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(b) The communities to which the Officers belonged were as follows—
(1) Anglo-Indian
(2) Muslim.
(3) Anglo-Indian
(4) Muslim.
(c) Yes. The orders regarding communal representation in the public services are not applied singly to the post of Administrative Officer but to all Class I posts in the Central P.W.D. taken together. It is, therefore, not possible to ensure that the post of Administrative Officer is filled by a member of a particular community.
(d) The question of filling the post is still under consideration.
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*** Application of Payment of Wages Act to** Jodhpur Railway
- Seth Sukhdev : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state—
(a) whether it is a fact that the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act IV of 1936 apply to the portion of the Jodhpur Railway running through British India, if so, why the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and the Supervisor of Railway Labour’s annual reports for three years 1941-44., published in the Indian Labour Gazette, contain no reference to Jodhpur Railway, and
(b) if the information in regard to the inspection of the British portion of the Jodhpur Railway is available for these years whether the Honourable Member proposes to lay a statement on the table of the House giving the following information for the Jodhpur Railway—
(1) the number of staff (i) adults, (ii) children, (iii) substitutes and (iv) total wages paid to them,
(2) the number of employees fined and the amount of fine recovered,
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1946, 6th March, 1946, p. 1961.