THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, May 2: On the directive of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, up to 223 Delhi Women’s Commission staff members were laid off on Thursday.
The Delhi government had served notice to the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) to terminate the employment of 223 contract workers, alleging that they were hired without Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s authorization.
On the directive of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development (WCD) department had instructed the DCW to lay off the contractual employees immediately.
The accusation was that Swati Maliwal, the former chairperson of the Delhi Women’s Commission, had allegedly made appointments without authorization, violating the regulations.Top of Form
What does the Delhi LG’s order say?
“DCW has violated the statutory provisions of DCW Act, 1994 and various standing instructions of the Department of Finance & Planning Department, GNCTD by creating 223 posts and engaging staff without following due procedure i.e. no study was conducted to assess the actual requirement of additional staff and eligibility criteria for each post, no administrative approval and expenditure sanctioned was obtained from the GNCTD for engaging such manpower and applications for such posts were not formally invited, role and responsibility for any of these posts were not assigned and emoluments of some of the incumbents which were decided at the time of initial appointment, were enhanced very sharply and arbitrarily,” the order dated April 29 read.
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“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,” the order added.
“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,” the order further stated.
Swati Maliwal slams LG’s order
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal who is the former chairperson of DCW, condemned the order.
In a post on X, Maliwal stated, “LG Saheb has issued a ‘Tughlaqi’ order to remove all the contract staff of DCW. Today, there are a total of 90 staffers in the Women’s Commission, out of which only 8 people have been given by the government, the rest are on a contract for 3 months each. If all the contract staff are removed, the Women’s Commission will be locked. Why are these people doing this? This organisation is built with blood and sweat. Instead of giving it staff and protection, you are destroying it from the roots? As long as I am alive, I will not let the Women’s Commission be closed. Put me in jail, don’t oppress women!”
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LG साहब ने DCW के सारे कॉंट्रैक्ट स्टाफ को हटाने का एक तुग़लकी फ़रमान जारी किया है। आज महिला आयोग में कुल 90 स्टाफ है जिसमें सिर्फ़ 8 लोग सरकार द्वारा दिये गये हैं, बाक़ी सब 3 – 3 महीने के कॉंट्रैक्ट पे हैं। अगर सब कॉंट्रैक्ट स्टाफ हटा दिया जाएगा, तो महिला आयोग पे ताला लग जाएगा।…
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) May 2, 2024
