The municipal corporations of Delhi on Monday told the Delhi High Court that they have paid salaries for months of April, May and June to all ‘safai karamchaaris’ on their payroll, but not its other employees.
The submission was made by the corporations before a bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, which was hearing three PILs seeking payment of salaries to safai karamchaaris employed with the MCDs.
Municipal reform fund
Meanwhile, the Delhi government counsel Rahul Mehra told the bench that a proposal has been placed before the AAP government’s cabinet with regard to disbursement of municipal reform fund (MRF) even to those corporations, which have not performed well.
Currently, MRF is disbursed to those MCDs which perform well and this year, it was given to the South MCD.
In view of the submissions, the court disposed of the PILs and said it would later pass common orders on all of them. The court had on May 27 said it was not concerned with the dispute between the AAP government and the BJP-led corporations and only wanted that all municipal employees get their salaries.
The court had earlier directed the civic bodies to pay regular salaries to safai karamcharis “on or before the 7th of every month” for smooth functioning of the corporations.
