Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan dedicated new works costing about 65 lakh in the building of Advocate General’s office at Jabalpur on Saturday. Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa, Advocate General Ravish Agrawal, Additional Advocate General Purushendra Kaurav and KS Wadhwa were also present on the occasion.
later, the Chief Minister also inspected law officers’ rooms on the first floor and record room on the second floor. He stressed the need to make the record room more systematic. The Chief Minister also met law officers and employees of Advocate General’s office.
A sum of about Rs 1.19 crore has been sanctioned for renovation of Advocate General’s office. Of this, Rs 64.59 lakh has been sanctioned for civil works and Rs 54.38 lakh for electrification. Civil works of the building have been completed while electrification and work of new lift is in progress.
Before dedication, the Chief Minister met Advocate General Ravish Agrawal at his residence in Civil lines. Former Advocate General Ravinandan Singh, senior High Court advocates and all law officers of Advocate General’s office were present on the occasion.