to release rs 337 crore to five local bodies including three mcds for january to march 2021 without making any deduction towards loan he also said the revenue of delhi government has taken a serious hits due to the pandemic in the financial year 202021 the bench while dictating its order said it is clear to us that there is no real sense of concern or sympathy for municipal employees in political establishments whether it is the delhi government or municipal corporations it also asked the delhi government to file an affidavit on the amount which according to it is liable to be paid to the mcds as far as budget and revised estimate is concerned it also directed the corporations to file respective affidavits disclosing their expenditures since april 2020 and made it clear that if they fail to do so their chairpersons shall be present in the hearing on february 22 we further direct that the amounts which the mcds and local bodies have received or will receive shall not be disbursed for any other purpose except releasing salaries and pensions and they have to first clear the arrears the bench said it also asked the authorities to ensure that they shall first clear the outstanding salaries and pensions for october 2020 and thereafter the remaining corpus shall be used in an equitable manner the bench had earlier expressed its disapproval over delhi governments decision to deduct from the amounts transferred to the corporations the loans given to them saying even the reserve bank of india had imposed a moratorium on recall of loans and declaration of accounts as npa by banks and financial institutions it had earlier said that it was intended to stop all nonessential discretionary expenses of the three municipal corporations including the perks of councillors and senior officers living like lords so that salaries and pensions of covid19 front line workers doctors nurses and sanitation staff can be paid the corporations had told the court that they were unable to pay salaries or pensions due to paucity of funds and if the loan amounts are not deducted from the basic tax assignment bta by the delhi government they can meet the salaries of their employees the coffers of the mcds are filled partly by revenue generated by the corporations by raising taxes and fees permissible under the delhi municipal corporations act and partly by contributions made by the delhi government