Return pending files: AAP government urges Lieutenant-Governor

In order to avoid “instability and uncertainty” in the national capital, the AAP government has made a fervent appeal to lieutenant-governor (L-G) Najeeb Jung to immediately return 24 files related to its home department. On August 8, the L-G had, through his secretary, directed all the secretaries to submit certain files to Raj Niwas.

Delhi home minister Satyendra Jain has said that in response to the memorandum sent by the L-G’s office, the principal secretary (home) had submitted a number of files to the Raj Niwas, which have been retained by his office for about two months. In a communication with the Raj Niwas, the minister said: “In the absence of these files, progress on important policies, which are being dealt with on these files, have been adversely affected.” Mr Jain said that “through cabinet notes, notifications, and decisions or government orders, as the case may be, contained in these files, were sent to Raj Niwas soon after they were issued and the L-G did not take a different view on these decisions, yet they were apparently being scrutinised afresh by Mr Jung, which was a matter of concern, as it was causing avoidable instability and uncertainty that needed to be addressed immediately.”