President delegates powers to Delhi LG to constitute any authority or statutory body

NEW DELHI:

Ministry of home affairs

on Tuesday notified that the President has delegated Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor

Vinai Kumar Saxena

the

power

to form and appoint members to any authority, board, commission, or statutory body under laws enacted by

Parliament for the national capital

.
In a gazette notification, the ministry of home affairs said,”In pursuance of clause (1) of Article 239 of the Constitution read with section 45D of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), the President hereby directs that the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi shall, subject to the control of the President and until further orders, exercise the powers of the President under clause (a) of section 45D of the said Act for constitution of any authority, board, commission or any statutory body by whatever name it may be called, or for appointment of any Government officer or ex-officio member to such authority, board, commission or any statutory body.”