India, April 27 -- The Delhi High Court has asked the city Government to explain why vacancies in the posts of chairman and members in the Delhi State Minorities Commission have not been filled since 2023.

A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that merely because the law stipulates that vacancies must be filled "as soon as may be", the posts cannot be "kept vacant perennially", and asked the authorities to initiate the appointment process.

It also directed the Delhi Government to file an affidavit disclosing the steps taken and the timeline within which the vacancies in the Commission would be filled.

The court passed the order on April 22 on a public interest litigation filed by Salek Chand Jain.

The ...