Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and all the states on a PIL seeking appointment of Lokpal and Lokayuktas following the passage of a law three years ago.<br/><br/>A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and P C Pant asked responses of the Centre and all state governments on the PIL which also seeks a direction to the states to provide adequate budgetary allocation and essential infrastructure for effective functioning of Lokayuktas.<br/><br/>The PIL filed by advocate and Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay alleged that though the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, received Presidential assent on January 1, 2014,and came into force from January 16, 2014, the executive has not established the Lokpal yet.