Government of Andhra Pradesh

Government of Andhra Pradesh is the government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5-year term Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. The state government is headed by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as the real head of the executive. The governor who is appointed for 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. The state government maintains its capital at Amaravati and is seated at the Government Secretariat or the Sachivalayam.

Government of Andhra Pradesh
Seat of GovernmentAmaravati
Executive
GovernorBiswabhusan Harichandan
Chief MinisterY. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Chief SecretaryAditya Nath Das, IAS[1]
Legislature
Assembly
SpeakerTammineni Sitaram
Members in Assembly175
CouncilVidhan Parishad
ChairmanShariff Mohammed Ahmed[2]
Deputy ChairmanReddy Subrahmanyam
Members in Council58
Judiciary
High CourtAndhra Pradesh High Court
Chief JusticeArup Kumar Goswami

Governance

Executive
Main article: Politics of Andhra Pradesh

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[3]
Lakhs % Type of Employee
6.06 46.65% Central Government
3.39 26.07% Central Bodies
2.53 19.49% PSU

Legislature
Main article: Andhra Pradesh Legislature

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral consisting of:

  • Legislative Assembly: 175 members (MLAs)
  • Legislative Council: 56 members (MLCs)

Judiciary
Main articles: Andhra Pradesh High Court and District Courts of India

High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad was the highest court of appeal at the state level till 2019. After Andhra Pradesh High Court was inaugurated in Amaravati on 1 January 2019, it became the High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh. It has subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in every District.[4] Decisions of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh can be appealed in the Supreme Court of India.

See also

References
  1. "Adityanath Das to be next Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh". @businessline. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "Mohammed Sharif elected Chairman of AP Legislative Council". Deccan Chronicle. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. Employee Census 2006. Apdes.ap.gov.in. Retrieved on 9 January 2012.
  4. Judicial Directory. Hc.ap.nic.in. Retrieved on 9 January 2012.
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