♦ Senior advocate A. Sudarshan Reddy was appointed the new Advocate General (AG) for Telangana state on 30 December 2023. He had served as the AG of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh from January 17, 2011, to June 3, 2014, during Kiran Kumar Reddy’s tenure as the chief minister. 

♦ He is a native of Rechepalli village in Sarangapur mandal of Jagtial district. Sudarshan Reddy enrolled as an advocate in 1985, practising at district courts and the High Court, specialising in civil and criminal cases.