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The Chief Secretary and State Secretariat
The Chief Secretary is the administrative head of state administration in India. He is, in many ways, the counterpart, at the state level, of the Cabinet Secretary. As the chief coordinator of the state secretariat and other administrative departments and as head of the civil service, he is the pivot of the state governance system.
His role in policy formulation, formal and informal, is substantial and so is his supervisory role in the policy implementation apparatus.
Unit 1973, the Chief Secretary was not necessarily the senior most civil servant of the state and certain officers, for instance, the Finance Commissioner in Punjab, were considered senior to the state Chief Secretary.
In 1973, the post of the Chief Secretary was upgraded and, presently it is regarded as the most prestigious and influential post in the state civil service structure. It is held by one of the senior most officers of the Indian Administrative Service. His status is equal to that of a Secretary to the Government of India.
Appointment
The incumbent to the post of Chief Secretary is chosen by the Chief Minister of the state. The trend is that the Chief Minister consults the Union Government regarding the appointment of the Chief Secretary but this consultation is not obligatory. Likewise, the C.M. may consult the cabinet or a few of his ministerial colleagues on this matter but the final decision is his. Three main factors are considered by the C.M. while selecting an officer for this post. These are as follows:
[a] Seniority:
This is the most important criterion and, generally, the choice is restricted to the four or five senior most IAS officers. In a study conducted on the office of the Chief Secretary, as regards appointments in Rajasthan, Meena Sogani observes that, generally, administrators with 20-25 years of experience have been appointed as Chief Secretaries.
[b] Service Record, Performance and Merit:
Since this is the most crucial post in the administrative hierarchy of the state, it is carefully ascertained whether the officer is meritorious enough, has an excellent service record and possesses such personality traits that may help his in the performance of his duties.
[c] Confidence of the Chief Minister:
This is the most important factor in the appointment of a Chief Secretary. Since the C.S. and the C.M. have to work in close association, the officer’s personal rapport with the C.M. is of crucial consideration.
Although the last is the most significant variable, it is a combination of all the three factors that leads to the final choice.
Besides these factors, different states have evolved different conventions regarding the appointment of the Chief Secretary. For instance, in Andhra Pradesh, it had at one time become a tradition to appoint the senior most officers (who happened to be the first Member of the Board of Revenue) as the Chief Secretary. It was done in view of the fact that such a member would be processing a wide variety of experience in administration. In Maharashtra, until 1976, the post was held by an ICS officer and it was in 1977 that an IAS officer was appointed for the first time to this post. In Rajasthan, on several occasions, a number of senior officers were superseded officers, to avoid embarrassment, were given grade/salary equal to that paid to the Chief Secretary and were posted outside the secretariat, as chairman of public enterprises or as chairman of the Board of Revenue.
Tenure of service
The issue of an appropriate degree of security of tenure has been a central problem of personnel policies.
There is no fixed tenure for the post of Chief Secretary. In this context, the Administrative Reforms Commission, in its report on State Administration in 1969, had recommended that a Chief Secretary should have a minimum tenure of three to four years.
This suggestion has, however, not been accepted and has not been considered feasible either because, in that case, a C.M. may find himself laden with a Chief Secretary appointed by his predecessor. However, it can be said that a C.S.’s tenure depends upon his administrative tact, experience, rapport with the C.M. and, to a large extent, on his capacity to take an objective stand on sensitive matters. A piece of sound advice given by Dharma Vira to civil servants is extremely relevant in this regard. He says:
You are an executive officer; you should keep your mouth shut as far as possible. The less you talk the less trouble you will get into.
And, truly, such civil servants who are able to maintain dignity, neutrality and a degree of anonymity are able to work with the Chief Ministers of any political party or group. There is, for instance, an example, when a Chief Secretary in Rajasthan worked on the post for five and a half years (until his retirement) under four Chief Ministers, including those belonging to two major national political parties.
It is wrong to assume that pliability is a virtue always; what is valued is a person’s objectivity, acumen and a sense of balance in decision-making. After all, Chief Ministers need a competent administrative system to back them, and only a capable Chief Secretary can ensure that.
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:03 pm
IAS a ni hrim hrim ang
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Kei chu ka ni lo…
……….. chhiar ang.
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Ka hre bik lo, a list of probables awm si lo..
hetia han post ngawt te chu! congress ho kid a a tang peih peih ani mai ang chu!
IAS mi tha, dik tak hnathawh duh (CS nikher lo!) te hi Mizoram ah an awm rei thei lo an tia!
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Kei pawh ka hre bik lo, min zawt suh!
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:26 pm
sms in vote ang u, TSA hi a tlak ber in ka ring :0 chuan kan nui reng mai ang
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:37 pm
Kei chu ka ni lo phawt ang a…
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:39 pm
I hre zawklo maw?
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January 31st, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Hahaha.. Kan hre lo tlang a ni e.
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Pi Tochhawngi a ni mai ang chu ka lo rintih mai a sin!
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Xaia #9 U Sente-i chu ni sela ka ti hle mai
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:07 pm
He post chu ava har ve. Post har tak a ni.
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:11 pm
#10, niaa, nu to-to-i chu nise keipawh ka ti e.
tu pawh lo ni dawn se, post a bengvarthlak e.
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Karleh lawka kan exam tur zawhnaah rawn tel sela chuan mark ka hmu lo chiang vai vai ang chu aw…!
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:20 pm
ka ni lo phawt ah
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January 31st, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Tunge Mizoram Chief Secretary thar tur ni ang?
= KA HRE LA.
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Heti teh tawp chu, a headline leh a chhungthu a inmil lo
Indian Administration ah ka zir tawh kha maw i rawn ziah/ copy-paste ang hi chu… mah se i zawhna nen hian a inmil chiah lo ka ti ve mai mai. Ka hre lo ni mai teh se options/ probables a awm mang si lo va 
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Kei chu ka ni lo phawt mai. Superboy pawh ani bik lo vang.
Chutia fixed tenure a awm loh chuan tuna CS hi thla leh mai (Feb) a retire tur ani a. Amah hi a service an extend dawn anih loh chuan midang thlan a hun tawh viau.
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Vaipa (Vaiva ni lovin) a nih ka ring e….tu tidik ber maw?
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Lalsangzuali’n a nu a phuahna kha ka hre chhuak zawk mai!
“Fam chang hnu ka chun nunnemi, kum sawm sul a liam ta….”
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:39 pm
He post hi a va uihawm ve! Peak hour-ah tak a chhuak leh nghal. A thupui hi a that vei nen a thuken a sawngnawi deuh(lakchhawn?).
Mahse AGMUT Cadre chhunga senior ber emaw induhsakna uchuak chungchang emaw avanga kan IAS neihte chin kual vak vak ai chuan a zia ka ti mah.
Pi Lalthantluangi Khiangte emaw hi ni mai sela. Kum 20 chuang Mizoramah a awm tawh a ni lawm ni? Min hrechiang ber anga hnathawh pawh a tan a nuam ang chu.
Thudang: R Lalvena AGMUT Cadre ni ve lo kha inter-cadre deputation-in Mizoram lamah a awm an tia a dik em? Khawiah nge a inbun ve le?
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Pi L Tochhawng emaw Pu PC Lawmkunga hi an nih hmel. Mizo zinga a senior pahnih an ni.
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:41 pm
IAS chu a ni phawt ang a(h).
tren tren
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:43 pm
@19, va hre chhuak mak teh daih ve aw.
tren tren
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:45 pm
@20 aw i soi kha dik TN cadre ni tun may 2012 hian a cadre ah let leh don in ka hria
@16 mi zawng zawng in indian administration an la zir ve lo maithei a leh CS post poimoh zia kan hriat chiang leh nan ka rawn ti tel nih khi
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January 31st, 2012 at 9:48 pm
@21 Govt of The Day in fav zawk zawk ni mai tu zawk nge thra in ring
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January 31st, 2012 at 10:49 pm
“Chief Minister” ti a ka’n hmuh hram chu le.
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January 31st, 2012 at 10:57 pm
OT deuh hlek. Mahse inzawm deuh si. Central sorkar hnathawk te tana Dearness Allowance chu 58% atangin 65% in a pung chho dawn ani awm e. Mizoram sorkar hnathawk tan demand tur dang a awm leh ta. Thil man a to phah dawrh bawk ang.
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January 31st, 2012 at 11:03 pm
tupawh nise ..no diefference ..waht difference does it make ..just another bureaucrat asswipe
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January 31st, 2012 at 11:13 pm
zualbonez hi cs ah ka ruat e, min hnial tla leh daih tho ang tih phei chu ka ring sa na a–
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January 31st, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Kei chu ka ni lo phawt mai a.. Pu Hva a ni mai thei!
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January 31st, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Pu Lawmkunga anih ka ring tlat, Manipura a service a tha cher cher em mai, hetiang pa huaisen leh hna thiam mahni rama neih hi a chakawm khawp ang.
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January 31st, 2012 at 11:25 pm
@25 Pu P.C.Lawmkunga leh Pi L.Tochhawng te hi batch khat (1979 batch) an ni a, Pi Tochhawngi(AGMUT) hi Pu Lawmkunga (MT) aiin a senior zawk deuh a ni awm e. Experience lamah chuan Pu Lawmkunga hi Central Govt. ah a thawk rei zawk niin ka hria a, central dawr tur chuan experience a ngah zawk mai thei. A lehlamah chuan Pi Tochhawngi hi Mizoramah a awm rei tawh vangin Mizoram chhung atan chuan experience a ngah zawk turah dah ila.
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January 31st, 2012 at 11:33 pm
OP singa a niang..
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February 1st, 2012 at 12:07 am
Chief secretary car leh bike insu post a kan inhnial chiam kha ka hrechhuak!
zualbonez leh hlatekhua nen..hahai.
CS thar tur chuan mi bike sut ching ve lo se thra ni mai
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February 1st, 2012 at 2:15 am
Misual hian thlang ila Rempy a tling ang a
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February 1st, 2012 at 5:12 am
Mizo nilo sela atha ani mai, mizo IAS ho hi eiruk an hrat sia, an hlawh phu lo concrete in sak ur ur an ching bawk si. Vai emaw, non Mizo ni hrim hrim sela Mizo IAS ho aichuan Mizoram an hmangaih zawk ka ring.
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February 1st, 2012 at 5:45 am
#36 Ngaihtuah a ti thui zek !
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February 1st, 2012 at 8:28 am
31
ngaitei # A ko chhuak theitu ten, mi tha leh dik hi an ko chhuak duh tak tak a ngem?
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February 1st, 2012 at 9:04 am
@32 i soi chu dik nikhat in an in senior hleih
tochhong joining date 12/07/1979
pc joining date 13/07/1979,CS ah chuan central dawr thiam kan mawmawh ber ,manipur a exemplary admin ti thei tan chuan mizoram chu piece of cake a niang
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February 1st, 2012 at 12:34 pm
thil awmzia ka man thiam deuh tlats
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February 1st, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Aryan ve nuah nuah chu. Thenawmpain i fapa sual a vuaksak fo ang che a..
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February 1st, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Chief Secretary hi State sawrkar Secretary anih avangin State sawrkar hnathawhpui theihloh officer kan nei ang tih hi a hlauhawm zawk fu. Political appointment kan tih rual hian, a hna hrim hrim hi executive nena a thianga thawkdun tur an nih avangin political head in an duh an thlang hi enge a sualna awm? Tihdan phung pangai ve reng a ni. Kan phunchiar lutuk hi a hahthlak.
Pawl kalphung ziaka dahtha tur leh thil record turin Secretary kan nei a, President leh a OB puite hna a thawh that pui duh loh hian pawlin a tuar thin. Chief Secretary ego nei sang lutuk leh kei ka ni inti tak kan neih in duh chuan Zoram hi eng kan ang lem lo ang.
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February 1st, 2012 at 2:00 pm
#36: A dik duh hmel khawp mai. Central Service lama awmte hian a theih ang anga invur len hi an ching khawp mai. Nepotism an tichhuak nasa bawk. Hriam hreih hrawih awm se, Mizo emaw anpai emaw pawh!
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February 1st, 2012 at 8:05 pm
L Tochhawng hi a khan berin ka ring(mizo kher an tih dawn chuan).PC Lawmkunga pawh a eligible. Polticking nen an han bei chho leh anga a ngaihnawm ve phian ang. Manipur-a tha tak nih vang ngawtin mizoram piece of cake-a ngaih chu a dik lo hul hual ang. Pu Lalsawta pawh Bihar-ah a tha pawl a ni. Mizoramah chuan a fail let tawp. Chutiangin IAS lo chhuak tawh dang thenkhat pawh. Pu Lawmkunga pawh MZU Registrar a nih lai khan eng ual a ni bik lo. Pi Seni pawh central exposure nei tlem a ni. Kan incumbent hi central experience nil tluk a ni naa a tha vei phian. Tuna CM leh council of minister te hian rinaiin administration an man zeka tupawh CS se an hming a tha viauin ka ring.Mizo nih vang ngawt hian Mizoram kan hmangaih bik lem lo. vai fel tak,thil kalhmang hre tak CS tur awm se chuan pawi tihna ka nei em em hran lo.@20 R Lalvena(Tamil Nadu) chu tunah Spl secretary, Sports & Tourism a ni mek.
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February 1st, 2012 at 9:51 pm
#43, Central Service leh All India Service la hrechiang lo deuh chu kan awm a ni maw?
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