AAP won't let central panel decide next Delhi chief secretary ;

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and MP Parvesh Verma at the inauguration of Delhi Jal Board's Dwarka plant in New Delhi on Sunday.The deadlock over the issue of the next Delhi chief secretary continues with the Delhi government rejecting the three-member panel of three senior IAS officers sent by the Union Home Ministry to pick the next chief secretary.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is adamant on appointment of 1984 batch IAS officer Ramesh Negi as the chief secretary. Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia had met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday and requested him to appoint Negi.
Negi has served the Delhi government in various positions, including the chairman-cum-MD of Delhi Transport Corporation and the chief executive officer of Delhi Jal Board.
The Home ministry has rejected the Delhi government's recommendation to appoint Negi saying he was too junior and does not fall in the prescribed pay grade of 80,000 per month for the post.

In a communication, the Home ministry had also conveyed to the Delhi government that Negi's appointment will be unfair to a dozen AGMTU cadre officers who are senior to him and serving in various key positions.
Well-placed sources said the Delhi government was unlikely to accept the MHA's view as it felt if Negi was junior, then why was he functioning as the chief secretary of a sensitive state like Arunachal Pradesh.
The sources added that the government was of the opinion that the people of the city have huge expectations from it (AAP) and the Centre must co-operate and help it in implementing various ambitious schemes.
Also, sources said the prevalent thinking in the Delhi government was that the Centre cannot impose any officer on it and that there would be nothing wrong in appointing Negi to the top bureaucratic post.
Meanwhile, the Home ministry on Saturday appointed S.N. Sahay as the interim chief secretary of Delhi. Negi is currently serving as chief secretary of bordering state of Arunachal Pradesh.
A 1986 batch IAS officer, Sahai replaced D.M. Spolia, who retired on Saturday. The Home ministry is said to be ready to accommodate Kejriwal's request but service rules came in the way, forcing the ministry to send the panel of three IAS officers, sources said.

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