The tussle between the bureaucracy and the political executive in Delhi took another turn on Sunday, when the government accused chief secretary Anshu Prakash of refusing to accept budget-related files at his residence on Sunday afternoon. The government issued a statement accusing the chief secretary of not accepting “important files”, while the officials of Joint Forum of Delhi Government Employees (comprising of officers from IAS, DANICS and DASS) termed the government allegations as yet another effort to “intimidate” the chief secretary. The chief secretary was not at home and the staff at his residence have instructions not to accept any closed packets. The files in question were sent in a closed packet.”The official added that the chief secretary does not “directly deal with the budget”. Files related to the budget are dealt by principal secretary (finance) who reports to the state finance minister,” the official said.

Source: Hindustan Times March 11, 2018 17:48 UTC