Principal Secretary (India)

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The Principal Secretary in India denotes a government official of high seniority and is commonly found in the State governments in India.[1] Principal Secretaries are the administrative heads of the all the departments of a state government such as Home, Finance, Revenue and Commerce etc. Prime Minister's Office is also headed by a Principal Secretary to Prime Minister. [2]

Usually, in the Indian state governments a Principal Secretary ranks above a secretary but below the rank of Chief Secretary. While each state has only a single Chief Secretary, some senior officials may hold the rank of Chief Secretary and are designated as Additional Chief Secretaries or Special Chief Secretaries. Principal Secretaries are commonly drawn from the Indian Administrative Service and usually hold (but not always) the "HAG\Apex Scale" payscale.

In north eastern states and also some other states like Karnataka, usually Secretary in State Government i.e. equivalent to Joint Secretary to Government of India is appointed as and holds the post of Principal Secretary in State Government.

In J&K Highcourt there is a unique creation of Principal Secretary to the Chief Justice , he is of a senior District and Sessions judge rank. He attends matters pertaining to employees of Subordinate Judiciary such as transfers, promotions, leave etc. Also being ex-officio Secretary of Public Interest Litigation Cell. He also attends all other matters assigned by the Chief Justice.He is overall incharge of chief justice's secretariat.


References

  1. ↑ Principal secretary to PM, TKA Nair ranks No 2 in BoI's list of 5 Most Powerful Bureaucrats, 2010
  2. ↑ "Prime minister's office". Prime Minister of India website. Retrieved 2014-02-05. 

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