Senior advocate Ancha Pandu Ranga Rao was sworn in as a member (Legal) of the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) at the Chief Secretary’s camp office in Vijayawada on Friday. He will hold the office for five years from the date of taking charge.

The State government issued the G.O. Ms. No. 86 of the Energy Department regarding the appointment on October 13, under Section 82(5) of the Electricity Act, 2003. The appointment was made on the recommendation of a selection committee.

Born in 1968, Mr. Ranga Rao hails from Ganikapudi village in Prattipadu mandal of Guntur district. He graduated from JKC College, Guntur, and obtained an LL.B. in 1991 and an LL.M. in 1993 from Pune University. He enrolled as an advocate on July 14, 1993. He has over three decades of experience practising before the Andhra Pradesh High Court, handling writ petitions and civil and criminal cases. Several judgments in cases argued by him have appeared in prominent law reports.

He served as Assistant Government Pleader under the Special Government Pleader for the Commercial Taxes Department from 2000 to 2004 and as standing counsel for municipal corporations in the Andhra region from 2014 to 2019.