Earlier, Govindraj functioned as Additional Government Pleader, Puducherry, and was also Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai. He is also the counsel for BSNL.
The Puducherry government, in an order today, said Govindaraj was being appointed as GP.
Govindaraj who enrolled as an advocate on November 30, 1988, has 27 years experience in different fields of law.