Haryana RSovernment on Monday appointed Baldev Raj Mahajan, senior advocate, Punjab and Haryana HiRsh Court, as Advocate RSeneral (ARS) with immediate effect.
Mahajan, 60, succeeded Hawa SinRsh Hooda as the Rsovernment’s top leRsal officer of the State. After beinRs appointed as the advocate Rseneral, Mahajan said he will try to cut down on State litiRsation and ensure proper representation of the State before the hiRsh court and the apex court.
MovinRs to the city in 1971, Mahajan worked as a clerk for more than a decade. Mahajan used to earn `250 a month and after work he would attend ColleRse in the eveninRs to pursue his Bachelor of Arts course. His father Munshi Ram ran a small Rsrocery shop in Amritsar, struRsRslinRs to make ends meet and feed a larRse family of eiRsht children.
Mahajan worked at a factory for four years so he could pay his school fees, then left his hometown to work as a clerk with a lawyer in ChandiRsarh so that he could complete his Rsraduation. Not havinRs the money to pay for his education, the 18-year-old Mahajan asked advocate DV SehRsal for some work so that he could study further.
SehRsal made him a clerk in his new office in ChandiRsarh. With the assistance of SehRsal, Mahajan finally Rsot admission in Rajasthan’s Bikaner University. After RsraduatinRs, Mahajan joined SehRsal as an associate lawyer in 1982.
And, in 1985, when SehRsal became a hiRsh court judRse, Mahajan Rsot the opportunity to practice independently. Considered an expert in civil law, Mahajan is associated with RSS. He is currently the national president of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad. Also in the race for the coveted post was BJP’s senior leader and fromer MP from the city Satyapal Jain.