NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has revoked the appointment of the AAP government ’s panel of lawyers to the Supreme Court , terming the decision invalid. The decision is the latest in the tussle between AAP and the LG over whose lawyers can represent the Delhi government in courts.Sources in the LG’s office said the appointments were cancelled after files revealed that the Union law ministry’s Central Agency section was bypassed while forming the 15-strong panel, comprising three advocates on record (who file cases) and 12 arguing counsels. Till the AAP government deputed its lawyers last year, Delhi’s litigation in SC was looked after by the Central Agency, they said.The AAP government wanted ex-post facto approval of the 15 names deputed by it for the Supreme Court, following the Delhi high court judgment making the LG’s nod mandatory. But it was found that the Central Agency was not involved in the panel appointments which is why the LG has communicated his decision to the elected government that the appointments must be revoked,” a source in the LG’s office said.Soon after assuming office, the Arvind Kejriwal government had cleared the 15 names and as per an order, laid down the prescribed monthly fee, drafting charges and other incidental payments. Until last year, it was the Union law ministry which deputed lawyers in consultation with government departments.When the newly elected AAP government decided to form its own panel, the matter reached the LG. Last year, he took up the issue with the Union home ministry, giving a broad outline of past practice and some of the legal aspects involved, along with his comments, the sources said.Meanwhile, the Delhi high court delivered its judgment, giving the LG primacy in administrative matters concerning the capital. It prompted Jung to form a panel to examine nearly 400 files related to decisions taken by the Kejriwal government without his clearance.While the scrutiny of files was on, it is learned, the MHA made it clear to the LG that the Delhi government’s panel of SC lawyers must be scrapped as its legal validity was in doubt. On that basis, the AAP government’s plea for “ex-post facto” approval was turned down by the LG and the appointments revoked.The LG and the city government have been in a tussle on the issue for several months now. Right from trial courts to the Delhi high court, many crucial hearings have been marked by sharp exchanges between standing counsels of the Kejriwal government and those authorized by the LG to represent the Delhi government.