The Centre on Wednesday refuted Arvind Kejriwal government’s charge in the Supreme Court that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) sits over its proposals and files and asserted that 96% of its decisions were approved by the LG within two-three days. He referred to the provisions of the Delhi Fire Service Act, cleared by the Delhi assembly, and said the LG was described as the government under the statute. “This is the obligation on the part of the chief minister and the council of ministers to send every file or proposal to the LG. The top court is hearing a clutch of appeals filed by the AAP government challenging Delhi High Court’s verdict holding LG as the administrative head of the national capital. It had said the Constitution did not provide “vertical division” of powers between the Centre and Delhi which enjoys a special status among all UTs.

Source: Hindustan Times November 29, 2017 15:14 UTC