1993	1 year, 68 days
18	N. Raghunathan	11 March 1993	30 September 1994	1 year, 203 days
19	Sharad Upasani	01 October 1994	17 January 1996	1 year, 108 days
20	Dinesh Afzalpurkar	24 February 1996	31 August 1997	1 year, 188 days
21	P. Subramanyam	31 August 1997	25 May 1999	1 year, 266 days
22	A. L. Bogirwar	25 May 1999	24 January 2001	1 year, 244 days
23	V. Ranganathan	24 January 2001	30 September 2002	1 year, 249 days
24	Ajit M. Nimbalkar	1 October 2002	31 May 2004	1 year, 243 days
25	Arun Kumar Mago	1 June 2004	30 October 2004	151 days
26	Navin Kumar	31 October 2004	8 December 2004	38 days
27	R. K. Premkumar	8 December 2004	28 February 2006	1 year, 82 days
28	D. K. Shankaran	1 April 2006	30 April 2007	1 year, 29 days
29	Johny Joseph	30 April 2007	30 November 2009	2 years, 214 days
30	J. P. Dange	30 November 2009	4 January 2011	1 year, 35 days
31	R. Y. Gaikwad	4 January 2011	31 May 2012	1 year, 148 days
32	J. K. Banthiya	31 May 2012	30 November 2013	1 year, 183 days
33	J. S. Sahariya	30 November 2013	31 July 2014	243 days
34	Swadheen Kshatriya	31 July 2014	28 February 2017	2 years, 212 days
35	Summet Mallik	28 February 2017	30 April 2018	1 year, 61 days
36	Dinesh Kumar Jain	30 April 2018	26 March 2019	330 days
37	U. P. S. Madan	27 March 2019	13 May 2019	47 days
38	Ajoy Mehta	13 May 2019	30 June 2020	1 year, 48 days	[4]
39	Sanjay Kumar	1 July 2020	28 February 2021	242 days	[5]
40	Sitaram Kunte	28 February 2021	30 November 2021	275 days
41	Debashish Chakrabarty	30 November 2021	28 February 2022	90 days	[6]
42	Manu Kumar Srivastava	28 February 2022	30 April 2023	1 year, 61 days	[7]
43	Manoj Saunik	30 April 2023	1 January 2024	246 days
44	Dr. Nitin Kareer	1 January 2024	30 June 2024	181 days
45	Sujata Saunik	1 July 2024	Incumbent	218 days

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. Web, Statesman (1 July 2024). "Who is Sujata Saunik? Maharashtra's first woman chief secretary takes office". The Statesman. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
3. https://mahaias.maharashtra.gov.in/mahaias/hpages/Hon_Chief_Secretary_List.pdf
4. "Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Ajoy Mehta called on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra | India". Retrieved 4 October 2021.
5. "Maharashtra: Sitaram Kunte replaces Sanjay Kumar as new Chief Secretary". IndianMandarins. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
6. "Kunte retires as Maharashtra chief secy, Debashish Chakrabarty takes additional charge". The Indian Express. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
7. "Manoj Saunik is new chief Secretary of Maharashtra". The Indian Express. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.