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Delhi, Federal Governments' Dispute Over Who Controls Officials Back In The Supreme Court

© AP Photo / Manish SwarupDelhi state Chief minister and chief of Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal speaks during celebrations at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Thursday, March 10, 2022
Delhi state Chief minister and chief of Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal speaks during celebrations at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Thursday, March 10, 2022 - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.05.2023
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Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over the administration of services, except for public order, police and land.
The central government on Saturday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court of its verdict over control of officials in the national capital, Delhi.
The move came after the center on Friday passed a special law making Delhi's Lieutenant Governor the final arbiter in the matter.
The ordinance overrules the 11 May Supreme Court order handing the control of services over to Delhi, excluding police, public order and land to the elected government.
The Delhi government has already approached the Supreme Court, alleging that the center is not following the court's ruling in the matter.
Pigeons fly past the dome of India's Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. - Sputnik India, 1920, 12.05.2023
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For many years, the Delhi and the federal governments have been at loggerheads over which of them controls which department and the officials therein employed.
On Saturday, senior politicians from the Aam Aadmi Party called the center's ordinance "unconstitutional" and a move to snatch the power given to the Delhi government by the Supreme Court in services matters.
The BJP has alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government was "intimidating" officers and "misusing" its powers under cover of the recent Supreme Court verdict on services matters.
According to India's law, an ordinance must be passed in both houses of parliament within six months to turn it into law. The federally ruling BJP has enough numbers to clear ordinances in the lower house of parliament but lacks numbers in the upper house or Rajya Sabha.
An ordinance older than six months is declared null and void.
The opposition is expected to get together in the Rajya Sabha to protest against the ordinance.
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