NEW DELHI (13.06.2026): The Centre has notified Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Seventh Amendment Rules, 2026, revising the classification of senior IAS cadre posts in Haryana under which the posts of Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Principal Secretary to the CM and Additional Chief Secretary have been placed at Level-17, the highest pay level in the state bureaucracy.
Financial Commissioner/Principal Secretary and Special Principal Secretary to the CM are placed at Level-15. A large number of key administrative posts have been classified under Level-14, including Secretary to Government, Secretary to Governor, Chief Electoral Officer, Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Director General of State Transport, Commissioners of Divisions, Transport Commissioner, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Resident Commissioner of Haryana, Director General of Agriculture, Director General of Town and Country Planning-cum-Urban Estate and Colonisation, Director General of Higher Education, Director General of Technical Education, Director General of Industries and Commerce, Commissioner Food and Drugs Administration and Labour Commissioner.
The revised schedule also includes several strategically important positions in Haryana's administrative framework, such as Director General, Information, Public Relations, Cultural Affairs, Languages and Grievances; Director General, Urban Local Bodies, and Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, all of which have been placed at Level-14. The posts of Chief Executive Officers of the Gurugram, Faridabad, Panchkula, Sonepat and Hisar Metropolitan Development Authorities are placed in the Level-14 category.
