HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.13946 OF 2007 Date: 24-12-2007. Between : L.V.Subrahmanyam. …..Petitioner. And State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Chief Secretary & another. …..Respondents. HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.13946 of 2007 ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki, ACJ) In this case, jurisdiction of Lokayukta has been challenged on the ground that the petitioner belongs to I.A.S. and as such, he is not amenable to the jurisdiction of Lokayukta. This question has been considered by a Division Bench of this Court in the judgment reported in J.Papa Rao v. Government of Andhra Pradesh[1] and the Division Bench has held that the officers belonging to I.A.S. are amenable to the jurisdiction of Lokayukta. We see no reason not to follow the said judgment although the petitioner has tried to convince us that the law laid down in this judgment is not correct and the matter should be considered by a Larger Bench. We have gone through the judgment and we do not find that it in any way needs reconsideration. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed and the Lokayukta is requested to dispose of the matter expeditiously, as the matter is pending for a long time and it appears to us that the order passed by this Court on 05.10.2007 might have created an impression that Lokayukta should not proceed in the matter. _________________ BILAL NAZKI, ACJ 24th December 2007. __________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J ajr [1] 2004 (2) ALD 855 (DB)