§ Mr. HAYESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will state what right of appeal is possessed by employés in the Government service in India who, having presented their case for redress of their conditions in the proper form provided, find themselves informed that no action outside official channels is permitted; whether this applies to the Indian Civil Service; if so, what action is taken against those civil servants who do not conform to such Regulations; why, in the case of other European employés, there is no attempt to enforce the doctrine that these men have no right whatever to make any anneal through affiliated societies in Great Britain to the Indian Government: and, if so, what redress they have?
§ Earl WINTERTONIndian Service Regulations contain provision for the submission to higher authority of any representations which Government servants in India may wish to make on their conditions of service. The principle therein embodied that such representations can be considered only if made through certain prescribed official channels applies to members of the Indian Civil Service in common with all other Government servants. The disciplinary action to be taken in the event of an attempt to make representations through irregular channels is for the consideration in each case of the authority under which the Government servant is employed. As regards the last part of the question, my Noble Friend is satisfied that the existing rules afford adequate facilities for the ventilation and redress of legitimate grievances