Hyderabad, Aug 1 (TIWN) The Andhra Pradesh government finally relented and reinstated N. Ramesh Kumar as the State Election Commissioner (SEC) on Friday, two months after the High Court passed orders to this effect.

The state government issued a gazette notification in the name of Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, reinstating the retired IAS officer as SEC. It, however, added that the notification is subject to the outcome of the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the state in the Supreme Court, challenging the HC order.