Have forwarded CAG reports to LG, Delhi govt’s counsel tells high court

The Delhi government on Thursday informed the Delhi high court that it has already forwarded the reports prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General to the lieutenant governor VK Saxena for tabling before the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Have forwarded CAG reports to LG, Delhi govt’s counsel tells high court The information comes after the CAG last week said that eight reports pertaining to Delhi are pending with the city government for laying before the Legislative Assembly. Sudhir Nandrajog, representing the Delhi government, said: “I have informal instructions that respondent number 2 has already sent the reports to respondent 4.” Advocate Bani Dixit, representing the LG, submitted that Saxena had received 10 files from chief minister Atishi’s office for the purpose of laying down before the assembly, but the files were not presented in the session. BJP MLAs Mohan Singh Bisht, Om Prakash Sharma, Ajay Kumar Mahawar, Abhay Verma, Anil Kumar Bajpai, and Jitendra Mahajan, argued that the CAG reports between 2017-18 to 2020-21 contained “sensitive” information and were being “withheld” by chief minister Atishi, who also holds the finance portfolio. Meanwhile, the Delhi government and its finance ministry had filed an affidavit on Wednesday, stating that the finance department was pursuing finance minister’s office to expedite the laying of the reports in the assembly and had also sent reminders to the minister’s office to place the Finance Accounts and Appropriation Accounts of Delhi government along with various CAG reports.