The officer, in the letter, proposed to call the meeting without the CM. This is permissible under the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, which gives the member secretary the power to call a meeting of the body with a quorum of two, with the approval of the chairperson.

Some key items to be discussed by NCCSA include action against government officers who made payments for advertisements favouring the AAP; Delhi Jal Board (DJB) engineers who demolished a listed heritage monument in south Delhi to construct a bungalow for an IAS officer; and the shifting of officers from “sensitive departments”.

Earlier, in a note from the CM’s office, Kejriwal postponed the meeting because the Union cabinet has replaced the ordinance with a bill, which is likely to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow. The statement said it was “proper to wait for the new Bill to be passed in the Parliament”.