Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 24: The Delhi government has instructed officers to stop taking direct orders from the Lieutenant Governor. The Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s ministers have all written to their department secretaries to request that they adhere strictly to the Transaction of Business Regulations (TBR).
The secretaries have been instructed to inform the minister-in-charge of any direct orders they receive from the L-G.
All Delhi Govt Ministers have written to their Department Secretaries, directing strict compliance to Transaction of Business Rules (TBR). Secretaries have been directed to report any direct orders received from LG to Minister-in-charge.
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2023
In breach of TBR Rules 49 and 50, as well as a Supreme Court ruling, the L-G has been giving directives to department secretaries without consulting the elected government, the government claimed in a statement.
“The implementation of such illegal direct orders from the L-G shall be considered a violation of Rule 57 of the TBR,” it added.
The Centre-appointed Lieutenant Governor and the AAP government have been engaged in a protracted legal dispute. The L-G and the AAP have clashed over a number of subjects.
