Bureaucrats 'overturning' CM decisions says CMO

The National Capital Civil Services Authority (NCCSA), set up by the Centre through an Ordinance, has been reduced to a "complete farce" as bureaucrats are "overturning" the Delhi Chief Minister's decisions and "dictating" their own will, the CMO said on Sunday.

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The statement by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) came two days after the second meeting of the NCCSA during which two member-bureaucrats "did not oppose" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's stand but later on cancelled his decisions. However, the LG Secretariat rejected the CMO's claims and said their statement is not giving the "true picture" of developments that took place in the civil services authority's meeting. "A narrative is being projected that officers are not listening and need absolute control. NCCSA shall release the draft minutes to the press to verify the truth in the public domain," the LG Secretariat said.

The Centre set up the three-member NCCSA through the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, promulgated on 19 May to create an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi.