"Don't You Have...": Supreme Court To Centre On Delhi Chief Secretary Row
NDTV
During a hearing on a Delhi government's plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud suggested that Mr Kumar should be allowed to superannuate and a fresh appointment should be made.
As the Centre on Tuesday submitted that it wanted to extend the tenure of the Delhi chief secretary who is due to retire on November 30, the Supreme Court sought to know under which power it can do so and quipped if it was "stuck with only one person" and didn't have any other IAS officer for the post.
The apex court asked the Central government to inform it on Wednesday about the grounds on which it wanted to extend the tenure of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar by six more months.
During a hearing on a Delhi government's plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud suggested that Mr Kumar should be allowed to superannuate and a fresh appointment should be made.
