P. D. Thankappan Achary (born 17 June 1945) is the former Secretary General of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

and

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

and Lok Sabha Secretariat,

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. As Secretary General, he was also the ex-officio administrative head of the Secretariat of the

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. The post of Secretary-General is of the rank of the Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India, who is the senior most civil servant to the Indian Government. The incumbent to the post is appointed by the

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in consultation with the Prime Minister of India and in the

. As per precedence, incumbents to the post of Secretary General have either been senior officers in the Lok Sabha Secretariat or senior civil servants in the Government of India.

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Living people 1945 births Secretaries General of the Lok Sabha Indian civil servants People from Pathanamthitta district {{Kerala-politician-stub