Kolkata, July 10 (TIWN) Veteran counsel Ashoke Kumar Chakraborty has been appointed as the Additional Solicitor General for the Calcutta High Court, it was announced on Saturday.

Chakraborty's appointment is also expected to give a fillip to central agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in cases before the high court which the two are probing  A letter from Additional Secretary, Legal Affairs, Anju Rathi Rana, reached Chakraborty's office on Friday, offering him the post for a term of three years.  He accepted the offer and said that his main target will be to expedite the pending cases of the Union government in the Calcutta High Court.