Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Saturday formally accepted the resignation of Advocate General Raghavendra Singh, who had resigned soon after the swearing-in of the second Yogi Adityanath government on March 25.
The government has appointed Ajay Kumar Mishra as the new Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh and a proposal to this effect was cleared by the UP cabinet earlier this week on May 10. Mishra started practising at the Allahabad High Court in 1981 and has been practising at the Supreme Court for the past 10 years. In 1995, he became the youngest additional advocate general of the state.
Mishra’s appointment assumes importance as it comes barely a few days after the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court asked the state government to fill the post of AG in Uttar Pradesh, which was left vacant with the departure of previous incumbent Raghvendra Singh.
Holding that the office of Advocate General cannot be permitted to be left vacant, the bench had asked the state government to appoint a new advocate general by May 16.