662 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
the Member approaches the Provincial Government whose orders he desires to have clarified.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : May I know if these things have been prohibited because they are being supplied for war purposes or they have been prohibited for some other reason ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : For war purposes.
Sir Abdul Halim Ghuznavi : May I inform the Honourable Member that the District Magistrate of Mathra has refused permission to an Honourable Member of this House to complete his house. He wanted to put in only 22 panels of mango and 22 panels for doors. That was the only thing to be done, but the District Magistrate refused to give the permission.
Mr. Chairman (Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang): That is a statement of facts and not a question.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am glad to receive the information.
Sir Abdul Halim Ghuznavi : Is it a fact that the Commissioner of Agra Division was approached in this connection and he said that if the gentleman concerned could convince the District Magistrate that he already had in his possession the necessary wood to complete the house, he would give him the sanction. He convinced the District Magistrate that he had the ncessary wood in his possession and yet he refused to give him the permission.
Mr. Chairman (Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang) : Again it is a statement and not a question.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : May I know if the half-completed house or three-fourths completed houses have also been prohibited from being built?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have no information on the point.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Have any exceptions been made in this matter?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We have given general instructions to the provinces.