Present Members:
Sl.No. | Name | Designation | Date of Assumption | Photo | Profile |
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1 | Shri Justice L. Narayana Swamy | Judicial Member | 12.03.2024 |
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2 | Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav | Judicial Member | 12.03.2024 |
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3 | Shri Sushil Chandra | Member | 12.03.2024 |
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4 | Shri Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi | Judicial Member | 27.03.2024 |
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5 | Shri Pankaj Kumar | Member | 27.03.2024 |
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6 | Shri Ajay Tirkey | Member | 27.03.2024 |
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Shri Justice L. Narayana Swamy
Born on 01-07-1959 in Bhadravati, Shimoga District of Karnataka, he completed his LLB from National Law College, Shimoga and LLM from Mysore University. Enrolled as an Advocate during the year 1987 and practiced in the High and worked as High Court Govt. Pleader from 1995 to 1999. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 04-07-2007 and permanent Judge on 17-04-2009 and the Acting Chief Justice from 17.01.2019 to 09.05.2019. Transferred to Himachal Pradesh High Court as Chief Justice in 2019 and demitted office on 31th June, 2021. Appointed as Chairperson, State Human Right Commission, Karnataka on 25th November, 2023 till 11th March, 2024. Appointed as Hon'ble Judicial Member, Lokpal of India on 12th March 2024.
Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav
Born on 26th June 1959. Enrolled as an Advocate on 25 August 1986. He practiced on Civil, Revenue and Constitutional side in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was appointed Deputy Advocate General of Madhya Pradesh. He was elevated as Additional Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 2nd March 2007 and Permanent Judge on 15 January 2010. He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court with effect from 6 October 2019 to 2 November 2019 and from 30 September 2020 to 2 January 2021. He was transferred as Senior Judge of Allahabad High Court on 8 January 2021. Appointed Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 14 April 2021. He was appointed Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 10 June 2021 and took oath on 13 June 2021. He retired on 25 June 2021. He has been appointed as Hon'ble Judicial Member, Lokpal on 12th March,2024.
Shri Sushil Chandra
Born on 15th May, 1957. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from IIT, Roorkee in the year 1977 and L.L.B. from DAV College, Dehradun. He started his career in Indian Engineering Service. Later joined Indian Revenue Service in the year 1980 and after serving in various capacities in different States, he joined as Member (Investigation), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in December 2015. He was elevated to the post of Chairman, CBDT on 1th November, 2016 and continued till 15th February, 2019. He was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India in February, 2019 and later elevated as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India on 13th April, 2021. He superannuated from the post of CEC on 15th May, 2022. He was the President of Association of World Electoral Bodies (AWEB) during 2021-2022. He also served as a Member of Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir from 18th February, 2020 to 6th May, 2022. He has been appointed as Hon'ble Member, Lokpal of India on 12th March, 2024.
Shri Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi
Hon'ble Shri Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi born on 03rd July, 1960. He graduated in Law from Lucknow University in the year 1986 and enrolled as an Advocate on 1th February, 1987. He mainly practised in Constitutional Courts in Allahabad High Court at |Lucknow |Bench. He had also appeared as an Advocate in several cases in different High Courts and Supreme Court of India. He was appointed the Assistant Solicitor General of India for the Allahabad High Court in the year 2007. After practising for more than 20 years, he was elevated as High Court Judge on 13th April, 2009 and took oath as permanent Judge on 24th December, 2010. Hon'ble Justice Awasthi was also nominated as the Senior Judge of Allahabad High Court at Lucknow on 05.01.2021 and thereafter was elevated as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 11th October, 2021. He retired as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 02nd July, 2022. He was appointed Chairman of 22nd Law Commission of India on 09th November, 2022 and continued till 26th March, 2024. He has been appointed as Hon'ble Judicial Member, Lokpal on 27th March, 2024.
Shri Pankaj Kumar
Born on 06th May, 1962, Shri Pankaj Kumar did his B. Tech in Civil Engineering (Gold Medalist) from IIT Kanpur and Masters of Business Administration (Public Policy and Management) from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He was selected for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1986 and was allotted Gujarat Cadre. He has rich and varied experience gained from various assignments beginning with the District Administration and in various departments such as Home, Revenue, Health & Family Welfare, Administrative Reforms & Training, Information and Broadcasting, Disaster & Relief, Agriculture and in different capacities in the areas of Urban Development, Water Management, Infrastructure Development and Policy Formulation. He had also led State Public Sector Undertakings like Gujarat Maritime Board, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation and Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation. He was assigned the task to guide and supervise Health & Family Welfare Department for entire work relating to Covid-19 activities for the State of Gujarat. He was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat w.e.f. 31.08.2021 and superannuated on 31.01.2023. While discharging his responsibilities as Chief Secretary, he was also Chairman of various State PSUs including Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, Gujarat State Petronet Limited and Gujarat Gas. He has been appointed as Hon'ble Member of Lokpal of India on 27th March 2024.
Shri Ajay Tirkey
Born on 17th December, 1963, Shri Ajay Tirkey is a graduate in English (Hons.) from St. Xavier's College, Ranchi; an MBA (Marketing Management) from B.I.T.(Mesra), Ranchi; and holds a diploma in PGPPM (Post Graduate in Public Policy and Management) from IIM, Banglore. He was selected in the Indian Administrative Service (1987) and allotted to the Madhya Pradesh Cadre. He was District Collector in three Districts : Sidhi, Hoshangabad and Raipur. He was Managing Director for MP MARKFED for two tenures. He served as Deputy Secretary to Chief Minister (1996-97) and Principal Secretary to Governor (2015-2017). He served as Secretary / Principal Secretary in the Government of Madhya Pradesh in Departments of Rural Development, Labour and Medical Education from 2009-2015. He has served as Director/Joint Secretary in Ministry of Defence (2004-2009) and was instrumental in drafting of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bill and establishment of the Principal and Regional Benches; Joint Secretary in Department of School Education (2017), Additional Secretary / Special Secretary in Ministry of Women and Child Development (2017-2019) and as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (2020) and Secretary, Department of Land Resources (3.8.2020 till 31.12.2023). Department of Land Resources was recipient of Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) and Geospatial World Excellence Award, Amsterdam (Netherlands) for Land Administration. He has been appointed as Member of Lokpal on 27th March, 2024.