L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1027
Prof. N. G. Ranga : When will the Honourable Member consider the appointment of an Indian Secretary to this Department, in view of the fact that for a number of years past, there has been no Indian Secretary in this Department ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : This is a matter which rests with the Selection Committee.
Prof. N. G. Ranga : Who selects the Secretaries of Departments ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I want notice.
Prof. N. G. Ranga : Is there a selection committee which deals with this question ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : There is a committee to which the matter must be referred and the selection is made only from an approved list.
Mr. Ahmed E. H. Jaffer : Does it mean that the Honourable Member has no hand in the appointment ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Not until there is a vacancy, I am sure.
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*** Seniority of Certain Officers for Purposes of** Allotment of Government Residences
- Sri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour member be pleased to state if it is a fact that during the period of emergency certain offices of the Central Government (Secretariat and Attached Offices) were moved from Delhi/Simla to outstations, for want of office accommodation ?
(b) Is it a fact that the staff on return with the offices have not been allowed to count their previous service for purposes of entitlement to Government quarters on the ground that they moved to a station other than Delhi/Simla and that in their cases their seniority for entitlement to accommodation was reckoned from the date of subsequent arrival at Delhi ?
(c) Is it a fact that the Secretariat Staff working at Calcutta have been allowed to count offices in regard to allotment of residential accommodation been made ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 29th Match 1946, p. 3140.