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*** Communal Composition in the Office of** the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour
1. Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state :
( a ) how many office clerks there are in the office of the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway labour ;
( b ) how many Inspectors of Railway Labour have been appointed temporarily or permanently from December,
1942, upto the second week of February, 1944; and
( c ) out of these appointments, how many were recruited from—
(i) depressed classes,
(ii) caste Hindus,
(iii) Muslims, and
(iv) members of other communities ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Eleven including a Stenographer.
( b ) Five temporary Inspectors only have been appointed from December, 1942, upto January, 1944.
( c ) (i) Three.
(ii) and (iv) None, (iii) Two.
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@ Muslim Inspectors of Railway Labour
2. Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state the number of persons who served temporarily as Inspectors of Railway Labour and who were trained hands at the time of the first appointment of Mr. Jadhav, Conciliation Officer (Railways) ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1944, 7th February 1944, pp.
24-25. @ Ibid., p. 25.