the lokayukta bill was introduced in the assembly by andhra pradesh.
the lokayukta bill was introduced in the assembly by andhra pradesh.
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andhra pradesh
in 1966, a report by the administrative reforms commission recommended the setting up of lokpal at the federal level and lokayukta in the states, for the redressal of citizen's grievances. therefore, maharashtra established its lokayukta in 1971. ￼￼ the lokayukta ordinance act 1979, was exercised by d. devaraj urs, then chief minister of karnataka, and the first lokayukta to be appointed was then retired chief justice of rajasthan high court, justice c. honniah. the same institution was abolished when r. gundu rao became the chief minister of karnataka, after the demise of d. devaraj urs. the institution was again re introduced after ramakrishna hegde, became then chief minister of karnataka, and introduced the "lokayukta and upa lokayukta bill" in the assembly as their 1983 election promise. it came into force through the "karnataka lokayukta act, 1984". then, mysore state vigilance commission which formed in 1965 to investigate corruption cases in the state was abolished. the pending cases before the commission was transferred to the newly formed lokayukta. it had two jurisdictions: to investigate corruption and to probe government inaction.
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meanwhile, the 2011 indian anti-corruption movement across india renewed the demand for the institution of the lokayukta. the then chief minister of goa digambar kamat requested the goa law commission to expedite the drafting of a fresh bill. hence, the commission then led by ramakant khalap in its fifteenth report suggested a draft lokayukta bill. the goa lokayukta bill, 2011 was passed by the goa legislative assembly on 5 october 2011. as the bill was he members of the assembly hailed the 2011 indian anti-corruption movement led by anna hazare which led to the revival of the bill. the then governor of goa k. sankaranarayanan referred back the bill to the government of goa in november 2011 with certain queries. in january 2012, the governor of goa referred back the bill to the government of goa for the second time. the government of goa sent the bill for assent to the president of india.
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