Appointment of Advocate General's former junior as government pleader challenged before Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently sought the State government’s response to a petition challenging the appointment of an advocate as a government pleader for the sole reason that he was a former junior of Advocate General (AG) and Senior Advocate S Sriram [Gundala Siva Prasad Reddy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh and Other].