Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief has dropped plans to take his battle to become Solicitor General to court.However Mr Perinchief said despite being 67 years old — an age he thinks counted against him when he applied for the job — he still hopes to find “the correct deodorant” to land the position one day.The Royal Gazette reported in March that a quarter of the jobs in the Attorney General’s Chambers were vacant, including the posts of Solicitor General and Deputy Solicitor General.The Solicitor General job has been vacant since April 2011, having formerly been held by British lawyer Barrie McKay who returned home.At that point, it was advertised with a salary of $177,355 per year and with a closing date of April 23 2011.It has remained unfilled since then, with Melvin Douglas, who is usually Deputy Solicitor General, filling the role in an “acting” capacity.Last week the post was once again advertised, this time with a salary of $179,572 per year and a closing date of May 11.No age limit is specified but 15 years of experience in all aspects of civil law is required.Asked why the recruiting process has taken so long, a spokesman for Minister of Justice Kim Wilson replied: “The Ministry does not discuss internal policies pertaining to recruitment and selection of officers.”In March, Mr Perinchief said he was contemplating legal action over his repeated failure to land the role of Solicitor General. He accused Government of age discrimination in refusing to give him the job, which he applied for on multiple occasions, both before Mr McKay landed it and since he left.Asked for his response to news that it is once again being re-advertised, Mr Perinchief replied: “To be truthful, officially I have never been given any reason for being denied the job of Solicitor General, a post I have acted and supervised others in at times too numerous to mention.“In fact, whilst I was Attorney General, I crafted the presently advertised Solicitor General post together with the two Deputy Solicitor posts in an overall structuring in particular of the civil side of Chambers.”However, he said: “Reliable sources inform me that Government does not wish to set a precedent by hiring someone who has reached the mentally-stultifying, debilitating and disqualifying age of 65 years.“The Government should just be up front and say, ‘those who have reached the age of 65 need not apply’.“However, this magic age doesn’t appear to deter Chambers from engaging consultants, local and foreign.”He added: “I just haven’t been able to find the correct deodorant to get into Chambers but I’m sure in time I will.“I have no intentions of instituting legal proceedings in respect of this post.“My guess is that others, perhaps at the polls, will step-up and generally frog-march this administration into the 21st century. I really have more important things to apply my time and effort towards.”