New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Center on the Delhi government’s plea challenging the constitutionality of the Ordinance on Control of Services. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha issued notice to the government and asked senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led government, to modify his plea and implead the Lieutenant Governor as a party in the matter. asked to add.
Fixing the matter for hearing on July 17, the bench said, “We will issue notice.” The AAP-led government, in its petition, has said that the executive order is arbitrary and seeks to circumvent the apex court and the basic structure of the Constitution.
The Delhi government has requested the repeal of the ordinance as well as an interim stay on it. The Center on May 19 promulgated the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, to create an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi.
The AAP-led government has “cheated” have agreed. A week before the ordinance, the court had ordered handing over control of services in Delhi, except police, public order, and land, to the elected government.
The Ordinance provides for the setting up of the National Capital Civil Services Authority for transfer and disciplinary action against Group-A officers of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Civil) Services (DANICS) cadre Is.
