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678 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
to local Governments, or authorise the Indian Legislature or local Legislatures to make laws regulating the Public Services.”
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : Yes.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : So, under the Government of India Act as enacted, the intention was to transfer this power of making rules with regard to the emoluments and the conditions of service, to the Governor-General or to the Indian Legislatures ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : Or the Local Governments.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : And the intention was that the conditions of service should be such as to be assimilated to the new system of government that was to be introduced in India ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : That seems to be the implication.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If, for instance, these provisions as they are laid down in Appendix 7 were enacted, the whole tendency which emanated from the Government of India Act of developing control over the Indian authorities would be arrested ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : That is why I say in my Memorandum that the proposals relating to the Public Services do not give satisfaction to India.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is quite necessary, and it is in fact provided in the Government of India Act itself, that these powers are being exercised by the Secretary of State in Council, and may be delegated, under proper conditions, to the Indian Legislature ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : Yes.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If the White Paper proposals were enacted, this process of devolution would be arrested ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : Clearly.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Take, again, certain specific items in the Services’ rights. Take, for instance, 14 on page 121, “Personal concurrence of the Governor, formal censure,” and so on ; 15 : “Personal concurrence of the Governor with regard to posting ; 16 : Right of complaint to the Governor against any order of an official superior,” and so on. Now these rights, as conditions of service, are really not final ; they are in their evolutionary stage. These were enacted because nobody was certain how the Minister would react ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : What is your question, Dr. Ambedkar ?
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : My question is this : Some of these Service conditions which are laid down, and to which I have drawn your attention, were enacted as an experimental thing in order to find out what exactly would be the ultimate result of the experiment between a popular Minister and the Civil Service ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : Yes.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : They were not intended to be final ?
Mr. Sachchidananda Sinha : No, I suppose not.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : And if they were enacted as they are, I again