48 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
irrespective of the extent of representation allowed to other minorities in the Provinces.
Condition No. V
ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION IN THE SERVICES
The Depressed Classes have suffered enormously at the hands of the high caste officers who have monopolized the Public Services by abusing the law or by misusing the discretion vested in them in administering it to the prejudice of the Depressed Classes and to the advantage of the caste Hindus without any regard to justice, equity or good conscience. This mischief can only be avoided by destroying the monopoly of caste Hindus in the Public Services and by regulating the recruitment to them in such a manner that all communities including the Depressed will have an adequate share in them. For this purpose the Depressed Classes have to make the following proposals for statutory enactment as part of the constitutional law:—
( 1 ) There shall be established in India and in each Province in India a public Services Commission to undertake the recruitment and control of the Public Services.
( 2 ) No member of the Public Service Commission shall be removed except by a resolution passed by the Legislature nor shall he be appointed to any office under the Crown after his retirement.
( 3 ) It shall be the duty of the Public Service Commission, subject to the tests of efficiency as may be prescribed,
(a) to recruit the Services in such a manner as will secure due and adequate representation of all communities, and
(b) to regulate from time to time priority in employment in accordance with the existing extent of the representation of the various communities in any particular service concerned.
Condition No. VI
REDRESS AGAINST PREJUDICIAL ACTION OR NEGLECT OF INTERESTS
In view of the fact that the Majority Rule of the future will be the rule of the orthodox, the Depressed Classes fear that such a Majority Rule will not be sympathetic to them and that the probability of prejudice to their interests and neglect of their vital needs cannot be overlooked. It must be provided against particularly because, however adequately represented the