890 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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- Re-employment of a Government Servant after Conviction
- Mr. Muhammad Hussain Choudhury : With reference to the reply to starred question No. 407 on the 14th March,
1944, regarding re-employment of a Government servant after conviction, will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether any enquiry was made in regard to the Government servant referred to in that question ? If so, what was the result of that enquiry, and what action was taken by Government ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes. Though the individual had been dismissed by the Punjab Government, that Government had permitted him to take up employment either in the Central Public Works Department or elsewhere. In view of this and the fact that he has been continuously employed in the Central Public Works Department since February, 1942, no further action was considered necessary.
Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : What was the charge for which the particular person was dismissed by the Punjab Government?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mere assault.
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@ Post-War Plans for Improving Labour
- Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
(a) whether Government have any post-war plans for improving labour in this country ; and
(b) whether they will consider the advisability of setting apart a portion of the profits of all organised industries for improving the standard of life and giving education to the labourers employed in the respective industries ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Government’s final plans in this respect have not been formulated.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1945, 13th March 1945, p. 1428.
@ Ibid., 16th March 1945, pp. 1598-99.