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more-inActing on advice of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, the Delhi government on Tuesday cancelled the appointment of nine advisers to ministers in the Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet, saying the creation of posts and appointments were done illegally. “Therefore, creation of posts by Delhi Cabinet for accommodating these appointees is void ab-initio, being done by an agency not competent under the law to do so. In addition, the MHA’s 2015 notification that made services a reserved subject meant that the Central government had the right to create posts etc. Since creation of these posts and subsequent appointments on these posts are not valid, all previous orders regarding creation of these posts and appointments made against them are hereby cancelled,” the order read. The appointments cancelled included Atishi Marlena, advisor to Deputy Chief Minister; Arunoday Prakash, media advisor to Deputy CM; Amar Deep Tiwari, media advisor to Minister (Law); Rajat Tiwari, aide-de-camp Minister (Power, PWD, Health, Industries and Home); and Raghav Chaddha, advisor to Minister (Finance)..