820 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
warehousemen of the Government of India Press, New Delhi, had been representing;
(b) whether it is a fact that these people have been representing their case for this purpose for the last fifteen years approximately;
(c) whether it is a fact that some warehousemen who have been serving for the last fifteen and twenty years and whose pay is only Rs. 25 per month at present, are not benefited at all by this Time Scale of pay at present;
(d) whether it is a fact that not a single increment has been sanctioned to any man, immediately; and
(e) if the answers to (a) to (d) be in the affirmative, will the Honourable Member please consider the advisability of sanctioning at least one increment to all Binders and warehousemen just at the time of introducing the Time Scale of pay so that some immediate relief may be gained by these men who have been waiting for the last so many years ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) Yes, for some time past.
(c) Yes, but they will be benefited as soon as they earn their next increment.
(d) Yes, because no increment has been yet earned since the 22nd June 1944 when the Time Scale came into force.
(e) No action as proposed is necessary, as the men will earn their increments next year.
Qazi Muhammad Ahmad Kazmi : Will the Honourable Member be pleased to consider that some persons will be on the verge of retirement and will not be able to get any benefit from this time-scale. Isn’t it proper in such case for the Government to give them some increment in lieu of their past services ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not think it is prudent to alter the law in order to meet hard cases!