1058 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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*** Muslims in Central P. W. D.**
1646. Mr. Muhammad Rahmat-UIIah : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the ratio of Muslim employees in the following posts in the Central Public Works Department :—(i) Superintending Engineers, (ii) Executive Engineers, (iii) Assistant Executive Engineers, (iv) Sub-Divisional Officers, (v) Subordinates, (vi) Head Clerks, (vii) Divisional Accountants ?
(b) Why is the Muslim ratio inadequate in gazetted posts ?
(c) Why are not the Muslims given promotions on communal basis when the appointments are made on communal basis and when the ratio is hardly eight per cent ?
(d) What will be the policy of Government on the confirmation of staff of the Central Public Works Department in the near future ? What steps will be taken to adjust the ratio in all posts?
(e) On what basis are the construction and maintenance works allotted to Sub-Divisional Officers and Subordinates? If the Muslims are deprived of the above works and if the complaint is made to the Chief Engineer or the Superintending Engineers, what steps do they take to check communalism ?
(f) Is it a fact that the Store or the Standard Measurement Books are allotted to the Muslim Subordinates? Is it a fact that they are not entrusted with the construction and the maintenance works in the Central Public Works Department in Delhi and outside ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar :
(a) (i) Superintending Enginccrs-6 per cent.
(ii) Executive Engineers-17 per cent.
(iii) Assistant Executive Engincers-14 per cent.
(iv) Sub-Divisional Officers-17 per cent.
(v) Subordinatcs-22 per cent.
(vi) Head Clerks-24 per cent.
(vii) Figures for Divisional Accountants are not readily available.
(b) The posts of Superintending and Executive Engineers are filled by promotion and the orders regarding reservation of appointments
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1946, 8th April 1946, p. 3656.