Delhi government dragged its feet on tabling CAG reports before Assembly, says HC

The Delhi High Court on Monday stated that the Delhi government appeared to have dragged its feet on tabling several reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the Assembly, reported PTI.

This raised doubts about the government’s bonafides, said Justice Sachin Datta.

Seven Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs approached the High Court in December, demanding that 14 CAG reports about policy measures undertaken by the Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital be tabled in the Assembly.

Datta said on Monday that the Delhi government should have promptly placed the CAG reports before the House for discussion.

“The timeline is stark,” said the judge. “See the way you have been dragging your feet is something that is unfortunate.”

The BJP MLAs had sought a direction to the speaker to call a special Assembly session so that the reports could be tabled. The judge, however, said that calling for a session was the prerogative of the speaker and questioned whether the court could pass such a directive, especially when elections were approaching.

The Delhi Assembly election will be held on February 5 and the results will be announced on February 8.

The petitions before the High Court have been filed by Vijender Gupta, the leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, and other BJP MLAs Mohan...

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