Over 223 employees of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) were removed with immediate effects as they were appointed without prior permission.
The order about the removal was given by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. It is alleged that the then chairperson of the DCW, Swati Maliwal, had appointed them without permission, going against the rules.
Citing the Delhi Commission for Women Act, the order by LG office said that the panel has a capping of 40 employees and that 223 new posts were created without the approval of the LG. The order also states that the panel is not entitled to hire employees on contract.
The order also says that the commission had been informed that they shall not take any step which entails additional financial liability for the government without the approval of the finance department.
The order read, ‘Further, the enhancement of the remuneration and allowances to the staff of DCW was without adequate justification and on violation of the laid down procedures and guidelines’.
Swati Maliwal led the Delhi Commission for Women for nine years before entering politics as an AAP Rajya Sabha MP in January this year.
The post of the panel’s chairperson is lying vacant. The order stated that Maliwal was advised repeatedly to seek approval from the finance department with regard to the hirings.
In a post on X, she tweeted, ‘LG sahab has issued a Tughlaqi order to remove all the contract staff of DCW. Today, the Women’s Commission has a total staff of 90 out of which only 8 people have been provided by the government, the rest are on 3-month contracts’.
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