L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 587
(c) whether the Home Department Resolution of 1934 regarding communal composition of services applies to such appointments ;
(d) if the reply to part (c) be in the negative, the reason and the order of the Government, if any, on the subject; and
(e) the total strength of officers in the Engineering service of the Central Public Works Department and the number of Muslim and Sikh officers of such services ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The collection of this information to cover officers of every grade would involve an amount of time and labour which would not, in the opinion of Government, be justifiable in war time. The number of gazetted officers is, however, 83. Their nationalities are : five Europeans, rest Indians. Creeds : Hindus 61, Muslims 10, Sikhs 2, others 10.
(b) In the case of three appointments, which have been made on a permanent basis, the selection of the officers was made in consultation with the Federal Public Service Commission and with due regard to the requirements of the Home Department Resolution of 1934 regarding communal representation in the public services. The rest of the appointments are all temporary, the officers concerned having been obtained on loan from Provincial Governments for the execution of certain specific works. In these cases, the officers were selected and placed at the disposal of the Government of India by the Provincial Governments themselves, in accordance with the requirements of the Government of India indicated to them from time to time.
(c) No, so far as the temporary appointments mentioned in the answer to clause (b) are concerned : Yes, so far as the permanent appointments referred to above are concerned.
(d) The Home Department Resolution of 1934 does not apply to persons who are on deputation for a definite period and are expected to revert to their substantive posts thereafter.
(e) The total strength of gazetted officers is 174, of whom 18 are Muslims and 8 Sikhs. Figures of non-gazetted staff cannot be readily given.
Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : May I know the number of officers recruited from Bihar Public Works Department in the Central Public Works Department ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I require notice of that.