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.
Rajesh Aggarwal is the current Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra, appointed on 1 December 2025.
Past Chief Secretaries
Source:Chief Secretary List as on Sl.NameTerm of officeRef.1N. T. Mone1 May 196016 August 1964 2D. R. Pradhan17 August 19644 September 1967 3B. B. Pemaster5 September 196724 September 1971 4L. G. Rajwade25 September 19717 November 1972 5L. M. Nadkarni8 November 197230 September 1973 6D. D. Sathe1 October 197330 September 1976 7J. B. D'Souza 1 October 197631 May 1977 8S. V. Bhave1 June 197731 May 1978 9L. S. Lulla1 June 197819 April 1979 10P. D. Kasbekar20 April 197930 September 1979 11P. G. Gavai1 October 197931 July 1982 12R. D. Pradhan23 August 198214 January 1985 13B. G. Deshmukh7 March 198531 July 1986 14K. G. Paranjape1 August 1986 - 31 August 1988 15D. M. Sukhthankar1 September 198831 August 1990 16K. B. Shrinivas1 September 199031 December 1991 17S. Ramamurti1 January 199210 March 1993 18N. Raghunathan11 March 199330 September 1994 19Sharad Upasani1 October 199417 January 1996 20Dinesh Afzalpurkar24 February 199631 August 1997 21P. Subramanyam31 August 199725 May 1999 22A. L. Bongirwar25 May 199924 January 2001 23V. Ranganathan24 January 200130 September 2002 24Ajit M. Nimbalkar1 October 200231 May 2004 25Arun Kumar Mago1 June 200430 October 2004 26Navin Kumar31 October 20048 December 2004 27R. K. Premkumar8 December 200428 February 2006 28D. K. Shankaran1 April 200630 April 2007 29Johny Joseph30 April 200730 November 2009 30J. P. Dange30 November 20094 January 2011 31R. Y. Gaikwad4 January 201131 May 2012 32J. K. Banthiya31 May 201230 November 2013 33J. S. Sahariya30 November 201331 July 2014 34Swadheen Kshatriya31 July 201428 February 2017 35Summet Mallik28 February 201730 April 2018 36Dinesh Kumar Jain30 April 201826 March 2019 37U. P. S. Madan27 March 201913 May 2019 38Ajoy Mehta13 May 201930 June 2020 39Sanjay Kumar1 July 202028 February 2021 40Sitaram Kunte28 February 202130 November 2021 41Debashish Chakrabarty30 November 202128 February 2022 42Manu Kumar Srivastava28 February 202230 April 2023 43Manoj Saunik30 April 20231 January 2024 44Dr. Nitin Kareer1 January 202430 June 2024 45Mrs.Sujata Saunik1 July 202430 June 2025 46Rajesh Kumar Meena1 July 202530 November 202547Rajesh Aggarwal1 December 2025Incumbent
See also List of chief secretaries of Mizoram
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