L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 643
food, does the Honourable the Labour Member propose to consider the desirability of partitioning the joint compound in front of the A, B and C type of orthodox quarters in New Delhi by hedges to enable the tenants thereof to follow that scheme ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : There has been no general demand from the tenants concerned and if concrete suggestions are put forward by the tenants I am prepared to consider.
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*** Desirability of Allowing Government Servants** Living in the New Area to Apply for Quarters in the Old Area of New Delhi
- Mr. Amarendra Nath Chattopadhyaya : (a) Is the Honourable Member for Labour aware that:
(i) according to Classification Rules the quarters in New Delhi for the ministerial establishment of the Government of India, are divided into two areas (a) Old Area (near the Secretariat) and (b) New Area (Minto Road side);
(ii) when a member of the staff goes out of a certain class of quarter and becomes eligible for a higher class, he is required to live in the New Area at least for a year before he is provided with a quarter in the Old Area ;
(iii) the Government of India have recently passed new rules for allotment under which persons holding Lens on quarters have been debarred from applying for any other quarters in the same class;
(iv) under the new rules referred to above, new applicants have straight off become eligible for quarters in the old area whereas persons, who have been living in the New Area for a sufficiently
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1943, 30th March 1943, p. 1595.