The Secretary General is the Head of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature Secretariat. The office of the Secretary General to the State Legislature is in many ways unique with high responsibilities. He heads the Secretariat, which serves the representatives of the people. He advices the Hon'ble Chairman and Hon'ble Speaker in all matters in general and particularly in conducting the business of the House. He assists the Chairmen of various Committees of both the Houses for their smooth functioning.

He is the Returning Officer for both biennial and by-elections to the Council of the State (Rajya Sabha), and conducts the Election to the office of the President of India in Andhra Pradesh, as and when these are held

Dr. P.P.K. Ramacharyulu has been appointed as the Secretary General of A.P. Legislature in the newly created post Secretary General. Thus he is the first Secretary General of the A.P. State Legislature.

Dr. P.P.K. Ramacharyulu has done his masters in Political Science from the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, L.L.B from Delhi University and submitted Research Paper on “Committee System and Indian Parliament and US Congress: A Comparative Studies of Committees on Health and Education from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi”. He has undertaken in training: a) Management in Government, Chennai b) Direct Trainers’ Skills, Mysore c) Administrative Leadership in 21st Century, IIPA Delhi d) Management Development Programme, Mysore.

Dr. P.P.K. Ramacharyulu rendered 40 yrs of service in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and served in various capacities handling the work related to functioning of the Rajya Sabha and various branches of its Secretariat

He has visited about 10 countries which include South Africa, Canada, Bangladesh, Uganda, U.K and USA

Dr. P.P.K.Ramacharyulu served as Secretary General Rajya Sabha, and rendered service as Advisor to Rajya Sabha Secretariat and acted as consultant to A.P. State Legislature before being appointed as Secretary General, A.P. Legislature.

Mobile Number: 9868206999
Personal Mail ID: ramacharyulu@gmail.com, charyulu@sansad.nic.in
Official mail ID: secretaryaplegislature@gmail.com
Office: 0863 - 2449256 FAX: 0863 - 2450006

Former Secretaries

Sl No.	Name
1	Mr. A Shankar Reddy March 1970 to February 1975
2	Mr. G. Ramachandra Naidu March 1975 to April 1977
3	Mr. K. Srirama Chary May 1977 to October 1978
4	Mr. E. Sadasiva Reddy November 1978 to October 1988
5	Mr. C. Venkatesan November 1988 to March 1990
6	Mr. A.V.G. Krishna Murthy March 1990 to June 1996
7	Mr. B. Subba Rao April 1997 to April 1997
8	Mr. S.D. Kamalakar August 1997 to September 1999
9	Mr. K. Tuljanand Singh March 2000 to December 2008
10	Dr. S. Raja Sadaram January 2009 to June 2014
11	Shri. K. Satyanarayana Rao (I/C) June 2014 to June 2017
12	Shri. P.P.K. Ramacharyulu June 2017 to September 2017
13	M. VijayaRaju (I/C) September 2017 to June 2019
14	P.Balakrishnamacharyulu July 2019 to April 2023