§ MR. O'GRADY (Leeds, E.)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether Mr. Kothandaramayya, formerly deputy collector and magistrate in the Madras presidency, petitioned the Secretary of State for a copy of the proceedings on his appeal against his dismissal from the service; whether such petition has been refused; if so, for what reason, and will the Secretary of State agree to lay the Papers dealing with the matter upon the Table of the House.
(Answered by Mr. Buchanan.) The appellant did petition the Secretary of State for a copy of the orders passed in disposing of his case. On inquiry, it was ascertained that the substance of the orders had been duly communicated to the memorialist. The Secretary of State knew no reason why passages in the orders passed, not dealing with the merits of the case but containing instructions to the Madras Government, should be communicated to the memorialist; nor does he see any advantage in laying the Papers upon the Table of the House.
§ MR. O'GRADYTo ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that Mr. Kothandaramayya, formerly deputy-collector and magistrate in the Madras Presidency, appealed to the Secretary of State for India against the order of the Madras Government removing him from service, and that the Secretary of State, as a result of inquiry, characterised the procedure as arbitrary and unjudicial; and whether, in consequence of the view so taken, any relief or reparation was granted Mr. Kothandaramayya.
1715 (Answered by Mr. Buchanan). The Secretary of State did not use the language mentioned in the Question He desired, in April, 1904, that the memorialist might be informed that he saw no sufficient reason for disturbing the order passed by the Madras Government in his case, in dismissing him from the service of the Government. The present Secretary of State in July, 1907, on a full consideration of a renewed appeal by the memorialist, refused to re-open the question.