Haryana Governor Shri. Bandaru Dattatraya administered oath of office to new Lokayukta, Justice (Retd) Haripal Verma here at Raj Bhavan today.

On this occasion Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta were also present.

Justice (Retd) Haripal Verma succeeds Justice Nawal Kishore Agarwal, who completed his five-year term as Lokayukta, Haryana.

Among those present during the occasion included Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Vijai Vardhan, ChiefPrincipal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S. Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments, Sh. T.VS.N. Prasad, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Secretary to Governor, Sh. Atul Dwivedi, Director General of Police, Sh. P.K. Agrawal, ADGP (CID), Sh. Alok Mittal, Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court and other senior officers.