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earlier passed candidates might get preference over subsequent qualified men ?
(c) Do government propose to consider the advisability of amending the existing rule in the light of these memorials ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Memorials have been received from three copyholders of the Government of India Press, New Delhi, but there is no allegation of hardship or anomaly in the present rules governing appointment to readers’ posts.
(b) Yes.
(c) The memorials will be considered on their merits.
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*** Irregular Appointments in Certain Branches of** C.P.W.D.
- Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether under the rules about communal representation in the services, an appointment made against those rules should be cancelled ?
(b) Is it a fact that it was found that an irregular appointment of a Sikh was made in the Horticulture Department of the Central Public Works Department ?
(c) Is it a fact that the appointment was not cancelled, but the Muslim, who should have been appointed to that vacancy, was assigned his correct position in the seniority list ?
(d) Is it a fact that some irregular appointments were also made in the cadre of Electrical Engineers ?
(e) Is it a fact that it was decided not to cancel those appointments but to assign the Muslims their correct position in the seniority list ?
(f) Is it a fact that subsequently the orders about seniority were also cancelled and seniority was fixed according to the dates of the irregular appointments of non-Muslims ? If so, why ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) No.
*Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1945, 26th March 1945, p. 2025.