Ajoy Mehta to take over as Maharashtra Chief Secretary

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta is set to take over as the new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, while outgoing Chief Secretary UPS Madan has been assigned as a special advisor to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on contract basis.

Mr. Fadnavis confirmed the appointments to The Hindu.

Mr. Madan opted for voluntary retirement barely a month after taking charge as Chief Secretary (CS). The government had forwarded a proposall, prepared at a high-level meeting on Wednesday afternoon, to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for approval to appoint a new CS, since the model code of conduct is in place.

As the longest-serving BMC Commissioner, who in a rare feat also presented a fourth civic budget, Mr. Mehta’s tenure was marked by his strict and swift action against errant officials. Be it the road scam, e-tendering scam or the Jogeshwari plot case, Mr. Mehta came down heavily on the guilty.