L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 703
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*** Appointments of Managers of Government of** India Presses, New Delhi and Calcutta
- H. A. Sathar H. Essak Sait : Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state :
(a) whether he is aware that for the recent appointment of Managers of the Government of India Presses, New Delhi and Calcutta, the claims of the senior-most Muslim assistant Managers were overlooked ; if so, the reason therefor;
(b) whether it is a fact that the Manager of the Government of India Press, New Delhi, refused to relieve a Muslim clerk recently selected for a clerical job in the office of the controller of Printing and Stationery, while he relieved a number of non-Muslim clerks selected for clerical posts in the Controller’s Office, Assembly Department and Supply Department;
(c) whether it is a fact that the Assistant Manager of the Government of India Press, New Delhi, ordered the transfer of six Muslim piece-composition of the Lino Section ; if so, the reasons for such wholesale transfer of Muslims from this Section ;
(d) whether it is a fact that the post of a correction checker in the Government of India Press, New Delhi, was recently filled by the officiating Manager by the appointment of a junior new-scale man, overlooking the claims of the senior incumbent in the old scale ; if so, why;
(e) whether the Managers and Assistant Managers of Government Presses are empowered to make appointments and promotions and order transfers and declare certain posts selection posts ; if so, whether any rules have been laid down for their guidance in these matters;
(f) whether the Honourable Member proposes to institute an enquiry to find out whether these rules are strictly observed by these officers in all cases ; and
(g) in view of the frequent and increasing complaints about arbitrary and unjust actions in these matters by the authorities of the
*Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1943, 17th November 1943, pp.
424-25.