Punjab: DS Patwalia is new Advocate-General
Punjab: Senior advocate DS Patwalia was on Thursday appointed Punjab Advocate-General, replacing Atul Nanda.
DS Patwalia's appointment came following the resignation by Atul Nanda soon after the stepping down of Captain Amarinder Singh as the Punjab Chief Minister. DS Patwalia has been handling criminal matters.
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Notably, DS Patwalia is the counsel for former IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa, who along with another IPS officer Siddharth Chattopadhyaya had challenged IPS officer Dinkar Gupta’s appointment as the Punjab DGP by the Amarinder Singh government in 2019.
Earlier on Tuesday, nine Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers and two Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officers in Punjab were transferred. As per an order released by Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, IAS officers Tejveer Singh, Dilip Kumar, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Kamal Kishor Yadav, Mohammad Tayyab, Sumeet Jarangal, Isha, Harpreet Singh Sudan and Showkat Ahmad Parray and PCS officers Mankanwal Singh Chahal and Anil Gupta were given new postings.
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Channi was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab on September 20. On September 19, after several rounds of parleys, Channi was selected for the post by the Congress high command.
Captain Amarinder Singh resigned following months of infighting between him and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. These development come months before the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.
-PTC News
