‘Failed to reach consensus’: Delhi govt, L-G tell Supreme Court over key appointment

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have to rise above political bickering and they should give a name for the post of DERC chairperson. Does everything have to be run through the Supreme Court?" the Supreme Court asked, adding that “with a degree of diplomacy and statesmanship, the solution can be found." Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and L-G VK Saxena did sit down at the Raj Niwas to pick a candidate.

The meeting went on for an hour but they “failed to reach a consensus". The post of the DERC chairman assumes significance since the regulator decides the power tariff in the national capital.

The position has been lying vacant since January amid the differences between the AAP dispensation and the L-G's office over the new appointee. Arvind Kejriwal in January recommended the name of retired High Court judge Rajeev Kumar Srivastava who later excused himself, citing personal reasons.

He later recommended the name of retired justice Sangeet Lodha. Meanwhile, the Centre through a notification appointed Justice Umesh Kumar (retd) to the post, officials said.