The Delhi government on Thursday appointed a fact-finding committee to audit the accounts of all the three Municipal Corporations and directed it to submit its report within a week.
The move comes as all the mayors of North MCD, EDMC and SDMC have been demanding release of funds due to them from the government.
Senior IAS officer A Anbarasu, Secretary Revenue-cum-Divisional Commissioner, will head the committee while Additonal Secretary (Urban), Sandeep Kumar Mishra will be its member, said an order by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. In his order, Sisodia said the Divisional Commissioner can co-opt any or all district magistrates, additional magistrates and sub-district magistrates to do the audit.
He said that during the last one year, people of Delhi have undergone several day-to-day difficulties due to various agitations, strikes, demand notices by the staff of civic bodies including doctors, nurses, teachers, sanitation workers regarding non-payment of salaries and arrears.
“The government of NCT of Delhi is pleased to appoint a Committee under the Chairmanship of A Anbarasu to inspect and scrutinise the accounts of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and South Delhi Muncipal Corporation (SDMC)and to report to this government whether municipal corporations are duly performing the obligatory functions mandated under Section 42 of the DMC Act, 1957,” Sisodia said. He added that under the provision of Section 42 of Delhi Muncipal Corporation (DMC) Act, the municipal corporations are under obligation to perform certain functions which have not been done so by the corporations as reported by citizens time and again.