942 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Name of the building Number of rooms, etc., available therein
Talkatora Barracks 14 barracks 49,000 Sq. ft.
1 barrack 2,890 Sq.ft. Office rooms (18) 4,446 Sq. ft. Recreation Hall with 4 5,000 Sq. ft. adjoining rooms and godown. Kitchen and Dinning 2,893 Sq. ft. hall. Officers quarters on the Central Vista 288 rooms Jodhpur Mess 120 (To be surrendered in April 1946) … Canning Road Barracks—’B’ Block 6 barracks (double) 62,406 Sq. ft. (To be surrendered on 21-2-46) 1 barrack 4,598 Sq. ft.
10 office rooms 4,566 Sq. ft.
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*** Appointment of Mr. Harkness as Town** Planning Officer, Delhi and New Delhi
26. Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state—
(a) if it is a fact that one Mr. Harkness has been appointed as Town Planning Officer for Delhi and New Delhi recently,
(b) the terms on which his recruitment has been made,
(c) if the post was advertised in India and applications called for from qualified or capable Indians for the post, and, if so, whether any applications were received,
(d) if the appointment was made through the Federal Public Service Commission, and, if not, why not,
(e) if he has satisfied himself that no Indian of the necessary ability was available before Mr. Harkness was given the job, and
(f) whether Mr. Harkness has had previous experience of town planning in a country like India or whether his experience has been confined to Europe and other countries ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) The post has been sanctioned for a period of 3 years and is non-pensionable. It carries a pay of Rs. 2,000 per mensem.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol.I of 1946, 5th February 1946, p. 479.