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'''Virendra Singh (Lokayukta) ''' was appointed [[Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta|lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh]] on 16 December 2015 by [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/up-lokayukta-supreme-court-invokes-constitutional-powers-to-appoint-justice-virendra-singh/article7996144.ece | title=Angry SC takes ‘extraordinary’ step of appointing Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta | date=16 December 2015 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=29 July 2018 }}</ref><ref>http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-13310877.html</ref> He is first [[Lokayukta]] of India who is appointed by Supreme Court of India.<ref>http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-13310877.html</ref> He is successor of Justice N.K. Mehrotra<br />
The Supreme Court exercises its right under Article 142 of the Constitution to make the appointment of Lokayukta .<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/search/simple.do</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
*1977:Legal Practice start and selection in PCS (J)<br />
*1985:Promoted as Civil Judge.<br />
*2005 :District Judge-[[Maharajganj district|Maharajganj]], [[Banda district (India)|Banda]], [[Ballia district|Balia]], [[Mathura]]<br />
*2009:High Court-Justice (13 April 2009)<br />
*2011 :Retirement (13 January 2011)<br />
*2011 :Chairman of State Consumer Commission of UP<br />
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== Seventh Lokayukta ==<br />
# Justice Vishwambhar Dayal (14 September 1977----)<br />
#Justice Mirza Mohammad Murtaza Husain<br />
# Justice Kailash Nath Goyal<br />
# Justice Justice Rajeshwar Singh <br />
# Justice Sudhir Chandra Verma<br />
# Justice N.K.Mehrotra<br />
# Justice Virendra Singh (20 December 2015-----)<ref>http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-13318443.html</ref><br />
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==Swearing postponed==<br />
After the intervention of the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]], Virendra's appointed was replaced by retired judge Sanjay Mishra after the state government was accused of concealing facts regarding the appointed and objections raised by chief justice of [[Allahabad High Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-appoints-justice-sanjay-mishra-as-up-lokayukta/article8161705.ece|title=Supreme Court appoints Justice Sanjay Mishra as U.P. Lokayukta|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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