- Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta is formed as the

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by the Government of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

under the Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act, 83. Its institution acts as the high-level statutory functionary for the state of Andhra Pradesh and created independent of the governing political and public administration to address the public grievances against the state government and its administration. It came into force with effect from 1 November'83. It functions as a public instrument against corruption and other malpractices by public servants and government authorities of the state. A

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of the state is appointed to office by the state

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after consulting the committee consisting of State

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of Legislative Assembly,

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, Chairman of Legislative Council and Leader of Opposition of Legislative Council and will serve the period of five years.

History and administration

The institution of

has been set up in the state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983. through its Lokayukta Act. In 2014 Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into two states,

and

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. The Assembly of the new state of Andhra Pradesh approved that in addition to only serving Chief Justices or sitting judges even retired Chief Justices or retired Justices can be considered to be eligible for appointment for the position as the State Lokayukta. This was done by passing the amended Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta Amendment Bill,2019. Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh is administered by its Registrar who is also its head of department. Its administrative system has four branches, namely Administration, Judicial, Legal and Investigation. The state Lokayukta is currently operating from the Government Building situated in Kurnool,

. Due to the rapid spread of

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cases, the Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh asked the petitioners and government employees to submit petitions, reports online or by post.

Notable cases

* The Institution received 448 complaints in 15 days between 15 September 2019 and 30 September 2019. * In one of the landmark judgements the Lokayukta after appointment also ordered a series of strict measures on organised loan syndicates in co-operative banks in the state. * In 2013, the Institution observed that one of the traditional medicines administered by private people should not be supported by the State Government as it does not have a scientific value. * In one of its observations in year 2021, the institution expressed that the employees of medical, health and treasury offices combined and created 61 dummy people who are not physically available and fraudulently booking salaries in their names for several years.

Appointments and tenure

The Governor of the state appointed Justice P Lakshmana Reddy as the first Lokayukta of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh on 15 September 2019. Following is the list and tenure of various Lokayuktas of the state:

Powers

The institution has powers to investigate and prosecute any government official or public servants who are covered by the act and abuses his authority for his self interest or causes hurt to anyone or any action done intentionally or following corrupt practices negatively impacting the state or individual

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