<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/covid-19-14-new-cases-of-ba5-and-35-of-ba275-detected-in-maharashtra-23239714" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday clarified that no ministerial-level powers have been given to the secretaries except in quasi-judicial matters.
Following an order issued on August 4, the government had faced criticism that all decision-making powers have been given to the bureaucrats as the cabinet currently has only two members, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-govt-functioning-not-affected-by-delay-in-cabinet-expansion-cm-shinde-23239722" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">CM Eknath Shinde</a> and his deputy <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/deputy-cm-devendra-fadnavis-arrives-in-new-delhi-amid-cabinet-expansion-buzz-23239418" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Devendra Fadnavis</a>.
"All the powers are vested with the Minister, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers as before. It is completely wrong to say that all the decision-making process has been handed over to the secretaries," the CM said in a statement.
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As per the August 4 order, certain powers of ministers have been conferred on the secretaries, but these are only for the filing and hearing of quasi-judicial cases, he said.
These powers were given to the secretaries temporarily due to a Public Interest Litigation pending in the High Court, Shine added.
Even when there is a full cabinet, certain quasi-judicial powers are delegated to secretaries or other senior officials, the statement added.
Shinde has not expanded his cabinet yet though more than a month has passed after he became chief minister following the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray government.
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