Hon'ble Mr. Justice E. Dharma Rao
Honble Sri Justice E. Dharma Rao was born on 15th July
1951 in an agricultural family of Krapa village situated in Mummadivaram
Mandal, east Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India to his late
parents Sri E. Suranna and Smt. E. Neelama.
He passed his S.S.L.C. in 1969 from Zilla Parishad High School,
Ananthavaram. He joined in P.U.C. in
S.K.B.R. College, Amalapuram and passed in the year 1970,
thereafter obtained Bachelors degree in Arts in 1973 from the same
College. He did his
Masters Degree in Sociology in 1973-75 from Andhra University,
Waltair. Thereafter, he
took his Bachelors
Degree in Law in 1978 from the same University.
Thereafter he enrolled himself as an Advocate on 2.11.1978 at A.P.
State Bar Council, Hyderabad and joined the Chambers of Mr. M.R.K.
Choudhary and continued for about 4 years.
Thereafter, in 1982 he was selected as a Trainee under the Scheme
of Administration of Justice, sponsored by the Social Welfare
Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh and joined the office of
Advocate General. In 1983
he was appointed as Assistant Government Pleader and associated with
four Advocate Generals up to 1989: Sri K. Subrahmanya Reddy, Sri E.
Manohar, Sri V.Venataramaiah and Sri R. Venugopal Reddy.
In 1990 he
was appointed as Government Pleader and
dealt with the subjects of Irrigation, Housing and Municipal
Administration for a period of one year.
Besides that, he was also Standing Counsel for Andhra University
from 1989 to 1993 and Standing Counsel for Food Corporation of India and
also Panel Advocate for United India Insurance Company Limited and New
India Assurance Company Limited. He
was also Standing Counsel for Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, during
the period from 1992 to 1995. Once
again, in 1995 he was appointed as Government Pleader and dealt with the
subjects of Home and Cinematography, Legislative Affairs, Prohibition
and Excise, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, General Administration,
Municipal Administration and Urban Development.
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