Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam has asked the Chief Justice of India to withdraw the recommendation about his candidature as the judge of the Supreme Court.

Subramaniam's office said that he has written a letter to the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha requesting him to withdraw the recommendation for his elevation as the judge of the apex court.

56-year-old Subramaniam served as the Solicitor General during the previous UPA regime. His office said that Subramaniam has been let down by the decision of the NDA government.

The central goverment has asked the collegium to reconsider his name as the judge of the apex court while clearing the proposal for the candidature of three others.

The government had earlier cleared the names of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Arun Mishra, Orissa High Court Chief Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and senior advocate Rohinton Nariman for elevation to the Supreme Court.