Delhi LG Saxena orders removal of 223 contractual employees, cites ‘No approval taken’

May 2, 2024

New Delhi: A total of 223 employees of Delhi Women Commission were removed with immediate effect on Thursday. The order was issued after the approval of Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena based on an investigation report submitted to the Lieutenant Governor in 2017.

According to the report, the then DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal had allegedly appointed these employees without the approval of the Finance Department and the Lieutenant Governor. The order said only 40 posts were sanctioned under the DCW Act and no approval was taken for appointment of additional members.

The order said the DCW did not have the power to appoint them as contractual employees.

The order said, taking cognizance of all these irregularities and illegalities made by DCW, the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor has approved the proposal of the department that the appointments of contractual staff engaged in DCW without having sanctioned posts and without following due procedures is void- ab-initio and the same cannot be allowed to continue in DCW.

Therefore, the approval of the Government is hereby conveyed to Delhi Commission for Women to discontinue the services of all contractual staff with immediate effect who have been appointed by DCW at any point of time, by going beyond its delegated power and without following various procedures laid down and in violation of DCW Act/ rules/regulations/guidelines issued by Govt. of NCT of Delhi from time to time.