1032 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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*** Ban on Giving Works to Contractors Related** to Employers of Central P.W.D.
1411. Babu Ram Narayan Singh : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the circumstances which led to the issue of the Labour Department Circular Memo No. M.S.
21, dated the 14th November, 1944, prohibiting the award of works to contractors whose relation are working in officers, etc., under the Central Public Works Department ?
(b) Is he aware that this circular has caused great discontent and hardship to many highly reputed and old-established contractors ?
(c) Do similar orders exist in any other Department of Government ? If so, will he place a copy of such orders on the table of the House ?
(d) Was Legal Department of the Government of India consulted before the Labour Department issued these orders ? If so, what was their opinion ?
(e) Cannot the purpose of the orders be served if a relation of a contractor who happens to work in the same Division is transferred to some other Division or other station ? If not, how ?
(f) Will he please consider the advisability of cancelling these orders ? If not, what are the reasons ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) The Honourable Member’s attention is invited to the reply given to starred question No. 1143, on 21st March, 1946;
(d) No. It is purely an administrative matter.
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@ Revision of Allotment Rules of Government Accommodation
1412. Babu Ram Narayan Singh : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state when the present allotment rules regarding
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 29th March 1946, p. 3158.
@ Ibid.