Virendra Singh (Lokayukta) was appointed lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh on 16 December 2015 by

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He is first

Lokayukta The Lokayukta (also Lok Ayukta) ( ''lokāyukta'', ''"civil commissioner"'') is the Indian Parliamentary Ombudsman, executed into power, through and for, each of the State Governments of India. It is brought into effect in a state, after passi ...

of India who is appointed by Supreme Court of India. He is successor of Justice N.K. Mehrotra The Supreme Court exercises its right under Article 142 of the Constitution to make the appointment of Lokayukta .

Personal life

*1977:Legal Practice start and selection in PCS (J) *1985:Promoted as Civil Judge. *2005 :District Judge- Maharajganj,

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, Balia,

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*2009:High Court-Justice (13 April 2009) *2011 :Retirement (13 January 2011) *2011 :Chairman of State Consumer Commission of UP

Seventh Lokayukta

# Justice Vishwambhar Dayal (14 September 1977----) #Justice Mirza Mohammad Murtaza Husain # Justice Kailash Nath Goyal # Justice Justice Rajeshwar Singh # Justice Sudhir Chandra Verma # Justice N.K.Mehrotra # Justice Virendra Singh (20 December 2015-----)

Swearing postponed

After the intervention of the

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, Virendra's appointed was replaced by retired judge Sanjay Mishra after the state government was accused of concealing facts regarding the appointed and objections raised by chief justice of

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Living people Ombudsmen in India 20th-century Indian judges 1949 births Judges of the Allahabad High Court {{India-law-bio-stub