Ombudsman for Local Governments in the Indian state of Kerala is an independent quasi judicial authority which investigates the complaints against local governments in Kerala or the functionaries working under them. The Ombudsman is functioning at the State level with its headquarters in the State Capital. Possibly no other State in India has such an institution to oversee the functioning of Local Self Government Institutions. A former judge of a High Court can be appointed as Ombudsman.Local Government Ombudsman in Kerala has been modelled in the pattern of Local Government Ombudsman, United Kingdom.But it has been endowed with the powers of punishment.