New Delhi: Union Home Ministry has issued a notification which said that Lieutenant Governor has primacy in posting and transfers of officers.
Union Home Ministry in a gazette notification has specified the role and powers of the Lt Governor. The Home Ministry has said that the L-G has jurisdiction over matters of services, public order, police and land.
Notify that a huge clash of power is going on in between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and LG Najeeb Jung over the appointment of bureaucrats to key positions due to which the National Capital Territory of Delhi is facing a constitutional crisis.
The two sides have been at loggerheads for several days resulting in unease in the bureaucracy. The crisis started when Jung appointed senior Indian Administrative Officer (IAS) Shakuntala Gamlin as action Chief Secretary of Delhi without consulting the Aam Aadmi Party government.
Even though the NCT of Delhi is a Union Territory, it has an elected legislature. Hence the state Assembly has the right to legislate on all subjects except land and law and order but if there is a conflict with Parliament, then the will of the latter prevails.
CM Kejriwal maintains that even though Delhi is not a full-fledged state, his government has the right to appoint officers of its choice to key positions whereas Jung maintains that he has the powers to make appointments without consulting the elected government.
Bureau Report
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