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Meri Jung 2.0: New principal secy's appointment void, Delhi LG tells Kejri
May 18, 2015
And the battle between Kejriwal and Jung.
Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung writes to CM Arvind Kejriwal saying the appointment of Rajinder Kumar as Principal Secretary is void. The Delhi Govt had appointed Rajendra Kumar as Principal Secretary to replace Anindo Majumdar. It had issued a statement this morning saying the
voiding of Majumdar's removal was
not the LG's Jurisdiction. It said that the Delhi government has not received any
communication from the LG officially. It said that Majumdar's powers have been
transferred to Delhi Principal Secretary Rajinder Kumar.
Principal Secretary (Services) Anindo Majumdar, who was transferred by
the Delhi government has been locked out of his office at the Delhi
secretariat. Majumdar had issued the order of posting of Shakuntala
Gamlin as acting Chief Secretary on the direction of Lt Governor Najeeb
Jung.
However, the LG, who is at loggerheads with Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal over Gamlin's appointment as Chief Secretary,
overturned the decision in the evening saying that Majumdar's removal
does not have his approval and declared it as void.
"Majumdar
has been transfered from his post. However, he has been kept awaiting
new posting order," said a senior government official.
Sources
said that Kejriwal was not happy with the way Gamlin was appointed as
acting Chief Secretary by the Lt Governor and Majumdar "instantly"
issued her posting orders.
Sources said that Gamlin has been
asked to explain her postings held in the last three years. In his
letter to Kejriwal on May 9, Power Minister Satyendra Jain had accused
Gamlin of of lobbying within the government to promote the "interest of
Reliance-owned power companies" and uged him to relieve her of the
charge of Principal Secretary (Power).
In a diatribe against
Jung, Arvind Kejriwal today asked him to review his "questionable"
decision to appoint Gamlin as acting Chief Secretary of Delhi and work
within the "confines" of the Constitution.
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