PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1009
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* SCHEDULED CASTE EMPLOYEES IN MINISTRY OF LAW
123. Prof. Yashwant Rai : Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state :
(a) the number of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes in each of the following categories in the Ministry of Law :
(i) Gazetted Officer (ii) Superintendents and Assistants and (iii) Senior Grade and Junior Grade clerks and Stenographers ;
(b) whether the number is not as reserved for scheduled castes ; and
(c) what special steps Government propose to take to fill in the reserved quota in the spirit of Articles 335 of the Constitution of India ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar) : (a) The number of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes in the Ministry of Law is as follows :
Gazetted Officers ... ... ... Nil
Superintendents ... ... ... Nil
Assistants ... ... ... 2
Senior Grade Clerks ... ... ... Nil
Junior Grade Clerks ... ... ... 3
Stenographers ... ... ... 1
(b) The number is not up to the percentage reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the categories to which the reservation, rules apply.
(c) Attention is invited to paragraph 5 and the second and third sub-paragraphs of paragraph 7 of section II of the Review of the Activities of the Home Ministry for the year 1949.
- P. D., Vol. 4, Part I, 24th March 1950, p. 1067.