While the BJP-led municipal corporations are struggling to pay on time the salaries to their employees, a high-level committee appointed by the AAP Government on January 20 mandated to conduct fact finding measures on the financial health of these civic bodies within a week has failed to submit its report so far.

The main reason why the committee has not been able to submit its report is being attributed in the Government circles to the non-cooperation of the civic agencies in conducting the fact finding measures.

Top sources said though the committee had already held several meetings, but no municipal commissioner ever participated in any of its meetings. “The corporations did not provide all the requisite information sought out by the committee.”

The committee, headed by the divisional commissioner, was set up on the orders of deputy commissioner Manish Sisodia following large scale  protests by the civic employees  for not getting their salaries and pensions on time.

In his order, the deputy Chief Minister said, “The Government of NCT of Delhi is pleased to appoint a committee under the chairmanship of A Anbarasu, IAS, Secretary (Revenue-cum-Divisional Commissioner) to inspect and scrutinise the records of the North Delhi Municipal  Corporation, East Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation and to report to this Government whether the Municipal Corporations  were duly performing the obligatory  functions mandated under section 42 of the DMC Act, 1957. Sandeep Kumar Mishra,  Additional Secretary (UD) will be the Member Secretary of the said Committee. The Divisional  Commissioner can  co-opt  any or  all District Magistrates, Additional District Magistrates and Sub-District Magistrates to conduct fact finding measures.”

The order made it clear  that the committee and the  officers associated with it had been authorised to exercise powers under section 485 and 486 of the DMC Act, 1957 and it will have to submit its fact finding report to the Government within a week.