A plea challenging Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s order appointing 21 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs as parliamentary secretaries to Ministers will be heard by the High Court on May 20.
The Public Interest Litigation has sought the quashing of the order on the basis of it being, “unconstitutional, illegal and without jurisdiction.” The Bench of Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw agreed to hear the plea.
The Chief Minister had appointed 21 AAP MLAs to serve as secretaries to various Ministers on March 13 allegedly in violation of the constitutional provisions of Article 239 AA of the Constitution of India and Section 44 (2) and (3) of the Transaction of Business of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi rules, 1993.
“No prior sanction was obtained from the finance department regarding the expenditure to be incurred on the Parliamentary secretaries for using transport facilities and additional establishment cost and expenses as is mandatorily required under the Transaction of Business of the Government of the national capital Territory of Delhi rules, 1993,” the petition read.
