Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 -- Keralam government has appointed Advocate Mohammed Shah PA as the Additional Advocate General in the High Court, Chief Minister VD Satheesan said on Wednesday.

As per the Government Order, the state government had accepted the resignations of KP Jayachandran and Asok M Cherian from the post of Additional Advocate General.

Earlier, Advocate T Asaf Ali was appointed as the Director General of Prosecution, while Advocate Jaju Babu, who had served as legal advisor to former Keralam Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, has been appointed as Advocate General. The decisions were announced following the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed UDF government.

Meawhile, the Keralam government officially released the notif...