AAP moves SC seeking constitution of larger bench

New Delhi, March 25

The AAP government today moved the Supreme Court seeking constitution of a larger bench to expeditiously decide the issue of control over administrative services in Delhi.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told the Delhi government counsel that it will look into the matter.  The apex court had on February 14 referred the issue of control of services to a larger bench after delivering a split verdict.

The two-judge bench had said that the Centre should have the final word on posting and transfer of bureaucrats in the national capital administration, but their disagreement on finer details resulted in a split verdict and the matter got referred to a larger bench.

The bench, which was called upon to decide on six vexatious issues pertaining to a long-running feud between the Centre and the Delhigovernments, had given a unanimous verdict on the remaining five counts and had ruled that the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch  cannot probe the Centre's employees in corruption cases. Out of six contentions issues, the Delhi government had won in three and lost to the Centre on two critical aspects of investigating power to probe Central government employees and for setting up of inquiry commissions. — PTI