Chief secretary (India)


The post of Chief Secretary is the senior-most position held in the civil services of the states and union territories of India. The position is a cadre post for the Indian Administrative Service.

History

The salary of Chief Secretary of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Punjab and Burma was fixed and was same to Joint Secretary to Government of India during the British Raj. As per Warrant or Precedence of 1905, Secretary to Government of India was listed together with Joint Secretary to Government of India and was ranked above the rank of Chief Secretary.

States

Chief Secretaries are members of the Indian Administrative Service who are the administrative head of state governments. A Chief Secretary functions as the central point of interdepartmental coordination at the departmental level and is classified as being in the Apex Grade. Chief Secretary is considered to be 'a linchpin' in the administration. Chief Secretary of the state also acts as the ex-officio Chairman of the State Civil Service Board, which recommends transfer/postings of officers of All India Services and State Civil Services in the state.
Traditionally, the most senior IAS officer within a state is chosen as the Chief Secretary; however, there are exceptions.
Chief Secretaries are assisted by Additional Chief Secretaries or Special Chief Secretaries, depending on the state, and Principal Secretaries, who are the administrative heads of departments they are assigned to.
Chief Secretaries are chosen by the state's Chief Minister. State Chief Secretaries are IAS officers generally equivalent in rank to a Secretary to Government of India and are placed 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.
The post of Chief Secretary of a State Government is equivalent to Vice Chief of the Army Staff/Commanders and officers in the rank of full General and its equivalents in the Indian Armed Forces, and are listed as such in the Order of Precedence.
S.No.StateCapitalChief SecretaryBatch
1Andhra PradeshAmaravatiNilam Sawhney, IAS1984
2Arunachal PradeshItanagarNaresh Kumar, IAS1987
3AssamDispurKumar Sanjay Krishna, IAS1985
4BiharPatnaDeepak Kumar, IAS1984
5ChhattisgarhRaipurR.P. Mandal, IAS1987
6GoaPanajiParimal Rai, IAS1985
7GujaratGandhinagarAnil Mukim, IAS1985
8HaryanaChandigarhKeshni Anand Arora, IAS1982
9Himachal PradeshShimlaAnil Kumar Khachi, IAS1986
10JharkhandRanchiSukhdev Singh, IAS1987
11KarnatakaBengaluruT. M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS1983
12KeralaThiruvananthapuramVishwas Mehta, IAS1984
13Madhya PradeshBhopalSudhi Ranjan Mohanty, IAS1982
14MaharashtraMumbaiAjoy Mehta, IAS1984
15ManipurImphalJ. Suresh Babu, IAS1986
16MeghalayaShillongYeshi Tsering, IAS1983
17MizoramAizawlLalnunmawia Chuaungo, IAS1987
18NagalandKohimaPankaj Kumar, IAS1987
19OdishaBhubaneswarAsit Tripathy, IAS1986
20PunjabChandigarhVini Mahajan, IAS1987
21RajasthanJaipurD. B. Gupta, IAS1982
22SikkimGangtokA. K. Srivastava, IAS1984
23Tamil NaduChennaiK.Shanmugam, IAS1985
24TelanganaHyderabadSomesh kumar, IAS1989
25TripuraAgartalaLalit Kumar Gupta, IAS1987
26Uttar PradeshLucknowRajendra Kumar Tiwari, IAS1985
27UttarakhandDehradunOm Prakash, IAS1987
28West BengalKolkataRajiva Sinha, IAS1986

Union territories

In the union territories, which are governed by Administrators, Chief Secretaries are absent. In these territories an Adviser to the Administrator is appointed by the Union Government. However, the union territories of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry, which have been granted partial statehood, do have Chief Secretaries. In Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry, the Chief Minister chooses the Chief Secretary and is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
Chief Secretaries and Advisers to the Administrators of Union territories, in general, are junior in rank compared to the Chief Secretaries of the States. The office bearers generally are of the rank Joint Secretary to Government of India and its equivalents. However, in Delhi and Chandigarh, the topmost civil servant is either of the ranks of Secretary to Government of India and its equivalents or Additional Secretary to Government of India and its equivalents.
S. noUnion territoryCapitalChief Secretary/Advisor to AdministratorBatch
1Andaman and Nicobar IslandsPort BlairChetan B. Sanghi, IAS1988
2ChandigarhChandigarhManoj Parida, IAS1986
3Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDamanA. K. Singh, IAS1985
4Jammu and KashmirSrinagar '
and Jammu '		B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, IAS1986
5LadakhLeh and KargilUmang Narula, IAS
6LakshadweepKavaratti––
7National Capital Territory of DelhiDelhiVijay Kumar Dev, IAS1987
8PuducherryPondicherryAshwani Kumar, IAS1986