Title: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Content:  The Chairman, elected by the Council, presides over the sessions of the Council. The Deputy Chairman is also elected to preside in the Chairman's absence.
Title: Maharashtra Legislative Council
Content:  The Council has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the Chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.
Title: Maharashtra Legislative Council
Content:  The Council has a Deputy Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the Chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader.
Title: List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
Content:  [[File:State- and union territory-level parties.svg|thumb|250x250px|Current ruling parties in India ]] In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairperson. A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists.
Title: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
Content:  The Legislative Council was headed by a Chairman and Deputy Chairman elected by the members of the Council. The Leader of the House was the leader of the party (or coalition) holding the most number of seats in the council. The Leader of the Opposition represents the second-largest party or coalition.
Title: List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
Content:  This is the list of current Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of the legislative councils of the Indian states:
Title: List of chairpersons of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Content:  The Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council presides over the upper house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Chairperson regulates the debates and proceedings of the House. The office was in existence from 1958 to 1985 and again from 2007 when the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council has been reconstituted. As of 7 February 2019, the elected Chairperson of the council is Shariff Mohammed Ahmed.
Title: List of chairmen of the Karnataka Legislative Council
Content:   The chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Karnataka Legislative Council, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Karnataka. He is elected by the members of the Karnataka Legislative Council (until 1973, the Mysore Legislative Council). The speaker is usually a member of the Legislative Council.
Title: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Content:  The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad came into existence by the Government of India Act of 1935. The former and previous Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel, was previously an elected member of it. The Legislative Council consisted of 60 members. The term of a member of the Council was six years with one-third of its members retiring after every two years. The Houses enjoyed the right of electing their Presiding Officers known as the President. The first meeting of the Legislative Council was held on 29 July 1937. Sir Sitaram and Begum Aijaz Rasul were elected the President and the Vice-President of the Legislative Council respectively. Sir Sitaram was in office until 9 March 1949. Chandra Bhal became the next Chairman on 10 March 1949. After the independence and adoption of the constitution on 26 January 1950 Chandra Bhal was re-elected the Chairman of the Legislative Council and served until 5 May 1958. Sri Nizamuddin was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Council on 27 May 1952. He served until 1964.
Title: Pudukkottai Legislative Council
Content:  The sessions of the legislative council were presided over by the Diwan or Administrator and in his absence, by the Assistant Diwan. In the absence of both, the sessions were presided over by a Deputy President nominated by the Diwan.

Question: who is the presiding officer of legislative council in india?
Answer: Chairman.