Rotary valve

A rotary valve in which a valve disk is provided inside a body having a stem shaft insertion portion, one end of a stem shaft-inserted into the stem shaft insertion portion is connected to the valve disk and another end thereof is connected to an operating portion, and the valve disk is rotatably provided via the stem by operation of the operating portion, wherein a packing accommodation chamber for packing accommodation is provided inside the stem shaft insertion portion on the operating portion side, a diameter-reduced portion is provided on the operating portion side of the stem, a diameter-enlarged portion with a diameter enlarged more than the diameter-reduced portion is provided on the valve disk side of the stem, a diameter-reduced step surface is formed at a boundary portion between these diameter-reduced portion and diameter-enlarged portion, a gland having a packing pressing portion is provided on the operating portion side of the stem, an annular packing retaining member is interposed between a lower end face of the packing pressing portion and the packing, the diameter-reduced step surface is arranged at least lower than the packing retaining member, the diameter-enlarged portion has an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the packing retaining member and, when the stem rises to the operating portion side, the diameter-reduced step surface is locked to the packing retaining member to prevent pullout of the stem to the operating portion side.