§ 7. Colonel Sir ARTHUR HOLBROOKasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of cases in which European employés of the Government of India have been superseded by Indians without adequate reason and in which compensation for the injustice so done has been refused: and whether he will intervene in such cases to procure justice for officials superseded?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe Secretary of State in Council has in recent years received memorials in which unfair super-session has been alleged, and has, in consultation with the Government of India given most careful consideration to the circumstances of each case. But he has not found any case in which it could be held that the local government, in whom the discretion is vested, of selecting officers for the higher posts, had so used that discretion as to justify his intervention.
§ Sir A. HOLBROOKWill the Noble Lord answer the last part of the question—whether any compensation is to be given to these officials?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe last part of the question asked whether my Noble Friend would intervene and procure justice.
§ Sir A. HOLBROOKI refer to the question as to compensation.
§ Earl WINTERTONOf the cases that have come to his notice, my Noble Friend is not aware of any where a grievance has been established. There is, under the Statute, provision made for the consideration of these cases by the appropriate authority, which is the Government.