V. BHASKARA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THESE two writ petitions give rise to the far-reaching question, whether the lokayukta has jurisdiction to conduct preliminary verification into matters touching the All India Service officers. By virtue of Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta Act, 1983 (for short the Act 11/83 ), the Institution of lokayukta is established in the State with the prime object of meeting the of expressed public outcry gainst the prevalence of corruption, the existence of wide spread inefficiency and the unresponsiveness of the administration to the popular needs and to provide a machinery in order to examine public complaints and shift the genuine from the false or the untenable so that the administrative failures and achievements could be publicly viewed in their correct perspective.

( 2 ) IT is not disputed that the term preliminary verification as used in the act 11/83 is similar to the expression investigation in the code of Criminal procedure and the term investigation in the Act 11/83 means the expression trial as used in the Code of Criminal Procedure. The State as also the registry of Lokayukta i. e. , respondents 1 and 2 have conceded that the Lokayukt

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