The Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta are responsible for investigating allegations of corruption against public officials in Rajasthan. Below is a list of Lokayuktas and their tenure:
S.No. | Name | Period (From) | Period (Till) | Remarks |
1 | Justice Shri I.D. Dua | 28.08.1973 | 27.08.1978 | Former Judge, Supreme Court of India |
2 | Justice Shri D.P. Gupta | 28.08.1978 | 05.08.1979 | Former Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court |
3 | Justice Shri M.L. Joshi | 06.08.1979 | 07.08.1982 | Former Acting Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court |
4 | Justice Shri K.S. Sidhu | 04.04.1984 | 03.01.1985 | Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
5 | Justice Shri M.L. Shrimal | 04.01.1985 | 03.01.1990 | Former Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court |
6 | Justice Shri P.D. Kudal | 16.01.1990 | 06.03.1990 | Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
7 | Justice Shri M.B. Sharma | 10.08.1990 | 30.09.1993 | Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
8 | Justice Shri V.S. Dave | 21.01.1994 | 16.02.1994 | Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
9 | Justice Shri M.B. Sharma | 06.07.1994 | 06.07.1999 | Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
10 | Justice Shri Milap Chand Jain | 26.11.1999 | 26.11.2004 | Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court |
11 | Justice Shri G.L. Gupta | 01.05.2007 | 30.04.2012 | Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
12 | Justice Shri S.S. Kothari | 25.03.2013 | 07.03.2019 | Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
13 | Justice Shri Pratap Krishna Lohra | 09.03.2021 | Continuing | Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court |
Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) Chairpersons
The RPSC is responsible for conducting examinations and interviews for appointments to various civil services in Rajasthan. Below is a list of its Chairpersons and their tenures:
S.No. | Chairperson Name | Period (From) | Period (Till) | Remarks |
1 | Sir S.K. Ghosh, Chief Justice | 22.12.1949 | 25.01.1950 | First Chairperson of RPSC |
2 | Shri S.C. Tripathi | 28.07.1950 | 07.08.1951 | |
3 | Shri D.S. Tiwari | 08.08.1951 | 17.01.1958 | |
4 | Shri M.M. Verma | 18.01.1958 | 03.12.1958 | |
5 | Shri L.L. Joshi, IAS (Acting) | 04.12.1958 | 31.07.1960 | |
6 | Shri V.V. Narlikar | 01.08.1960 | 31.07.1966 | |
7 | Dr. B.L. Rawat, IAS | 01.08.1966 | 03.09.1966 | |
8 | Shri R.C. Choudhary, RHJS | 04.09.1966 | 08.10.1971 | |
9 | Shri B.D. Mathur (Retd. Chief Engg.) | 09.10.1971 | 23.06.1973 | |
10 | Shri R.S. Kapoor | 24.06.1973 | 10.06.1975 | |
11 | Shri Mohammed Yaqub, RHJS | 27.06.1975 | 30.06.1979 | |
12 | Shri Ram Singh Chouhan, IAS | 01.07.1979 | 10.09.1980 | |
13 | Shri Hari Dutt Gupta | 11.09.1980 | 09.06.1983 | |
14 | Shri S. Adaviyappa | 10.06.1983 | 26.03.1985 | |
15 | Dr. D.D. Chawan | 27.03.1985 | 07.11.1985 | |
16 | Shri J.M. Khan, IAS | 08.11.1985 | 27.11.1989 | |
17 | Shri S.C. Singaria (Acting) | 28.11.1989 | 04.09.1990 | |
18 | Shri Yatindra Singh, IAS | 05.09.1990 | 06.10.1995 | |
19 | Shri Hanuman Prasad, IAS | 06.10.1995 | 30.09.1997 | |
20 | Shri P.S. Yadav, IPS | 01.10.1997 | 06.11.1997 | |
21 | Shri Devendra Singh, IPS | 06.11.1997 | 30.12.2000 | |
22 | Shri N.K. Berwa, IAS | 31.12.2000 | 22.03.2004 | |
23 | Shri S.S. Tak (Acting) | 26.03.2004 | 15.07.2004 | |
24 | Shri Govind Singh Tank | 15.07.2004 | 04.07.2006 | |
25 | Shri H.N. Meena (Acting) | 04.07.2006 | 19.09.2006 | |
26 | Shri C.R. Chaudhary | 29.09.2006 | 28.02.2010 | |
27 | Shri Mahendra Lal Kumawat, IPS | 28.02.2010 | 01.07.2011 | |
28 | Prof. B.M. Sharma | 01.07.2011 | 31.08.2012 | |
29 | Dr. Habib Khan Gauran, IPS | 31.08.2012 | 22.09.2014 | |
30 | Dr. R.D. Saini (Acting) | 24.09.2014 | 10.08.2015 | |
31 | Dr. L.K. Panwar, IAS (Retd.) | 10.08.2015 | 10.07.2017 | |
32 | Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma | 11.07.2017 | 28.09.2017 | |
33 | Dr. Radhe Shyam Garg | 18.12.2017 | 01.05.2018 | |
34 | Shri Deepak Upreti (IAS Retd.) | 23.07.2018 | 14.10.2020 |
State Human Rights Commission (Rajasthan)
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission plays a crucial role in protecting and promoting human rights in the state. Below is a list of its Chairmen and Members:
Chairmen of Rajasthan Human Rights Commission:
S.No. | Name | Date of Assumption | Date of Demitting Office |
1 | Justice Ms. Kanta Bhatnagar | 23.03.2000 | 11.08.2000 |
2 | Justice S. Sageer Ahmed | 16.02.2001 | 03.06.2004 |
3 | Justice N.K. Jain | 16.07.2005 | 15.07.2010 |
4 | Justice Prakash Tatia | 11.03.2016 | 25.11.2019 |
5 | Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas | January 2021 | Continuing |
Members of Rajasthan Human Rights Commission
S.No. | Name | Date of Assumption | Date of Demitting Office |
1 | Justice Amar Singh Godara | 07.07.2000 | 06.07.2005 |
2 | Shri R.K. Akodiya | 25.03.2000 | 24.03.2005 |
3 | Shri B.L. Joshi | 25.03.2000 | 31.03.2004 |
4 | Prof. Alamshah Khan | 24.03.2000 | 16.05.2003 |
5 | Shri Namonarayan Meena | 11.09.2003 | 23.03.2004 |
6 | Shri Dharm Singh Meena | 07.07.2005 | 06.07.2010 |
7 | Justice Jagat Singh | 10.10.2005 | 09.10.2010 |
8 | Shri Pukhraj Seervi | 15.04.2004 | 13.04.2011 |
9 | Shri H.R. Kuri | 01.09.2011 | 31.08.2016 |
10 | Dr. M.K. Devarajan | 01.09.2011 | 31.08.2016 |
11 | Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma | 03.10.2018 | 29.04.2021 |
12 | Shri Mahesh Goyal |
Rajasthan High Court Chief Justices and Tenure
S.No. | Name | Tenure From | Tenure Till |
1 | Justice K.K. Verma | 29.08.1949 | 24.01.1950 |
2 | Justice Kailash Wanchoo | 02.01.1951 | 10.08.1958 |
3 | Justice Sarju Prasad | 28.02.1959 | 10.10.1961 |
4 | Justice J.S. Ranawat | 11.10.1961 | 31.05.1963 |
5 | Justice D.S. Dave | 01.06.1963 | 17.12.1968 |
6 | Justice D.M. Bhandari | 18.12.1968 | 15.12.1969 |
7 | Justice J. Narayan | 16.12.1969 | 13.02.1973 |
8 | Justice B.P. Berry | 14.02.1973 | 16.02.1975 |
9 | Justice P.N. Singhal | 17.02.1975 | 05.11.1975 |
10 | Justice V.P. Tyagi | 06.11.1975 | 27.12.1977 |
11 | Justice C. Honaiah | 27.04.1978 | 22.09.1978 |
12 | Justice C.M. Lodha | 12.03.1979 | 09.07.1980 |
13 | Justice K.D. Sharma | 07.01.1981 | 22.10.1983 |
14 | Justice P.K. Banerjee | 23.10.1983 | 30.09.1985 |
15 | Justice D.P. Gupta | 12.04.1986 | 31.07.1986 |
16 | Justice J.M. Verma | 01.09.1986 | 22.05.1989 |
17 | Justice K.C. Agarwal | 15.04.1990 | 07.07.1994 |
18 | Justice G.C. Mittal | 12.07.1994 | 03.03.1995 |
19 | Justice A.P. Rawani | 04.04.1995 | 10.09.1996 |
20 | Justice M.G. Mukherjee | 19.09.1996 | 24.12.1997 |
21 | Justice Shivraj V. Patil | 22.01.1999 | 14.03.2000 |
22 | Dr. A.R. Lakshmanan | 29.05.2000 | 25.11.2001 |
23 | Justice Arun Kumar | 02.12.2001 | 02.10.2002 |
24 | Justice Anil Dev Singh | 24.12.2002 | 22.10.2004 |
25 | Justice S.N. Jha | 12.10.2005 | 15.06.2007 |
26 | Justice J.N. Panchal | 16.06.2007 | 11.11.2007 |
27 | Justice Narayan Rao | 05.01.2008 | 31.01.2009 |
28 | Justice Deepak Verma | 06.03.2009 | 10.05.2009 |
29 | Justice Jagdish Bhalla | 10.08.2009 | 31.10.2010 |
30 | Justice Arun Mishra | 26.11.2010 | 31.12.2012 |
31 | Justice Amitabh Roy | 02.01.2013 | 05.08.2014 |
32 | Justice Sunil Ambwani | 24.03.2015 | 21.08.2015 |
33 | Justice Satish Kumar Mittal | 05.03.2016 | 14.04.2016 |
34 | Justice Navin Sinha | 14.05.2016 | 17.02.2017 |
35 | Justice Pradeep Nandrajog | 02.04.2017 | 06.04.2019 |
36 | Justice Shripati Ravindra Bhatt | 05.05.2019 | 22.09.2019 |
37 | Justice Indrajit Mahanti | 06.10.2019 | Continuing |
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Speakers and Tenure
S.No. | Speaker Name | Tenure From | Tenure Till | Remarks |
1 | Shri Narottam Lal Joshi | 31.03.1952 | 25.04.1957 | First Assembly Speaker |
2 | Shri Ram Niwas Mirdha | 25.04.1957 | 03.05.1967 | Former Cabinet Minister, Chairperson of Rajasthan Sangeet Academy |
3 | Shri Niranjannath Acharya | 03.05.1967 | 20.03.1972 | |
4 | Shri Ramkishore Vyas | 20.03.1972 | 18.07.1977 | Former Governor of Puducherry |
5 | Mr. Laxman Singh | 18.07.1977 | 20.06.1979 | Former Maharawal of Dungarpur, Former Rajya Sabha member |
6 | Mr. Gopal Singh | 25.09.1979 | 07.07.1980 | Philosopher and Poet |
7 | Mr. Poonamchand Vishnoi | 07.07.1980 | 20.03.1985 | Former Deputy Speaker, Cabinet Minister |
8 | Shri Hiralal Devpura | 20.03.1985 | 16.10.1985 | Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan |
9 | Mr. Giriraj Prasad Tiwari | 31.01.1986 | 11.03.1990 | |
10 | Mr. Hari Shankar Bhabhada | 16.03.1990 | 21.12.1993 | Former Deputy Chief Minister, Rajya Sabha Member |
11 | Shri Shanti Lal Chaplot | 07.04.1995 | 18.03.1998 | Former Lok Sabha Member, Best Legislator Awardee |
12 | Mr. Samarthalal Meena | 24.07.1998 | 04.01.1999 | |
13 | Shri Parasram Maderna | 06.01.1999 | 15.01.2004 | Key leader in Marwar Kisan Sabha |
14 | Mrs. Sumitra Singh | 16.01.2004 | 01.01.2009 | First Woman Speaker |
15 | Mr. Deepender Singh Shekhawat | 22.01.2009 | 20.01.2014 | |
16 | Mr. Kailash Meghwal | 20.01.2014 | 15.01.2019 | Former Lok Sabha member |
17 | Dr. C. P. Joshi | 15.01.2019 | Continuing | Former Lok Sabha member, Railway Minister, Congress Leader |