NEW DELHI, Oct. 15 -- A One Stop Centre (OSC) meant to give women facing violence immediate access to counselling, legal aid and temporary shelter has been operating without a centre administrator for the past few weeks following a legal dispute over the previous chief's removal, HT has learnt.

The government removed Kusum Lata, the administrator of the centre operating out of Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital in Jahangirpuri in December last year and subsequently promoted a case worker to the post.

But the former administrator challenged the appointment before the Central Administrative Tribunal. Asked, Kusum Lata told HT that the case was pending before CAT, which at a recent hearing, revoked the appointment of her successor.

She s...