760 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(e) whether it is a fact that some who passed the Readership Examination in the year 1936, in the first attempt, have become junior to those who qualified after four years (in 1940), in the second attempt; and
(f) if the answers to parts (a) to (c) above be in the affirmative, whether the Honourable Member proposes to remove the anomalies of the rules, and to expedite the final decision of the case, so that the Readership Examination, due in May, 1944, in the Government of India Press, New Delhi, may not be postponed for want of decision; if not, what advantage is in view in keeping the decision in abeyance for so long ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a), (b) and (c) Yes. The delay in finalising the decision of Government on the points raised is due to the widely divergent views expressed by the different parties whose opinions were invited.
(d) Certain anomalies involved in die application of the rules have been brought to the notice of Government. Proposals to remove them are at present under the consideration of Government.
(c) The question does not arise. Appointments to the posts of readers are made by seniority and not by merit on the results of a qualifying examination.
(f) As stated in reply to (d) above, proposals regarding the amendment of the rules on the subject have been received and are under examination. It is hoped to issue orders well before the next readership examination in the Government of India Press, New Delhi (due in May 1944) is held.
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*** Amendments to the New Delhi** Rent Control Order
Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether amendments to the New Delhi Rent Control Order announced on January 24th, 1944, arc applicable, retrospectively, as was stated by his Joint Secretary, Mr. Mozumdar,
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1944, 28th February 1944, pp. 657-58