L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1039
(b) What object has been achieved by not giving to such officials, seniority from the original date of qualifying posting vis- a-vis those who have remained on duly in Delhi, when transfers are ordered in the interest of public service?
(c) As the situation with regard to residential accommodation is acute, and the persons affected are those who have put in quite a number of years in Government service and have large families, does the Honourable Member propose to examine the necessity of rescinding this decision ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) The objection aimed at was to give relief to relatively junior people whose stay in Delhi had been continuous and who had suffered more from the rigours of the Delhi housing conditions than offices stationed in Simla or Delhi.
(c) The Rule will be re-examined when the general revision of the Allotment Rules is undertaken.
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*** Permission to Build more Sugar Factories** in Certain Canal Irrigated Deccan Area of Bombay Province
- Sir. B. S . Hiray : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) whether it is a fact that canals in the Deccan area of the Bombay Province were constructed for protective purposes ;
(b) whether it is a fact that the same purpose is served, if not, whether Government propose to extend the areas under Sugar Factories for sugar cane crop ;
(c) how many acres of land are irrigated by Canal water in this area, and how many of it are utilised by Sugar Factories for their purposes ; and
(d) whether Government propose to allow the construction of more Sugar Factories in this area ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The information has been called for from the Government of Bombay and will be laid on the table of the House in due course.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 29th March 1946, p. 3163.