Delhi

Don't send file to Baijal without Ministers' nod: Sisodia to secys

PTI

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday directed Delhi’s law and Education Secretaries not to send the file of a Bill for regularising guest teachers to lieutenant-Governor (l-G) Anil Baijal with their comments unless approved by the Ministers concerned.

The development comes a day after the Delhi Assembly passed the Bill which seeks to regularise around 15,000 guest teachers in Government schools.

During a discussion on the Bill in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday, Kejriwal had alleged that officers are not showing files to the Ministers concerned on the direction of the l-G.

Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, has issued an order directing law and Education Secretaries to follow his direction. He said that as per the Transaction of Business Rules (TBR), law and Education Secretaries will send the file pertaining to the bill, with their comments to the l-G for his approval.

“I have come out with an order today that neither the law secretary nor the education secretary should send file without getting their comments approved from the law and Education Ministers,” the Deputy Chief Minister told a Press conference.

He said that whatever file that goes to the l-G for his approval should go with the Ministers’ remarks.