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(b) and (c). Presumably the reference is to the second meeting of the Policy Committee held on 2nd February 1945. The Record of the meeting is being finalised and copies will be placed in the Library of the House in due course. The Record of the first meeting of the Committee is already available in the Library of the House.
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*** Scheduled Castes Employees of Central Public** Works Department
- Mr. Piare Lall Kureel : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) the number of members of the scheduled castes employed in the Central Public Works Department as Executive Engineers, Sub-Divisional Officers and Subordinates in the permanent, temporary and work-charge staff, separately ;
(b) whether it is a fact that none of the temporary incumbents of the posts of Subordinates belonging to the members of the scheduled castes were confirmed as permanent staff during the year 1944 ; and
(c) what measures Government propose to take to secure a fair representation of the members of the scheduled castes among the permanent staff of the Central Public Works Department ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) and (b). The number of permanent and temporary Executive Engineers in the Central Public Works Department is 12 and 55 respectively. Two of the temporary Executive Engineers are members of the Scheduled Castes. There are no officers of that community among the permanent Executive Engineers and there are no posts of Executive Engineers borne on the work charged establishment.
The rest of the information required by the Honourable Member is not readily available. It is being collected and will be supplied to him as soon as possible.
(c) Under the orders regarding communal representation in the Public services, one out of every twelve vacancies (other than vacancies
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1945, 25th February 1945, pp. 812-13.