Jain directs Dy secys and Addl secys to report directly to him

Delhi Home Minister Satyender Jain has directed the department's deputy secretaries and additional secretaries to report directly to him without involving Home Secretary S N Sahai in every issue apart from public order, police and its service matters.
The order, that was issued yesterday, is likely to deepen the fissure between the government and the bureaucracy over the recent suspension of two special secretaries for allegedly refusing to sign Cabinet notes, a decision that was declared 'non est' (does not exist) by the Centre.
Matters apart from public order, police including railway and traffic police and establishment and service matters of police, will now be put up "directly" to Jain, according to the order.

"For all other subjects covered in the schedule of Allocation of Business Rules under heading 10 Home Department matter(s) shall be put up to the Additional Secretary (Home) by the Deputy Secretary (Home II) and Deputy Secretary (Home III) who in turn will put up such matters directly to the Minister-in-charge (Home)," the order read.
The move also assumes importance in light of AAP MLA Alka Lamba's recent allegations that Sahai was working to "weaken the elected government" of the national capital.
In a letter to Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Lamba had alleged that Sahai was unhappy with Delhi government's decision to scrap Rs 800 crore project under Shahjanabad Redevelopment Corporation (SRDC).

Meanwhile, the government has not allocated any work to Yashpal Garg (special secretary for prosecution )and Subhash Chandra (special secretary for prisons), whose suspension was overturned by the Centre. Jain has appointed new officers in their place.