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It refers to Office-Memorandum No.F.19(11)-2015-S-IV-1751-1756 dated 11.06.2019 issued by Services Department (Branch IV) of Government of NCT Delhi wherein an relaxation of five years in upper age-limit has been granted to contractual employees at time of regular appointment on Direct Recruitment Basis. The OM is based on bass of DoPT guidelines and opinions of concerned ones. But such relaxation of a fixed five-year period will harm many contractual and outsourced employees whose service exceeds more than five years, because they will always have a hanging sword of uncertainty and unemployment in case decision is taken to replace contractual and outsourced employees to be replaced by regular employees. Such contractual and outsourced employees at such mid-age will neither be eligible ...

Presently RO (Reverse Osmosis) water-purifiers usually have a drainage-pipe that drains out an appreciable quantity of water as waste water before preserving the filtered water in the reservoir. Central government should direct concerned ministry or department whereby water-purifiers may be innovated where there may be no generation of waste water to be drained out before preserving purified water in the reservoir. Any provision of compulsory installation of a separate reservoir to store waster-water to be used otherwise will not work, because people in general will either remove any such reservoir or get it emptied by throwing away the waste water. Since RO water-purifiers are now-a-days very common in households, hotels, restaurants, eateries and offices, installation of water-purifiers...

It is quite usual that private builder-groups are charging GST on previously booked units (flats, apartments, villas etc) at the old increased GST rate of 12-percent as was before 31.03.2019, even if these units are completed and allotted after 01.04.2019 when GST-rate was reduced to 5-percent. This is despite the fact that agreements signed clearly mention that the total price would be inclusive of taxes and cesses applicable on date of agreement with a condition that any decrease in taxes and cess, the booking company shall refund the excess amount charged at old increased GST-rate. There are instances where GST was reduced from 12-percent to 5-percent w.e.f. 01.04.2019 and the project was not completed till 31.03.2019. GST on such booked unit must have been revised to 5-percent from ear...

Delhi Government should challenge High Court order in Supreme Court regarding free medical facilities and medicines in Delhi government hospitals with provision of charging cost of medicines to be reimbursed in Aadhar-linked bank-accounts. Delhi Government should challenge High Court order to provide free medical treatments, facilities and medicines in OPDs of hospitals run by Delhi government with hard-earned money of tax-payers of Delhi to non-Delhi patients that too at a time when even hospitals run by central government in Delhi like prestigious AIIMS, RML etc do not offer free medicines and costly investigations like MRI. However non-Delhi residents must have right to avail emergency-treatments because medical emergencies can occur any time during visit to Delhi. People from outside...

It is indeed regretting that Supreme Court has to spend precious court-hours on issues like encroachments and parking-space in Delhi. It was welcome to note that the Division Bench of Apex Court gave Delhi government notify its parking policy in short time by 30.09.2019 with compliance-report to be submitted in the court by 04.10.2019. Concerned authorities in Delhi should also look into large-scale commercialisation of earlier purely posh residential colony Bhagirath Palace in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi with total buildings in the colony re-built with high level illegal constructions. Bhagirath Palace with adjoining Lajpat Rai Market, New Lajpat Rai Market and Pleasure Garden Market have thus become largest wholesale markets in India for so many commodities like medicines, surgica...

It was on expected lines that Kulbhushan Jadhav had to speak during counsellor-access with Deputy High Commissioner of India in Pakistan on 02.09.2019 under tremendous pressure of Pakistani authorities in accordance with tune of Pakistan. Since he has to remain in torturous custody of Pakistan, he could not speak reality in fear of extended dose of torture later. India has sufficient evidence through photographs and videos that Kulbhushan Jadhav was beaten mercilessly by Pakistan authorities. India government should raise the issue on international forum to shift Kulbhushan Jadhav to office of either United Nations or Red Cross in Pakistan if it may not be feasible to demand his shifting to some neutral country of Pakistan. Demand should also be made for a complete and comprehensive med...