LG tells Centre Delhi govt’s commission of inquiry illegal

Sources Delhi lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung said  in a communication to the home ministry on Wednesday evening, argued that the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952 empowers only the Centre and state governments to appoint a commission of inquiry. Delhi being a Union Territory short of full statehood, a commission of inquiry may be ordered only with the concurrence of the Centre, through the LG, he have recommended to the Centre that the commission of



inquiry appointed by the Arvind Kejriwal government under Gopal Subramaniam to probe alleged irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) be set aside as it was legally invalid. The Centre is likely to examine the matter on Friday, as Thursday was an official holiday on account of Milad-un-Nabi. Sources pointed out "Cricket in Delhi" was too imprecise for the purpose, sources at the Centre said, pointing out that a probe commission set up by the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan in 2011 to probe the decisions and actions of its preceding regime led by Vasundhara Raje had failed to pass muster with the judiciary. that Jung cited the inquiry into the CNG fitness kit scam set up by the Kejriwal government earlier which was set aside by the Centre on the same ground.