36 agp govt advts LAW OFFICERS — High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai Appointment of certain Advocates as Law Officers in the High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai – Orders — Issued. PUBLIC [LAW OFFICERSI DEPARTMENT Dated:31.07.2026 2057 Read:

by Sekar Reporter · July 31, 2026

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LAW OFFICERS — High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai Appointment of certain Advocates as Law Officers in the High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai – Orders — Issued.
PUBLIC [LAW OFFICERSI DEPARTMENT
Dated:31.07.2026
2057
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1. G.O.Ms.No.369, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 29.042017.
2. G.O.Ms.No.212, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 12.03.2024.
3. G.O.Ms.No.336, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 25.05.2026„
4. G.O.Ms.No.347, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 25.05.2026.
5. G.O.Ms.No.348r Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 25.05.2026.
6. G.O.Ms.No.349, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 25.05.2026.
7. G.O.Ms.No.350, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 25.05.2026.
8. G.O.Ms.No.353, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 26.05.2026.
9. G.O.Ms.No.367, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 30.05.2026.
10. G.O.Ms.No.371, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 04.06.2026.
11. G.O.Ms.No.375, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 08.06.2026.
12. Notification No. 1/2026, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 12.06.2026.
13. From the Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, letter dated 06.07.2026.
14. Minutes of the Selection Committee Meeting, dated

08.07.2026, 09.07.2026 & 10.07.2026.
15. G.O.Ms.No.501 & 502, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 30.07.2026.
16. G.O.Ms.No.507, Public (Law Officers) Department, Dated: 31.07.2026.
ORDER:
In the notification 12th read above, applications were invited from the

eligible advocates for the appointment to various posts of Law Officers in the

High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai. Upon receipt of the applications, due procedure was followed and the Selection Committee in its meeting held on 08.07.2026, 09.07.2026 & 10.07.2026, after assessing the candidates’ eligibility criteria laid down in the Law Officers of High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai (Appointment) Rules, 2017, has recommended the appointment of certain advocates as Law Officers in the

High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai. In continuation of the orders issued in the Government Orders 15th read above, after due verification, the Government hereby appoints the following Advocates as Special Government Pleaders / Additional Government Pleaders/ Government Advocates (Civil Side) / Government Advocate (Taxes) by accepting the recommendation of the Selection Committee in the reference 14th read above with effect from the date of issue of this order:-
HIGH COURT OF MADRAS AND ITS BENCH AT MADURAI
Slr
No Name of the Advocate Tvl Post Court Enrln No.
1 R.Bharanidharan Special Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1096/1994
2 G. Ramdas Special Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1148/1994
3 J. Lenin Special Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1297/2007
4 R. Poornima Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1482/2002
5 S.Srinivasan Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 938/1993
6 S.Saravana Kumar Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1733/2006
7 R.Nandhakumar Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1280/2007
8 K.Maheshwaran Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 2598/2007
9 A.Bakkiya Lakshmi Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 3743/2011
10 Bhagavath Krishnan PMN Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 3403/2013
11 Anu Ganesan Additional Government Pleader High Court of Madras 1881/2015
12 I . Dinesh Additional Pleader Government High Court of Madras 2273/2017
13 K K Ram Siddhartha Additional Pleader Government High Court of Madras 2065/2017
14 Peth u Rajesh. P Additional Pleader Government Madurai
Bench of HCM 2316/2005
15 S.Venkatesh Additional Government Pleader Madurai
Bench of HCM 2085/2008
16 W.Pamelin Additional Government Pleader Madurai
Bench of HCM 1393/2008
17 P.K.Shivakumar Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2014/2009
18 J. Pradeep Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2549/2011
19 Seenuvasan.S Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2326/2011
20 S,Ganesh Babu Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 659/2012
21 Tamizhanban.V Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2951/2016
22 K. Rajesh Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2530/2016
23 S.Sriram Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2789/2016
24 B.Prasanth Nadaraj Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2453/2018
25 A.Maheshnath Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 2239/2015
26 A.Arasu Sanga Tamil Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of
Madras 831/2018
27 Vineeth.PR Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 3252/2019
28 S.Rishab Narayanan Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 1958/2019
29 Saranya Priya Government Advocate
(Civil Side) High Court of Madras 3861/2019
30 S.Surya Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of
Madras 2262/2019
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31 R.Hashwanth Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 1540/2020
32 Ramanan.C.A Government Advocate
Civil Side High Court of Madras 535/2021
33 A. Mohan Government Advocate
Civil Side Madurai
Bench of HCM 1970/2008
34 Shanmugam.S Government Advocate
Civil Side Madurai
Bench of HCM 2521/2018
35 Sathish Kumar.P Government Advocate
Civil Side Madurai
Bench of HCM 388/2020
36 Sudarkodinachiar.P Government Advocate Taxes Madurai
Bench of HCM 4760/2019
2. The Government Advocates (Civil Side) and Government Advocates (Taxes) are appointed for a period of two years with effect from the date of issue of this order.
[BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR]
MSAI KUMAR
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To
The Advocates concerned through 0/0 the State Government Pleader _/ Government Pleader, High Court of Madras / Madurai Bench of High Court of Madras, Chennai — 600 104/ Madurai — 625 023. The Registrar General, High Court, Chennai-600 104.
The Registrar, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai (wcl).
The Advocate General of Tamil Nadu,
High Court of Madras, Chennai-600 104. The Deputy Director, 0/0 the Advocate General of Tamil Nadu,
High Court of Madras, Chennai-600 104.
The Assistant Directors, Office of the State Government
Pleader/Government Pleader/ Special Government Pleader (Taxes), High Court of Madras, Chennai-600 104 / Madurai-625 023.
The Principal Resident Commissioner, Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. The Private Secretary to ACS / Secretary-I to Chief Minister, Secretariat, Chennai — 600 009.
The 0/0. Chief Minister, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
The Special Personal Assistant to Minister for Energy Resources and Law,
Secretariat, Chennai—600 009. The Principal Private Secretary to Chief Secretary to Government,
Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
The Senior Principal Private Secretary to Secretary to Government, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai—600 009.
The Pay and Accounts Officer, High Court Complex, Chennai-600 104.
The Pay and Accounts Officer (North/South/East), Chennai-I/35/5.

The Assistant Pay and Accounts Officer, Sub PAC), Madurai-625 023.
The Accountant General, Chennai-18 / 9 / 35.
All Secretaries to Government, Secretariat, Chennai -600 009.
All Departments of Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors.
All District and Sessions Judges.
All Law Officers in the High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai.
(through the 0/0 the State Government Pleader and Government Pleader)
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information (Press Release) Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
The Works Manager, Government Central Press,
Chennai-600 079.(for publication in the next issue of Tamil Nadu Government Gazette) Stock File / Spare Copy.
// FORWARDED / BY ORDER //

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