No Union territory has its own services under the Constitution, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday, and disputed Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's claim about non-cooperation by government officials.
The Centre alleged Sisodia tried to create an "unwarranted prejudice" to ensure that AAP government's interpretation of Article 239AA is accepted by the apex court.
Article 239AA of the Constitution grants special status to Delhi among the Union Territories through the 69th constitutional amendment.
The affidavit filed by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on behalf of the Centre said the illustration (given by Sisodia in an affidavit about non-cooperation of officials) are, by and large, vague and incapable of any precise examination by the central government more particularly, when "no contemporaneous intimation of alleged failure is communicated to the central government"