Alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Delhi on Friday Supreme Court Reached that the center is not implementing the transfer of the secretary of its service department. A day earlier, the Supreme Court, while giving a unanimous verdict on Thursday, had said that the Delhi government has legislative and executive control over services other than public order, police and land.
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said he would constitute a bench to hear the matter next week. Mentioning the matter before a bench of Chief Justice and Justice PS Narasimha, senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi government, said that the apex court has already given its verdict yesterday and it could be a contempt case.
Contempt of order under Article 141 of the Constitution
Singhvi said that this may amount to contempt of the order of this court under Article 141 of the Constitution and a bench needs to hear it urgently. He said that they are saying that we will not transfer anyone. In view of the judgment pronounced yesterday, I may file a contempt petition but it will take time. So please list the issue. Hours after the Supreme Court granted control over transfer-posting to the AAP government, Delhi government’s Services Department secretary Ashish More was removed from his post. AK Singh, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Delhi Jal Board, will replace More. Singh is a 1995 batch AGMUT cadre officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
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Bureaucrats should be controlled by an elected government
A constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court said that the bureaucrats should be controlled by an elected government. He said that the Union Territory of Delhi has a ‘special’ status and did not agree with Justice Ashok Bhushan’s 2019 judgment that the Delhi government has no control/authority over the services. The apex court, in its judgment on the contentious issue of administrative control over services between the Center and the Delhi government, said any further expansion of the power of the Center would be contrary to the constitutional scheme…Delhi is like any other state and has an elected There is a system of government.
