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LG alone competent to approve transfer, posting, says office
New Delhi, May 20
Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb
Jung's office on Wednesday issued a statement saying the lt. governor
alone was competent to approve transfer and posting of principal
secretary or secretary-level officers.
The statement was issued
hours after the Jung wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal cancelling
all transfers and postings by the city government in the past four days.
The
statement said the orders and communication sent by the Delhi
government to the lt. governor's office have tended to "obfuscate the
special position that Delhi has, as the national capital, which is
significantly different from other states".
"Delhi is a union
territory with a legislative assembly and not a state and therefore has
important points of distinction," the statement said.
It said the
orders issued by the Delhi government were fundamentally "at variance
with the constitution since service matters were assigned t