Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has ordered the transfer of several senior officials engaged in flagship projects of the AAP government's flagship projects. This is the first major reshuffle by the Lt Governor in Public Works Department (PWD) and Environment and Health Departments following the Delhi High Court ruling that the Lt Governor is the administrative head of the national capital.
Health secretary Tarun Seem has been replaced with IAS officer Chandrakar Bharti while Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as new PWD Secretary in place of non-IAS cadre office Sarvagya Srivastava.
In the wake of the HC order that stamped the primacy of the LG in the city administration, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had requested Jung not to transfer Seem and Srivastava as they were handling flagship projects - setting up of mohalla clinics and construction of new school buildings.