HATS OFF TO LOKAYUKTA

Lokayukta team is headed by Justice N Venkatachala. On July 2, 2001, Mr. Justice N. Venkatachala, retired judge of the Supreme Court, was sworn in as the Lokayukta by the Governor, Ms. V.S.Rama Devi, at the Raj Bhavan.

Justice Venkatachala is putting the fear of god in the Karnataka administration. The office receives anywhere between 100 and 250 complaints of corrupt practices in the administration "every single day".

This body has been raiding offices and catching officials red-handed. Hence, there is some amount of fear in the government officials that their crime will be caught one fine day. This is good and must be done in all possible areas. The element of fear has come about not so much because Justice Venkatachala has taken action in every case he has caught, many a time, red-handed by personally leading the raiding party.

Corruption should be reduced to the minimal possible. Otherwise, we will not be able to move forward in our aim to become a DEVELOPED COUNTRY - a vision of Abdul Kalam is that we will strive to attain this in 2010.

Some of the activities of Lokayukta team:

31-May-2005
12-May-2005
April-2005
July 2004
Feb 2005

I think they should continue their GREAT Activities and remove the very presence of CORRUPTION in Karnataka. People should support their cause in the fullest extent possible and ensure that they send their complaints on errants to the Lokayukta.

This should prove to be a lesson for the other states and be a model for the other people in the country to follow.

Address Details:
Lokayukta
124, I Floor MS Building
Bangalore - 560 001
Phone: +91-80-2264334
Fax: +91-80-2252052
Email: kla-reg@kar.nic.in