: Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, whose 'powers' have been curtailed by the court for 'interfering' in the functioning of the territorial government, Friday said her office has not received files from it for days now.
In a whatsapp message to mediapersons here, Bedi said her office 'has received no files relating to either service matters of the staff or those relating to financial approvals for several days now.'.
She said she feared "this would have an impact on the routine working of the administration and thereby the people of Puducherry.".
The former IPS officer further said the officials were trying to trace the files and that she had to tell them that the files were not with Raj Nivas, the office of the Lieutenant governor.
She voiced her concern over the officials running from office to office 'to track the matter and we do not know where the files are, be it service matters or files requiring financial approvals as per the law governing the Union Territory administration and the Business Rules which are still in force and have not been amended.'
Therefore, she said, "It is my duty to inform the people of the union territory that the lieutenant governor's office has not been receiving for last several days any file from the government."
The Madras High Court, in its verdict on April 30, stated that the Lieutenant governor 'cannot interfere with the activities of the elected government.'