L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 709
( b ) How many of these Inspectors were Muslims, and how many of the Muslims who had served temporarily as Inspectors were given chance of appointment to permanent or quasipermanent vacancies ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Two.
( b ) Both were Muslims. One has secured appointment elsewhere and the other at present officiating as an Inspector of Railway Labour.
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- Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please stale if it is true that five Inspectors of Railway labour posted respectively at Dacca, Tatanagar, Ajmcr, Asansol and Jalpainguri went on deputation to the Central Civil Supplies Department or as Civilian Labour Welfare Officers, in the military Department ?
(b) Is it true that all these five long standing officiating vacancies which will continue up to the duration of the War, were filled up by five depressed class Hindu Inspectors who have been appointed arbitrarily by the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour, superseding the claims of two Muslims who have served temporarily for more than six months and who arc trained hands ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes, but all deputations were not to the Civil Supplies Department or as Civilian Labour Welfare Officers.
(b) No, as will be clear from the reply to part (c) of question No. 1 of the same member.
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- Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state if it is a fact that five long standing
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1944, 7th February 1944, p. 25.
@ Ibid. p. 25.