Several orders were issued and letters were exchanged over the whole day on Tuesday as the drama over the appointment of MK Meena as the Joint Commissioner of Police, Anti-Corruption Branch. First, Secretary and Director Vigilance SK Jain issued a letter to SK Meena saying that there is no post of Jt Commissioner of Police in the ACB and hence, Meena should return to the Delhi Police. Following which, Meena wrote a letter to Jain saying that his appointment has been made by the lt Governor who is the competent authority to make any such appointment and that only he will decide on the issue.
later, Deputy Secretary (Home) Alok Garg wrote a letter to Meena saying that his appointment order is withdrawn and that he should return to the Delhi Police. Responding to the same, Meena again wrote a letter to Deputy Secretary (Home) reiterating that his appointment has been made by the lt Governor who is the competent authority to make any such order.
After that, the Delhi Government issued an order surrendering Secretary (Services) Dharampal, who had issued the order appointing Meena as the JCP of ACB, to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Jung then issued an order calling the Delhi Government order as null and void saying that the State Government has no authority to issue any such order and that only l-G has the authority over the Home Department.
Afterwards, Government issued an order appointing Rajendra Kumar as the Secretary (Home). Interestingly, the order appointing him as the Secretary was signed by Kumar himself. Rajendra Kumar also issued an order giving additional charge of land and Building to Divisional Commissioner Ashwini Kumar. l-G also issued an order calling Rajendra Kumar’s order giving additional charge to Ashwini Kumar as null and void.