Opening its arguments against the Centre in their battle for control over the bureaucracy in the Capital, the Arvind Kejriwal government said Delhi was a “hybrid” with unique features leaning towards statehood.
Appearing before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, for Delhi, said a democratically elected government should not be left without powers to even transfer officials.
The NCT government’s predicament without power over the ‘services’ has been like that of a king without a kingdom. The situation was such that a “democratic representative government” has to get the approval of the Lieutenant Governor to appoint a Health Secretary or a Commerce Secretary.
