414 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
- It is this resolution which is now in operation and constitutes the Magna Charta securing justice to all communities in the Public Services of the country. A reference to the provisions of this Resolution is very necessary. It will show why the other minority communities have been so well represented in the Public Services and why the Scheduled Castes have not been represented at all. The Resolution has two fundamental provisions and which, as compared with the old resolution of 1923, are quite new :—
(1) It declares what communities are to be treated as minorities for the purposes of recruitment to Public Services;
(2) It defines a fixed proportion of annual vacancies which are to be allotted to the communities declared as minorities.
- These are the provisions laid down by the Resolution of
1934 for securing representation to the various communities. Coming to particulars the Resolution in the first place defines the following communities as minorities :—
(1) Muslims, (2) Anglo-Indians, (3) Indian Christians, (4) Sikhs, (5) Parsis.
In the second place, the Resolution fixes the following proportion of annual vacancies to be filled by members belonging to the above mentioned minorities.
Proportions fixed by the Resolution of 4th July 1934
SERVICES
Minorities I.C.S. Railways Posts Central and and and Subordinate Customs TeleServices graphs Recruited on All-India Basis
Appraising Department and Preventive Services
Muslims … 25% 25% 25% This service is excluded
Anglo-Indians … 8% 5% from the operation of the Resolution, apparantly Indian Christians … 6% 3½% *8 [1]3 % to reserve recruitment
Sikhs … … ...... ...... for Anglo-Indians only on the ground that the Parsis … … ...... ...... Service re-quires special
qualifications.
*Note. —Para 7 (iii) of the said Resolution says—If communities obtain less than their
reserved percentage and duly qualified candidates are not available, the residue of
8 7% will be available for Muslims.