: The AAP-led Delhi government on Tuesday withdrew from the Supreme Court a plea to set up a larger Bench in the Delhi High Court to interpret Article 239AA of the Constitution, which deals with the distribution and separation of powers between the Lieutenant-Governor and the elected government.
The petition was withdrawn after a bench led by Justice V. Gopala Gowda said the matter was being heard on a daily basis in the High Court.
The case is centred around a notification issued by the Centre on May 21, 2015, giving the Lieutenant-Governor absolute powers over appointments, postings, and transfers of senior officials as well as matters relating to the police and public order.
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The notification denied the Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption branch power to probe and prosecute Central government employees for corruption offences.
The Delhi government had complained in the High Court that the MHA’s notification had made it “virtually impossible for a democratically-elected government to carry out its day-to-day administrative functions and responsibilities”.