Slamming the Centre and the Delhi government for failing to take steps to ensure better coordination among the various agencies and departments in the capital, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that the Centre and state governments should “show some efficiency instead of fighting with each other”. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/work-instead-of-locking-office-doors-hc-to-centre-aap-govt/ The court of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw, in its order, noted that the “conduct” of the governments showed “a total apathy to improve governance”.
Related From court: Child labour PIL: HC slaps Rs 10,000 fine on Delhi government Citys first juvenile de-addiction centre likely to open next month Plethora of authorities in Delhi is frustrating: Sheila The noting came after counsels, appearing for both the Centre and the Delhi government, said they were unaware of previous court directions regarding better coordination and governance in the city. The bench also commented on the recent fracas between the Centre and the AAP government and asked the counsels to “tell your officers” to “do some work instead of locking doors of offices”. The court was hearing a PIL relating to steps to be taken to provide facilities for physically disabled persons. The plea — filed by Vinod Kumar Bansal through advocates Sitab Ali Chaudhary and Anupam Srivastava — had sought various directions regarding access and free movement of persons with disabilities. The High Court bench had in February noted that “perhaps the existence of multiple agencies to undertake different tasks with respect to roads, pavements, signages and parking spaces in the city — and amongst which there appeared to be no coordination — was behind such non-enforcement of the provisions, rules and regulations already in place.” It then directed the Centre and the state government to consider devising “new tools/schemes policies for governance of the city” and appoint a “ competent consultant” for the ta -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
