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see any objection at all. Secondly, I feel personally that having regard to the conflicting view-points that have been presented in the
28 amendments that are before the House, I thought it would be much better for Parliament to take up the responsibility because Parliament will certainly have more time at its disposal than the Drafting Committee had and Parliament would have more information to weigh this proposal, because Parliament then would be in a position to correspond with the various provincial Governments, to find out their difficulties, to find out their points of view and their proposals and to arrive at some common via media which might be put into law. Therefore, in putting forth this proposal, I think, we are not making any very serious departure from the principles we have already adopted and as my honourable Friend, Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari said, taking all these into consideration, there is nothing for the Drafting Committee to apologize but to recommend the proposal to the House.
*Pandit Govind Malaviya (United Pro vices : General) : I move, Sir, that the consideration of this article be held over.
Shri Brajeshwar Prasad : I beg to second this proposal.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have no objection. We can have another go at it.
Mr. President : Then I take it that Members are agreed that this article should be held over.
Honourable Members : Yes.
NEW ARTICLE 163-A
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I beg to move :
“That in amendment No. 12 of List 1 (First Week) of Amendments to Amendments for the proposed new article 163-A, the following be substituted :—
“163-A. (1) The House or each House of the Legislature of a State shall have a secretarial staff of State Legislatures separate secretarial staff:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall, in the case of the Legislature of a State having a Legislative Council, be construed as preventing the creation of posts common to both Houses of such Legislature.
(2) The Legislature of a State may by law regulate the recruitment and the conditions of service of persons appointed to the secretarial staff of the House or House of the Legislature of the State.
(3) Until provision is made by the Legislature of the State under clause (2) of this article, the Governor may after consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or the Chairman of the Legislative Council, as the case may be, make
- CAD, Vol. IX, dated 30th July 1949, p. 37.
† Ibid., n. 37.