Secretary General of the Lok Sabha

The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is the administrative head of the Lok Sabha Secretariat. He/she is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The post of Secretary General is of the rank of the Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India, who is the senior most civil servant to the Indian Government.

Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Utpal Kumar Singh
since 30 November 2020
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerSpeaker of the Lok Sabha
Inaugural holderM. N. Kaul (1952–1964)
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Role

In the discharge of his constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is assisted by the Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, (whose pay scale, position and status etc. is equivalent to that of the highest-ranking official in the Government of India i.e. Cabinet Secretary), functionaries of the level of the Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary and other officers and staff of the Secretariat at various levels.[1]

The Secretary General remains in office till his/her retirement at the age of 60. He/she is answerable only to the Speaker, his action cannot be discussed or criticised in or outside the Lok Sabha.

On behalf of the President of India, he/she summons members to attend session of Parliament and authenticates bills in the absence of the Speaker.[2]

List
Lok Sabha Name Term
From To Length
1st M. N. Kaul 17 April 1952 1 September 1964 12 years, 137 days
2nd
3rd
S. L. Shakdhar 1 September 1964 18 June 1977 12 years, 290 days
4th
5th
6th
Avtar Singh Rikhy 18 June 1977 31 December 1983 6 years, 196 days
7th
Subhash C. Kashyap 31 December 1983 20 August 1990 6 years, 232 days
8th
9th
K. C. Rastogi 21 August 1990 31 December 1991 1 year, 132 days
10th
C. K. Jain 1 January 1992 31 May 1994 2 years, 150 days
R. C. Bhardwaj 1 January 1992 1 June 1994 2 years, 151 days
S. N. Mishra 1 January 1996 10 May 1996 130 days
11th
S. Gopalan 15 July 1996 26 April 1999 2 years, 285 days
12th
G. C. Malhotra 10 October 1999 6 February 2004 4 years, 119 days
13th
14th P. D. T. Acharya 1 August 2005 30 September 2010 5 years, 60 days
15th
T. K. Viswanathan 1 October 2010 31 August 2013 2 years, 334 days
Bal Shekar 1 October 2013 28 February 2014 150 days
P. Sreedharan 1 March 2014 30 July 2014 151 days
16th
P. K. Grover 30 July 2014 30 November 2014 123 days
Anoop Mishra 1 December 2014 30 November 2017 2 years, 364 days
Snehlata Shrivastava 1 December 2017 30 November 2020 2 years, 365 days
17th
Utpal Kumar Singh 30 November 2020 Incumbent 59 days

References
  1. 164.100.47.194 http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Secretariat/functioning.htm. Retrieved 2019-06-21. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "The Lok Sabha : Function, Control of Parliament and Other Details". Your Article Library. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
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