The main object and purpose of Secretariat Administration Department, as the name refers, is to service the whole Secretariat which includes establishment matters of the Secretariat Department and its staff from the post of Assistant Superintendent to peon (Non-gazetted), including offices of the Ministers, Chairman, Vice/Deputy-Chairman/ Parliamentary Secretaries, etc., drawal and disbursement of salaries of Ministers, Officers and Staff of Secretariat and other types of payment of expenditures related to the establishment matters of all the Departments of the Government, receipts and issues of all the daks, ensuring the cleanliness and proper maintenance of the Secretariat Buildings, and storage of all closed files for record sent by other Secretariat Departments.
The Department aims at providing a clean and healthy working environment to all those who are accommodated in the Secretariat, with fully committed staff to meet the expectations of senior Officers and Ministers by increasing their work efficiency and discipline, clearing all their entitlements as soon as the claim is preferred, and providing efficient service whenever required.
The Department has been in existence since the creation of the State of Meghalaya, when it was bifurcated from the erstwhile State of Assam to meet the needs and requirements of the new State for maintaining proper administration. The Department has the following branches: