Government of Andhra Pradesh

Government of Andhra Pradesh
Seat of Government Hyderabad
Executive
Governor Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy Chief Minister K. E. Krishnamurthy Nimmakayala China Rajappa
Legislature
Assembly
Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao
Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad
Members in Assembly 175
Council Vidhan Parishad
Chairman To Be Elected
Deputy Chairman To Be Elected
Members in Council 56
Judiciary
High Court High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan

Government of Andhra Pradesh is the government for the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India.

It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5-year term.

Governance

Executive

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body with the Governor as the constitutional head. The Governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the Chief Minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

AP Government Employees[1]
Lakhs % Type of Employee
6.06 46.65% State Government
3.39 26.07% Local Bodies
2.53 19.47% PSU

Legislature

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral consisting of:

Judiciary

High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad is the highest court of appeal at the state level. It has subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in every District.[2] Decisions of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad can be appealed in the Supreme Court of India.

See also

References

  1. Employee Census 2006. Apdes.ap.gov.in. Retrieved on 2012-01-09.
  2. Judicial Directory. Hc.ap.nic.in. Retrieved on 2012-01-09.

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