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| name = P. D. Thankappan Achary<br />
| caption = Achary addressing the 44th Youth Parliament Competition.<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kadammanitta]], [[Travancore]], [[British India]]<br />
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| office = Secretary General of Lok Sabha & Lok Sabha Secretariat<br />
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| successor = [[T. K. Viswanathan]]<br />
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'''P. D. Thankappan Achary''' (born 17 June 1945) is the former Secretary General of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]] and Lok Sabha Secretariat, [[Parliament of India]].<ref name=TH>{{cite web|title=PDT Achary new Secretary-General of Lok Sabha|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/29/stories/2005072918730300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150429181311/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/29/stories/2005072918730300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2015|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-07-29|accessdate=29 April 2015}}</ref> As Secretary General, he was also the ex-officio administrative head of the Secretariat of the [[Lok Sabha]]. The post of Secretary-General is of the rank of the [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]] in the Government of India, who is the senior most civil servant to the Indian Government. The incumbent to the post is appointed by the [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]] in consultation with the Prime Minister of India and in the [[Lok Sabha]]. As per precedence, incumbents to the post of Secretary General have either been senior officers in the Lok Sabha Secretariat or senior civil servants in the Government of India.<br />
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