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| State Secretariat | |
| Status | Head of Permanent Executive |
| Abbreviation | CS |
| Member of | State Civil Services Board[a] Committee of Secretaries of the state on Administration[a] State Crisis Management Committee[a] Senior Selection Board[a] |
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| Seat | State Secretariat |
| Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet The Chief Secretary is usually the senior most IAS officer of the senior most batch in the state. The appointee for the office is approved by state Chief Minister, based on appointee's ability and strong confidence with him or her. |
| Term length | No fixed tenure is imposed on the office but term can be extended. |
| Succession | 23rd (on the Indian order of precedence) |
| Salary | ₹225,000 (US$2,700) monthly[1][2] |
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The Chief Secretary is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the state government.[3] 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 an officer of the 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.
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