Mumbai, Sep 10 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has made a one-time exception to its decision to abolish the stenographer cadre, allowing existing vacant posts to be filled over the next one year under the service rules that were in force before the category was declared “dead”.
The order to this effect was released on Thursday by the General Administration Department, nearly four months after the state government declared the stenographer cadre a “dead cadre” as part of reforms aimed at modernising and streamlining recruitment and administrative functioning.
The latest government resolution (GR) gives a one-year relaxation, as a special one-time measure, to the provisions concerning the “dead” stenographer cadres listed in Appendix 26 of the May 5, 2026 government resolution. It permits recruitment to the posts during the one-year period under the service-entry rules existing before May 5.
The government said it had received representations from public representatives and student organisations seeking reconsideration of the decision, pointing out that students had been working hard for years to secure appointments to stenographer posts and seeking regular recruitment against vacancies.
The concession, however, is strictly limited to this recruitment exercise. The GR makes clear that the relaxation will remain valid only for one year from the date of its issuance, after which the stenographer cadre mentioned in Appendix 26 will continue to remain a “dead cadre”.
The existing vacant posts in the cadre can be filled during this window according to the service-entry rules that prevailed before the May 5 resolution. After the one-year period ends, the provisions of the GR will apply.
All ministerial administrative departments have been directed to send proposals for the required stenographer posts to the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) within the prescribed period and in the prescribed format, department-wise according to the appointing authority. PTI ND NP
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