Delhi govt cancels appointment of 9 Kejriwal’s aides on MHA advice
Acting on advice of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, the Delhi government on Tuesday cancelled the appointment of nine advisers, including the one to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisoida.
According to an order issued by General Administration Department of the Delhi government, the MHA had written in its letter that these posts on which the appointees are officiating are not in the list of posts approved for the ministers and the chief minister.
"No prior approval of the central government has been taken for creation of said posts on which these persons have been appointed on co-terminus basis," the order stated.
In addition, the MHA's 2015 notification that made services a reserved subject meant that the Central government had the right to create posts etc.
"Therefore,
creation
of
posts
by
Delhi
Cabinet
for
accommodating
these
appointees
is
void
ab-initio,
being
done
by
an
agency
not
competent
under
the
law
to
do
so.
Since
creation
of
these
posts
and
subsequent
appointments
on
these
posts
are
not
valid,
all
previous
orders
regarding
creation
of
these
posts
and
appointments
made
against
them
are
hereby
cancelled,"
the
order
read.
Among the nine advisers whose appointment has been cancelled are Amardeep Tiwari (media adviser to law minister), Arunodya Prakash (media adviser to deputy chief minister), Raghav Chadha (adviser to finance minister), Atishi Marlena (media adviser to deputy chief minister).