A day after the Supreme Court ruling on the power and jurisdictional dispute in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday sought Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal’s support and guidance in implementing the apex court order in its letter and spirit for the development of the city.
Apprising Mr Baijal of the SC’s judgment Wednesday defining the powers of Council of Ministers (CoM) and Centre/LG in case of governance of Delhi, Mr Kejriwal in his letter said, ‘It is a landmark judgment as it brings clarity on distribution of powers. Now, all stakeholders need to work towards implementing the SC order in its letter and spirit.”
The Chief Minister also sought support and guidance in implementing it and working for the development of Delhi.
Citing two specific issues adjudged by the apex court that LG’s concurrence would not be required in any matter and Centre has exclusive executive power with respect to NCT of Delhi relating to the three matters while in other matters it is to be exercised by the Delhi Government, Mr Kejriwal said,”Central Government/LG have executive powers on three subjects and the other lie with COM. Executive power related to ‘services’ lie with COM.”
Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister also sought time to meet the LG to seek his support and cooperation in the implementation of the SC order.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Lieutenant Governor cannot act independently and obstruct policy decisions of AAP government in the national capital.
