Bhubaneswar: The State government today appointed senior lawyer of Orissa High Court Pitambar Acharya as Advocate General of Odisha with immediate effect.
The Law Department informed this through a special notification.
“The Governor of Odisha is pleased to appoint Pitambar Acharya, Senior Advocate, High Court of Orissa to be the Advocate General for the State of Odisha with immediate effect,” the notification read.
In June, the State Government had appointed senior lawyer Jyoti Prakash Patnaik as the in-charge advocate general after Ashok Parija resigned following the change in the government.
