The Central government on Friday cleared the appointment of three judicial officers as additional judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court..The three judicial officers are:Sunitha Gandham; Alapati Giridhar; Purushottam Kumar Chintelapudi..Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge) took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the appointments..The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their names following a meeting held on May 4..As on July 1, the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 37 judges, is functioning with 29 judges, a vacancy position of 8.