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Sources : One Ramasubramaniam, an Advocate from Madurai has filed a PIL in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to TN DGP to register a criminal case against TN Advocate General Vijayanarayanan, TN Home Secretary SK.Prabakar IAS, 1/n

former law secretary Poovalingam, etc. under sections 193, 418, 409, 420 r/w 120-B and 34 of IPC.

The petitioner alleges that Vijayanarayanan and other members of Selection Committee for irregularities in the selection and appointment of law officers for 2/n

Madurai Bench and Principal Bench of the Madras High Court. The petitioner says, he had sent a complaint to the DGP on 11 November 2020 for registration of a case, but no action has been taken and seeks a direction from the court in this regard. 3/n

In his complaint, Ramasubramaniam lists out several instances of irregularities in the appointment of government advocates. One Vineet Subramani, who had earlier worked as a junior in Vijaynarayan office was appointed as Special Government Pleader (SGP) 4/n

when disciplinary proceedings were pending against him in the Bar Council. His appointment was challenged in WP 1771 of 2018. While the petition was pending, Vijayanarayan, in his capacity as Advocate General and Ex-Officio Chairman of Bar Council closed the 5/n

disciplinary proceedings against his junior Vineet Subramani. Similarly one Thanga Vadhana Pandian was appointed as Addl GP with pending disciplinary proceedings. Her case was also closed by Vijayanarayan. 6/n

Apart from this several advocates who had filed just one case in five years have also been appointed as Addl Government Pleaders when plenty of advocates with several years of experience have been ignored. 7/n

All these irregular appointments have been made for extraneous considerations says the petitioner.

TN Advocate General Vijayanarayan has been included as a respondent both in his personal capacity and in his official capacity. 8/n

Due to the complexities involved in this litigation, the Registry of Madurai Bench is not numbering the petition for more than a week, say sources. 9/9