Bengaluru: Additional Advocate General (AAG) of the State Government Ajjikuttira S. Ponnanna has resigned from his post. Confirming his resignation, he informed that he had sent his resignation letter on Apr. 15 and added that he has resigned for personal reasons.

Ponnanna was appointed as AAG in the previous Congress Government headed by Siddharamaiah. He continued in the post even after the new coalition Government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy came to power.

As AAG, Ponnanna had successfully argued in several cases on behalf of the Government including the controversial Tipu Jayanti and has saved the Government from many tricky positions.

Ponnanna told Star of Mysore that he was appointed as Additional Advocate General six years back and was promoted as First Grade Additional Advocate General. There are no special reasons for his resignation and he resigned on personal grounds, he said.

Ponnanna hails from Bellur village near Hudikeri in South Kodagu and he is the fourth son of legal luminary and former MLC Ajjikuttira K. Subbaiah and late Daty Ponnamma.