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(h) No. Government provide accommodation at concessional rates as laid down in the rules, which cannot be varied to suit the varying circumstances of officers.
Sardar Sant Singh : May I know if it is a part of the rule to provide water in the compound of the orthodox quarters and in the case of the unorthodox quarters only in the quarter itself ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That must be so.
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*** Promotion of Qualified Copyholders and** Revisers as Readers in Government of India Presses
- Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : (a) With reference to the reply to part (d) of starred question No. 231 put by Qazi Muhammad Ahmad Kazmi, on the 25th February 1944, regarding promotion of Copyholders and Revisers as Readers in the Government of India Press, will the Honourable the Labour Member kindly state whether the ‘ anomaly’ is due to the fact that departmental men passing in earlier dates do not get any preference whatsoever over those who pass in the second chance in subsequent examinations ?
(b) Is he aware that those who pass the examination earlier stand distinctly higher in order of merit and efficiency and experience in Readers’ posts ?
(c) Is it a fact that the present anomaly and the hardship that existed before the promulgation of the existing rule can not be removed unless the date of passing is accepted as a citerion for determining the position of the candidates for Readers’ posts ?
(d) Do Government propose to promote the candidates to readers’ posts on the basis of seniority cum efficiency, i.e., according to seniority but in order of the dates of passing the examination ? If not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No.
(b) No. The earlier passing of the examination does not necessarily mean higher merit.
(c) There is no anomaly in the case of persons who qualify at the Readership examination in the first or second chance. As regards men
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1944, 17th March 1944, pp. 1224-25.