To reproduce: public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); ColumnGroupsViewDefinition view = new ColumnGroupsViewDefinition(); view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Customer Contact")); view.ColumnGroups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Details")); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Address")); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups.Add(new GridViewColumnGroup("Contact")); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow()); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["CompanyName"]); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["ContactName"]); view.ColumnGroups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["ContactTitle"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow()); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Address"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["City"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[0].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Country"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[1].Rows.Add(new GridViewColumnGroupRow()); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[1].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Phone"]); view.ColumnGroups[1].Groups[1].Rows[0].Columns.Add(this.radGridView1.Columns["Fax"]); radGridView1.ViewDefinition = view; radGridView1.RightToLeft = System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft.Yes; view.ColumnGroups[0].PinPosition = PinnedColumnPosition.Left; } Please see the attached screenshot. Workaround: add the columns belonging to the pinned group in a reversed order.