Government of Delhi

New Delhi, an urban area in Delhi Union Territory, is the seat of the State Government of Delhi and the Government of India, as well as the city or local governments as per the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.[1]

Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Seat of GovernmentNew Delhi
Executive
GovernorLt. Governor Anil Baijal
Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal
Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia
Chief SecretaryVijay Kumar Dev, IAS
Legislature
Assembly
  • Vidhan Sabha
SpeakerRam Niwas Goel
Deputy SpeakerRakhi Birla
Members in Assembly70
Judiciary
High CourtDelhi High Court
Chief JusticeDhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

Union Territories are governed by the Union Government. There are a few exceptions, such as Delhi, Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir which also have a state government.[2]

Local governments

The local or city government is headed by the mayor. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi handled civic administration for the city, and had one mayor.[3]

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated into three bodies, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation in 2012.[4] This is why Delhi now has three mayors.[3]

The Delhi Cantonment Board is also a municipality that has jurisdiction in the city, since cantonment boards are municipalities as per the Cantonment Board Act 2006 and are under control of the Ministry of Defence.[5]

State government

The Chief Minister and Governor are the heads of the State Government. The state government consists of the legislative wing, i.e. the present Legislative Assembly of Delhi, which is unicameral, consisting of 70 members of the legislative assembly.

The 11 revenue Districts of Delhi.

History

The Legislative Assembly of Delhi was first constituted on 17 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951, but it was abolished on 1 October 1956. Its legislative assembly was re-established in the year of 1993, after the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 came into force, followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution of India, declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi.[6]

The first chief minister of Delhi was Ch. Braham Prakash (INC) and the first woman CM was Sushma Swaraj of BJP. Sheila Dikshit (INC) has been the chief minister for the maximum times (three) and oversaw immense development of the city during her tenure. Delhi also saw major scams perpetrated under her watch.BJP lists scams perpetrated under Dikshit government Guru Radha Kishan (CPI) had the rare distinction of representing his constituency in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for most years continuously by an individual and Ch. Prem Singh (INC) has won the maximum elections for different civic bodies in Delhi.

Ministers

As per article 239AA of Indian Constitution, the number of ministers cannot exceed ten percent of Delhi assembly seats. Therefore, there can be a maximum of seven m Ministers (10% of 70 Delhi assembly seats).[7]

#Term StartTerm EndNameDepartments and portfolios
0114 February 2015IncumbentArvind KejriwalChief Minister, water
0214 February 2015IncumbentManish Sisodia

Deputy Chief Minister, Tourism, Education, Finance, Planning, Land & Building, Vigilance, Services, Women & Child, Art, Culture & Languages, and all other departments not specifically assigned to any ministers

0314 February 2015IncumbentSatyendra Kumar Jain

Health, Industries, Public Works Department, Power, Home, Urban Development

0414 February 2015IncumbentGopal Rai

Employment, Development, Labour, General Administration Department, Irrigation & Flood Control

0514 February 2015IncumbentImran Hussain

Food and Supply, Election

0614 February 2015IncumbentRajendra Pal Gautam

Gurudwara Elections, Water, SC & ST, Social Welfare, Cooperative

0714 February 2015IncumbentKailash Gahlot

Administrative Reforms, Information & Technology, Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs, Transport, Revenue, Forest & Wildlife, Environment

[8][9]

Central government

The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is appointed by the President of India.,[10] as agent of President and not head of state like governor, on the advice of the Central government. This state government is called the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Government of NCT of Delhi or simply Government of Delhi). It consists of an executive, led by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, a judiciary and a legislature.

Central versus State

The Supreme Court of India in Government of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India ruled that according to the Article 239AA of the Indian constitution, that although the government had to keep him/her informed of its decisions, Delhi's lieutenant governor did not have any independent decision-making powers and had to follow the "aid and advice" of the chief minister-led council of ministers of the Government of Delhi on matters which the Delhi Legislative Assembly could legislate on, viz., all items on the State List (items on which only state legislatures can legislate) and the Concurrent List (items on which both the Parliament of India and the state legislatures can legislate) barring 'police, 'public order' and 'land'.[11][12][13][14][15][16] The court added that on matters referred to him/her, the LG was bound to follow the orders of the president.[13]

Judiciary

The Delhi High Court has jurisdiction over Delhi, which also has two lower courts: the Small Causes Court for civil cases, and the Sessions Court for criminal cases. Unlike other states in India, the Delhi Police reports to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and not the state government. Headed by the Police Commissioner, it is one of the largest metropolitan police forces in the world.[17] The headquarters of Delhi Police are located Jai Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

See also

References
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