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(b) Government are aware that a large number of people are engaged in the Mica business and in any scheme of improvement of the industry Government hope that their interests will not be ignored.
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- Mr. Muhammad Rahmat-Ullah : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please slate if it is a fact that Rai Sahib C. P. Malik is given officiating chances for the post of Superintending Engineers in the Headquarters?
(b) Is it not a fact that there are a number of Muslim Executive Engineers senior to him but have not been given a single chance to officiate ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No. Rai Sahib C. P. Malik has been appointed temporarily to carry on only the current duties of die post of superintending Engineer, Second Circle, Delhi, purely as a meaure of administrative Convenience.
(b) Yes. But they have not yet become due for promotion to die grade of Superintending Engineer.
Dr. Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad : In view of the fact mat out of
13 Superintending Engineers only one is a Muslim, why was not a Muslim appointed for this particular post ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If the Honourable Member will refer to my reply, he will see that the appointment is not of an officiating character—he is merely asked to carry on the duties.
Dr. Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad : Without being called a Superintending Engineer and without any remuneration ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes.
Dr. Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad : This is a third method of avoiding the appointment of Muslims, in addition to the two I suggested yesterday, efficiency and seniority—you do not call a post by the name which is given to it—you simply ask a man to carry on the duties ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1946, 28th February 1946, p. 1668.