Subhechcha Ganguly 
The Delhi government stated that the Centre and LG will support it by citing the ordinance if it were to independently contest the LG order dismissing 400 specialists before any court.On a plea filed by the Delhi government questioning the legality of an ordinance giving the Centre control over the state bureaucracy, the Supreme Court on Monday served notice to the Union government. The Delhi government pointed out that the executive order was used to fire 400 “specialists” in the city, thus the bench agreed to look into the matter on Monday despite declining the city government’s motion to halt the executive order.
The Delhi government’s supplementary request to add lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena as a respondent was also granted by the bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and justice PS Narasimha. The LG was given notice as a result.”Either this court should consider staying the ordinance or this order of the LG firing independent consultants of the Delhi government has to be stayed,” said senior attorney Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who represented the Delhi government.
The court requested responses to the request for a stay of the ordinance from solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who represented the Centre, and senior advocate Sanjay Jain, who represented the LG.The interim remedy was disputed by both the Centre and LG in a separate case involving the deportation of 400 people. “The wife of a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) is one of those who have been removed. It is now customary to appeal to the Supreme Court in every case. None of the dismissed individuals have appeared before the court, according to Mehta.
