LG withholding appointment of 244 school principals on flimsy grounds: Manish Sisodia

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday accused Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of withholding appointments of 244 principals on “flimsy grounds”.
This comes a day after Saxena approved 126 posts of principals and deputy education officers in city government schools that had lapsed for remaining “vacant” for more than two years.
At a press conference on Sunday, Sisodia claimed no posts have been vacant has the services department been with the Delhi government.
“They have an unconstitutional control over the services department,” he said, targeting the BJP-led Centre.
“There are 370 posts lying vacant and out of these 370, 126 were approved by LG sir. For the remaining, he has asked us to conduct a study. I want to ask LG sahab: These schools are functioning with the help of vice-principals. How can we conduct the study on the feasibility of a principal?” he asked.
He said he will also be writing to Saxena on the matter but urged him to not stop the appointments on remaining posts on “flimsy grounds’”.