ConferenCe of Presiding offiCers and seCretaries of LegisLative Bodies in india LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI feBruary 2010 LSS/WWC/POC/January 2010 © 2010, Lok saBha seCretariat, new deLhi Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Thirteenth Edition) and printed by Jainco Art india, 13/10, w.E.A., karol Bagh, New Delhi-110 005 PREFACE This pubLication, brought out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, includes biographical sketches of Presiding Officers and Secretaries of the LegisLative Bodies in india. The Life sketches have been prepared on the basis of information received from the Presiding Officers, Secretaries and the Legislature Secretariats concerned. whiLe every care has been taken in compiLing the detaiLs, we apoLogise for any mistake that might have crept in inadvertentLy. New DeLhi, P.D.T. AcHARy January 2010 Secretary-General Lok Sabha (i) CONTENTS Page (s) Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ (i) ImportantAbbreviations ................... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ....... ........ .... (v ii– v iii) 1. Lok S abha Speaker ...........................................................................................1 Deputy Speaker ...............................................................................5 Secretary-General ............................................................................7 2. Rajya Sabha Deputy chairman .......................................................................... 12 Secretary-General ......................................................................... 16 Secretary ................................................................... 19 3. Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council chairman ....................................................................................... 21 Deputy chairman ..........................................................24 Secretary ....................................................................................... 26 4. Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker ......................................................................................... 27 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................. 28 Secretary ....................................................................................... 30 5. Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker ......................................................................................... 32 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................. 33 Secretary ....................................................................................... 34 6. Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker ......................................................................................... 35 Deputy Speaker .............................................. 37 Secretary ....................................................................................... 38 7. Bihar Legislative Council chairman ....................................................................................... 40 Deputy chairman ...........................................................41 Secretary ....................................................................................... 42 8. Bihar Legislative Assembly Speak er ..................................................................... 43 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................ 45 Secretary ....................................................................................... 46 Page (s) 9. Chhattisgarh Legislative assembly Speaker .........................................................................................47 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) ........................................................... 49 Secretary ...................................................................................... 50 10. Delhi Legislative assembly Speaker ....................................................................................... 51 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................. 52 Secretary ...................................................................................... 53 11. Goa Legislative assembly Speaker ....................................................................................... 55 Deputy Speaker ..............................................................................57 Secretary ...................................................................................... 58 12. Gujarat Legislative assembly Speaker ....................................................................................... 59 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) .......................................................... 61 Secretary ...................................................................................... 62 13. Haryana Legislative assembly Speaker .........................................................................................64 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) ........................................................... 66 Secretary .......................................................................................67 14. Himachal Pradesh Legislative assembly Speaker ........................................................................................ 69 Deputy Speaker ........................................................... 70 Secretary ..................................................................................... 71 15. Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council acting chairman ........................................................................... 72 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) ........................................................... 73 Secretary .......................................................................................74 16. Jammu and Kashmir Legislative assembly Speaker ........................................................................................ 75 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................77 Secretary ...................................................................................... 78 17. Jharkhand Legislative assembly Speaker ........................................................................................ 79 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) ........................................................... 80 Secretary ..................................................................................... 81 18. Karnataka Legislative Council chairman ...................................................................................... 82 Deputy chairman .......................................................................... 83 Secretary .......................................................................................84 Page (s) 19. Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker ........................................................................................ 85 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) ............................................................ 86 Secretary ...................................................................................... 87 20. Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker ........................................................................................ 88 Deputy Speaker ........................................................... 90 Secretary ...................................................................................... 91 21. Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker ........................................................................................ 92 Deputy Speaker ............................................................................ 94 Principal Secretary ......................................................................... 96 22. Maharashtra Legislative Council chairman ...................................................................................... 98 Deputy chairman ....................................................................... 100 Secretary ...................................................................102 23. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker ...................................................................................... 103 Deputy Speaker .......................................................................... 104 Principal Secretary .................................................................... 105 24. Manipur Legislative Assembly Speak er ................................................................... 106 Deputy Speaker (Vacant) ..............................................108 Secret ary ................................................................ 109 25. Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Speak er ................................................................... 110 Deputy Speaker ..........................................................111 Secret ary ................................................................ 112 26. Mizoram Legislative Assembly Speaker ...................................................................................... 113 Deputy Speaker .........................................................................