Stopping the engagement of specialists and advisors will "completely strangulate" the Delhi government and its services, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on July 6, hoping the move will be quashed by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Kejriwal's remarks came days after Lt Governor V.K. Saxena approved the termination of engagements of 400 specialists working with the Delhi government.
In a follow-up to the mass removal, the services department on July 5 wrote to different departments and agencies of government to stop the engagement of persons as fellows and advisors without the approval of the LG.