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filled by promotion) is set aside for members of the Scheduled Castes. These orders, which are generally applicable to all classes of posts in the Central Public Works Department will secure a fair representation for members of the Scheduled Castes, in that Department.
Dr. Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad : May I ask whether the Scheduled Castes are reckoned as one of the minorities so that their share comes from 33 per cent ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : They are a separate category.
Dr. Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad : Then if you put them in a separate category how will the percentage of 33 per cent, reserved for minorities, be affected by this category ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is not affected at all; it is quite apart from that.
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*** Liens on New Delhi Quarters of Government** Servants Transferred to Calcutta and Bombay
- Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state:
(a) whether it is a fact that allotment to Government servants of Government quarters at New Delhi is made according to seniority in service which is reckoned from the date of a person’s continuous appointment at New Delhi/Simla ;
(b) whether such persons transferred to Simla hold their liens on quarters at New Delhi during the period of their transfer ;
(c) whether Government laid down recently that officers transferred to the Branch Secretariat at Calcutta are also allowed to retain liens on Government quarters at New Delhi whereas those transferred to Attached Offices will not be eligible for this privilege ;
(d) whether it is a fact that the staff transferred to Calcutta with the office of the Additional Chief Engineer, Central Public Works Department, was allowed to retain liens on their quarters at New Delhi and were allotted quarters on their return to Delhi;
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1945, 28th February 1945, pp. 817-18.