The Union Government has no proposal under consideration at present to amend the Constitution to grant complete Statehood to Delhi with Police under the control of Delhi Government.
A decision on whether the proposal for granting Statehood to Delhi be dropped, or to take up the matter suitably once again as may be considered expedient is yet to be taken.
S. Balakrishnan Committee had not recommended Delhi as a full-fledged constituent State of the Union of India.
According to the Cabinet note dated December 9, 1991, signed by then Union Home Secretary Madhav Godbole, the decision to keep Delhi’s status as a Union Territory (UT) but with a legislature of its own was taken on the recommendations of the S Balakrishnan Committee.
The committee, formed in December 1987, was asked to “go into various issues connected with the administration of the UT of Delhi”.
In its two-part report, the Balakrishnan panel suggested three options for Delhi — full statehood, partial statehood but with an Assembly and, lastly, UT status but with special Constitutional status.
On May 29, 1990, the Union Cabinet decided to amend the Constitution to grant “statehood” to Delhi and a Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on May 31, 1990. However, the Bill lapsed on the dissolution of the House.
The issue was then discussed by the Cabinet Committee on Police Affairs on December 3, 1991, which recommended continuation of UT status with a legislative Assembly and council of ministers “subject to the overall control by the Union and certain safeguards….”
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