§ SIR H. COTTON (Nottingham, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for India when the separation of the subordinate judicial services of Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam will be carried out; and whether, in view of the existing inequality between the proportion of subordinate Judges and munsiffs in Bengal and Eastern Bengal, arrangements will be made to equalise the prospects of promotion in both provinces, so that no undue hardship may be caused to the subordinate Judiciary of East Bengal.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) I am not able at present to say when the proposals now under the consideration of the Government of India will take effect, or to give any details of the scheme; but the subjects mentioned in the Question will no doubt receive attention.