940 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(b) the number of superintendents who have applied for but not given any Government accommodation so far:
(c) the number of houses or flats requisitioned in New Delhi and Karol Bagh areas for the use of persons in (a) and (b) above during the war;
(d) the number of houses and flats in New Delhi and Karol Bagh which have been handed over or proposed to be handed over to their owners on and from the 1st January, 1946; and
(e) when he expects those who have applied for accommodation before the 1st January, 1945, will be allotted Government accommodation ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) and (b). Applicants for quarters arc divided into two categories, viz., (i) officers drawing a pay of less than Rs. 600 and (ii) officers drawing a pay of Rs. 600 or more. All clerks and Assistants and some Superintendents come under category (i). The number of applicants under this category, who have not been allotted accommodation is 16.256. Information regarding the number of clerks and assistants or superintendents, who applied for but were not allotted quarters, is not readily available.
(c) The number of flats requisitioned in New Delhi and Karol Bagh areas for officers, drawing a pay of less than Rs. 600 is 188.
(d) 3.
(e) It is not possible to furnish the information as an applicant’s propsects of securing an allottment of quarter depend on many factors which cannot all be forseen, such as the date of his posting to New Delhi, the amount of his pay, whether he is single, married or with family, his preference for a particular type of quarter, etc.
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*** Surplus Government Buildings in Delhi**
- Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : Will the Honourable the labour Member please state—
(a) if any of the barracks and buildings built to the north and south of the Imperial Secretariat Buildings and in other places in New Delhi for the use of the American, British and Indian personnel have now become superfluous for such use, if so, how many,
(b) the total number of rooms, etc., in the buildings in (a) above,
(c) whether any offices are now located therein, if not, what is proposed to be done will them;
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1946, 5th February 1946, pp. 478-79.