Delhi High Court closes plea to forward CAG reports
Hindustan TimesThe Delhi high court on Monday closed the plea filed by seven Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs seeking directions to forward 12 reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General to LG VK Saxena for tabling before the Delhi legislative assembly. Delhi HC closes plea to forward CAG reports A bench of justice Sanjeev Narula said that the grievance raised by the MLAs stood redressed, after Saxena submitted that he had returned all the CAG reports to chief minister Atishi’s office with his approval and had directed to immediately convene a special sitting of Delhi Legislative Assembly for tabling the reports. In their petition before the high court, the BJP MLAs -- Mohan Singh Bisht, Om Prakash Sharma, Ajay Kumar Mahawar, Abhay Verma, Anil Kumar Bajpai, Vijender Gupta, and Jitendra Mahajan -- argued that the CAG reports for 2017-18 to 2020-21 contained “sensitive” information and were being withheld by Delhi CM Atishi, who also holds the finance portfolio. On Thursday, the high court had asked Delhi government and LG to file an affidavit indicating the developments that have transpired, after Delhi government’s counsel submitted that the CAG reports were already forwarded and LG’s counsel said that Saxena had received 10 files from Atishi’s office.