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'''G. Bikshapathy''' is a retired justice of [[High Court]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in India. He was elevated to the constitutional post as additional judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court in 1995 and then as judge in 1997 till he retired in 2005.
He is a supporter of weaker sections{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} and dealt extensively with labour and service matters. He advocated taking up the cases on behalf of both national and state level trade unions.

==Personal details==
G. Bikshapathy was born on May 3, 1943, at [[Karmanghat]] village, then district of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]], now in [[Telangana]].<ref name=autobiography />

==Professional career==
After finishing his diploma in [[commerce]] in 1962, he worked for 13 years in various departments of public sector companies. While working, he obtained his [[B.Com]] at evening college. Later, he passed his [[LLB]] and then a master's degree in labour laws.<ref name=autobiography>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourtcaselaw.com/jus_gbikshapathy.htm|title=Hon|publisher=}}</ref>

He started working as advocate from 1975, working mainly on labour and service related cases. He was a trusted advocate for handling cases related to trade unions at both state and national levels.<ref name=autobiography />

Later he worked for a short period as a government pleader in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and was a legal advisor to several undertakings, both in the private and public sector.<ref name=autobiography />

On May 2, 1995, he was appointed as additional judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He became a judge there in 1997 and retired on May 3, 2005.<ref name=autobiography />

He also acted as chairman of a fact-finding committee to investigate the allegations on [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], a former [[chief minister]] of Andhra Pradesh for his support to sell 7000 [[acres]] of [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]] temple lands and illegal encroachment by churches and its missionaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haindavakeralam.com/hkpage.aspx?PageID=9124&SKIN=B |title=YSR: End of a controversial tenure |author=Haindava Keralam |work=Haindava Keralam |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103200705/http://haindavakeralam.com/hkpage.aspx?PageID=9124&SKIN=B |archivedate=2010-01-03 }}</ref> The committee also investigated allegations of the church carrying out evangelical activities on Tirupati hills associated with Hindu community with the support of Reddy and his son-in-law Anil Kumar, a Brahmin-convert evangelist and preacher. The committee reported its findings after conducting a public enquiry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplayArticle.aspx?id=795|title=YSR: End of a controversial tenure|publisher=}}</ref>

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