Next week Lok Sabha will debate Delhi services ordinance replacement bill.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced on Friday that the Lok Sabha will take up a bill to replace the ordinance that was issued to establish a body to oversee transfers and postings of Group-A officials in Delhi.

Informing the House of the items scheduled for the upcoming week, the Union minister for law and justice.

When the Delhi Government (Amendment) Bill is presented to the House, a number of notices submitted by opposition leaders to move a statutory resolution against the contentious ordinance will also be discussed.

Several opposition figures have issued notifications, including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress, Saugata Roy of the TMC, and A Raja, N K Premchandran, and Dean Kuriakose of the DMK.

The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, which would take the place of the decree the Centre issued on May 19, received approval from the Union Cabinet on Tuesday.

The contentious law was put into effect a week after the Supreme Court gave the elected administration led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal control over all services in Delhi, with the exception of police, public order, and land.

It made it easier to create the National Capital Civil Service Authority (NCCSA), which oversaw the transfer of Group-A officers from the DANICS cadre as well as disciplinary actions against them.

Before the May 11 ruling by the Supreme Court, the lieutenant governor exercised executive control over all transfers and postings of Delhi government employees.

The opposition coalition INDIA, which includes Kejriwal’s AAP, has responded angrily to the order, claiming that the Centre “deceived” the citizens of Delhi.

Along with other opposition parties, the Congress has spoken out against the ordinance.