712 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Supervisor of Railway Labour ? If there is only one Bengalee, why are not more Bengalees appointed ?
( b ) Is it not a fact that there arc sufficient number of qualified Bengalees, both amongst Hindus and Muslims, who are awaiting chances ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Two.
( b ) There may be sufficient and suitable Bengalees available for appointment but the presumption behind the question that the appointments arc made with any reference to the province of a candidate is not correct.
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*** Qualifications of Mr. D. G. Jadhav, Conciliation** Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour
9. Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member state if it is true that Mr. D. G. Jadhav is at present the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour, Government of India ? If so, what are his qualifications ? Was he in Government service or in Railway service before ?
(b) Will the Honourable Member please state if it is a fact that Mr. Adur Rahman Puri, the Head Clerk of the Office of the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour has been degraded to the post of an Inspector ? If so, what are the reasons ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes. Mr. D. G. Jadhav at present holds the post. Mr. Jadhav was an elected member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly prior to his present appointment. Besides being an elected member of the Backward Class Board, Bombay, he had served on many Select Committees, Development Boards, Advisory Committees and was an arbitrator of Co-operative Societies in the District of East Khandcsh. He is a B.A., L.L.B., having graduated in 1934 and taken his law degree in 1940. He has not been in Government or Railway Service before.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1944, 7th February 1944, p. 26.