Delhi is under Centre’s control: Centre tells HC

Delhi is under the overall control of the Central government as it is not a full-fledged state but a Union Territory, the centre told the court on Wednesday during the hearing on a bunch of pleas over the powers of the Lieutenant Governor on governance in the city.

A division Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath was further informed by the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain appearing for Centre that the LG is the executive head of the state. 

Saying Delhi is a centrally-administered capital, the Centre said the Chief Minister and his council has to aid and advise LG, if there is a difference.  The court was hearing a bunch of pleas arising out of spat between the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi government. In one of its pleas, the 

Delhi government challenged the May 21 notification of the Centre giving the LG absolute powers to appoint bureaucrats to various posts in the Delhi government and barring the Anti Corruption Bureau from proceeding against any staff under the Centre’s control.