Chandigarh: Punjab government on Monday appointed Tarun Lehal Vir Singh, Deputy Vice Minister Punjab law Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, as Additional Advocate General.
Additionally AG, Lehal will represent the Punjab government as a legal officer in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Lehal has been appointed by the General Advocates invoke the provisions of Section 7 (4) of the Punjab Law Officers (Engagement) ACT 2017 provides removal of judicial officers in the state on the recommendation of the selection committee.
It also means that the Advocate-General A P S Deol has run a particular power to appoint in-law as an additional Randhawa AG.
Besides Lehal, AG has appointed advocate Mukesh Chander Berry as AAG.
Advocate, which, according to qualifications and experience as special as it thinks fit, as a legal officer.
“The work to Lehal seen as a move to appease the appointment Randhawathe of Lehal in the Office of Ag is also seen as appeasement Deputy CM Randhawa by Ag APS Deol, who recently accused the head of the Congress of Punjab (PPCC) Navjot Singh Sidhu of” blocking the Functioning of the Office of the AG and spreading misinformation “to gain political advantage”.
Sidhu had openly objected to the appointment Deol as AG and seeking its removal.
On 27 September, the Punjab government has notified the appointment Deol as the Punjab AG.
He replaces Senior Advocate Atul Nanda who has tendered his resignation from the post after the resignation AG Captain Amarinder Singh of Punjab CM post.
In June, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa was among the five ministers who had a bout with CM Capt Amarinder Singh in the cabinet meeting on problems giving government jobs to the sons of the Party MLA.
Randhawa, who also heads the department of home, did not respond to repeated calls and messages sent by TOI on his cell phone about its establishment son-in-law appointment as additional public advocate.
Lehal quoted by the agency as saying that the appointment has been made based on the achievements and experiences on the recommendation of the Advocate General of the State.