950 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Why ? It is an administrative act.
Sri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : If they were constructed at the beginning of the war and the life is 8 to 10 years and they are to exist three years more, why does the Honourable Member think it necessary to spend Rs. 25 lakhs ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have said the matter is under consideration. No figure has been fixed.
Mr. M. Asaf Ali : I do not quite follow the Honourable Member’s last but one answer. He said something about an administrative act which did not require the sanction of this House.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I did not say that. I said it was an administrative act for which the House need not be consulted. The money will be provided for in the Budget.
Mr. M. Asaf Ali : I want to know if the money is sanctioned.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It will come up for sanction.
Mr. M. Asaf Ali: In what form are you bringing it up ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That is a matter for the Finance Member.
Mr. M. Asaf Ali: I want him to answer it. It is no use the Honourable Member taking up that high-handed attitude and saying it is an administrative act. He has got to answer us.
Mr. Sasanka Sekhar Sanyal: Answer. (No answer — Interruptions.)
Mr. President: Order, order. We will now take up the adjournment motion.
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*** Dearth of Accommodation in Delhi and** New Delhi
- Sir Hassan Suhrawardy : (a) Is the Honourable the Labour Member aware that, in spite of the cessation of hostilities, there is still a great dearth of accommodation in Delhi and New Delhi ?
(b) Is he aware that, in spite of the promulgation of the New Delhi Rent Control Order and the Delhi Rent Ordinance, landlords are still
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1946, 11th February 1946, p. 753.