The Lokayukta (also Lok Ayukta; lokāyukta, "civil commissioner") is an Indian Parliamentary Ombudsman which may be appointed for each of the State Governments of India.
Once appointed, Lokayukta cannot be dismissed or transferred by the government, and can only be removed by passing an impeachment motion by the state assembly.
Once appointed, Lokayukta can not be dismissed nor transferred by the government, and can only be removed by passing an impeachment motion by the state assembly.
[7] The Administrative Reforms Commission for Redressal of Citizen's Grievances submitted its interim report to the prime minister in October 1966,[8] with recommendations to set up the Institution of Lokayukta in each of the States.
In 1968, the Government of India, on the basis of the Administrative Reforms Commission report and its recommendation, established the institution of Lokayukta on the pattern of the Ombudsman Institution and introduced a bill that provided for the appointment of Lok-Pal and its deputies at the national level and included Lokayukta for the states.
The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), headed by Morarji Desai, submitted a special interim report on "Problems of Redressal of Citizen's Grievances" in 1966.
Government forms a committee of Ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee to examine the Lokpal bill and make recommendations for its implementation.
The proposed changes will make the institution of Lokayukta uniform across the country as a three-member body, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge or high court chief justice[58] and comprising the state vigilance commissioner and a jurist or an eminent administrator as other members.