Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: In a major administrative overhaul to preserve transparency, the government of Maharashtra on August 25 issued a strict Government Resolution (GR) directing the immediate cancellation of all informal, verbal, and irregular deputation‑based postings across state secretariat (Mantralaya) departments and ministers’ offices.
The directive, issued by Chief Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal under the authority of the Governor and approved by the Chief Minister, highlighted concerns over operational security, administrative standards and compromised governance resulting from unauthorised personnel appointments.
According to the General Administration Department (GAD), a large number of staff, including doctors, engineers, stenographers and teachers, were posted in ministers’ offices and secretariat wings based merely on oral instructions.
These postings were made without approvals from parent departments, the Additional Chief Secretary (GAD/ Services), the Chief Secretary or the Chief Minister.
The GR noted that key background checks, including integrity certificates, character verifications, confidential performance reports and departmental inquiry status, were skipped. Transferred staff lacked proper administrative training for secretariat‑level workflows, adversely impacting governance. Informal transfers created double vacancies, destabilising operations in parent departments and wasting prior training investments. The practice of extending contracts to retired personnel from obsolete cadres was also declared improper.
