The Central government on Monday cleared the appointment of four advocates as additional judges of the Telangana High Court.

Advocates Gouse Meera Mohiuddin, Chalapathi Rao Suddala alias S Chalapathi Rao, Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy and Gadi Praveen Kumar have been appointed to the post.

Their names were recommended by the Supreme Court collegium in its meeting on July 2.

These appointments will increase the number of judges in the Telangana High Court to 30 against a sanctioned strength of 42.

Notably, even after these judges assume charge, the High Court would be functioning with a vacancy of nearly 30%.