<p>Delhi Services Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday requested Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to clear a file related to the transfer of Services Secretary Ashish More, saying several administrative changes were held up due to the delay.</p>.<p>In a letter to the L-G, Bharadwaj said the Delhi government had sent the file two days back.</p>.<p>More was transferred hours after a Supreme Court order on May 11 put the control of bureaucrats working with the Delhi government (excluding those related to police, public order, and land) under the elected government.</p>.<p>Urging Saxena to clear the file soon, Bharadwaj said, "We had sent a proposal to change the Secretary (Services) two days back."</p>.<p>The elected government of Delhi wishes to make several administrative changes, for which replacing the services secretary is important. A lot of work is held up due to the delay in clearance, he said.</p>.<p>The constitution bench of the Supreme Court has said in its two judgements that the L-G should exercise the power of difference of opinion in the rarest of rare cases, the minister said.</p>.<p>Change in secretary (Services) is a "very routine matter and not a fit case for exercise of difference of opinion," he said.</p>.<p>The L-G can reserve any subject matter for referring to the President in case there is a difference of opinion between him and the ruling dispensation in Delhi.</p>.<p>Bharadwaj further said the Supreme Court, in its 2018 judgement, had said that files should not be sent to the L-G for his approval, only decisions should be conveyed.</p>.<p>However, the GNCTD Amendment Act overturned the SC judgement, he said.</p>.<p>"Now, we have to send all routine files also to the L-G. This GNCTD Amendment Act is under challenge in the Supreme Court," the minister said.</p>
<p>Delhi Services Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday requested Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to clear a file related to the transfer of Services Secretary Ashish More, saying several administrative changes were held up due to the delay.</p>.<p>In a letter to the L-G, Bharadwaj said the Delhi government had sent the file two days back.</p>.<p>More was transferred hours after a Supreme Court order on May 11 put the control of bureaucrats working with the Delhi government (excluding those related to police, public order, and land) under the elected government.</p>.<p>Urging Saxena to clear the file soon, Bharadwaj said, "We had sent a proposal to change the Secretary (Services) two days back."</p>.<p>The elected government of Delhi wishes to make several administrative changes, for which replacing the services secretary is important. A lot of work is held up due to the delay in clearance, he said.</p>.<p>The constitution bench of the Supreme Court has said in its two judgements that the L-G should exercise the power of difference of opinion in the rarest of rare cases, the minister said.</p>.<p>Change in secretary (Services) is a "very routine matter and not a fit case for exercise of difference of opinion," he said.</p>.<p>The L-G can reserve any subject matter for referring to the President in case there is a difference of opinion between him and the ruling dispensation in Delhi.</p>.<p>Bharadwaj further said the Supreme Court, in its 2018 judgement, had said that files should not be sent to the L-G for his approval, only decisions should be conveyed.</p>.<p>However, the GNCTD Amendment Act overturned the SC judgement, he said.</p>.<p>"Now, we have to send all routine files also to the L-G. This GNCTD Amendment Act is under challenge in the Supreme Court," the minister said.</p>