Govt forms Lokpal search committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai

New Delhi, September 28: The government has set up an eight-member Lokpal Search Committee under the Chairmanship of former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash, former SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya and Justice Sukha Ram Singh Yadav among others will be members of the panel.

 

An official order issued by Ministry of Personnel said that the panel will recommend the names for the Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal to the Lokpal Selection Committee.

MoS for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the process of Lokpal selection is going as per the guidelines laid down in the Lokpal Act. He said, the search panel is a major step towards setting up of the Lokpal and the committee will start functioning soon.

“The search committee is a major step towards setting up of the Lokpal. The committee will start its functioning soon,” he said.

The decision to constitute the search committee comes four years after the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, which envisages establishment of anti-graft body Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states to look into cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants, was passed in 2013.

The eight-member search committee is mandated to recommend a panel of names for the appointment of the Lokpal and its members.