The Delhi High Court has been approached by the Delhi Lieutenant governor VK Saxena seeking intervention in a matter regarding non-conforming areas to implement the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy 2021-22/
The Governor stated that the Court was misled by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government by maligning the Lietenant Governor’s office for petty ends by presenting twisted and distorted facts.
A plea filed by Saxena on March 1, stated that the office had consciously approved the proposal in the report regarding the identification of conforming and non-conforming wards on February 3 keeping in mind the next date of hearing.
He added that this was duly forwarded with approval to the CM office , with an explicit noting to place the same before the high court on February 7.
Lt. Governor added that in place of complying with his directive, an application for extension of time.
“The facts reflect a distressing plight, where the GNCT of Delhi refuses to take responsibility of its own lapses and omissions. What is even more concerning is the manner in which the responsibility is falsely attributed to a constitutional authority with no regard for accountability of one’s actions. The manner in which the twisted and distorted facts were presented before the court in this matter is a deliberate attempt to mislead the court and malign the constitutional office of the LG,” Saxena said.
he LG’s application was listed before on Tuesday, but a bench of justice Subramonium Prasad posted it for March 20.
HT reached out to AAP, but party officials did not offer a comment at the time of going to print.