620 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : Do Government propose to recruit Muslim officers from provinces if they are found fit ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta : When the communal proportion is restored, will those who have already been appointed be dismissed ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: They are all temporary appointments.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta : So they will be dismissed.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : They are temporary. There is no question of dismissal.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta continued standing in his scat even after putting the question.
Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim): When the Honourable Member has asked a question, he ought to resume his seat.
Mr. Jamnadas M. Mehta : I want to ask another question, Sir. That means that those who came to your assistance—at the critical moment will be given a short shrift ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The appointments are temporary and there is no question of dismissal or discharge.
Khan Bahadur Shaikh Fazl-i-Haq Piracha : What is the duration of these temporary appointments ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: It is quite impossible to say.
Khan Bahadur Shaikh Fazl-i-Haq Piracha : Is it not laid down in the rules or in the resolution passed by the Government that any temporary appointment for three months and over should be made in accordance with the Resolution of the Government keeping in view the percentages of various communities ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : All that must be subject to emergency.
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*** New Assistant Estate Officers and Assistants to** the Estate Officer
- Khan Bahadur Shaikh Fazl-i-Haq Piracha : (a) Will the Honourable Member for Labour please state the number of the new
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 16th Mareh 1943, p. 1125.