HYDERABAD: The State government has issued an Ordinance amending the Lokayukta Act, paving the way for the appointment of a retired high court judge as its chairman. The Ordinance was published in the State Gazette on Friday.
The Telangana Lokayukta (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 amended Section 3 of the Lokayukta Act, 1983 to read: “The person to be appointed as the Lokayukta shall be a retired chief justice of a high court or a retired judge of a high court.”
Meanwhile, the government is expected to appoint members to the Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC) in a couple of days. The government issued orders in November for constituting the TSHRC.