Sir SEYMOUR KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many petitions have been received from the members of the Indian police asking that the recommendations of the Police Commission, recommending that officers be admitted to full pension after 25 years' service, should be carried into effect; whether all the members of the Indian Civil Service, Public Works Department, Telegraph Department, and Forest Department, are now entitled to these more favourable conditions of service; whether the conditions of service of the Indian police place a special strain, both mentally and physically, on the officers engaged in it; and whether, having regard to the necessity of maintaining the police force in the highest state of efficiency, the Secretary of State will reconsider his previous decision on the subject and give effect to the recommendations of the aforesaid Commission?
The MASTER of ELIBANKThe Secretary of State has received from police officers numerous petitions having reference to the point mentioned in the2168W question. He is considering the matter in consultation with the Government of India, and is unable at present to make any further statement.