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‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’ [‎33r] (65/110)

The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 10 Dec 1917-22 Jul 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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{15) the memorial is a representation against
the discharge of a person—
{a) appointed on probation, during such
probation ;
{b) appointed, otherwise than under con
tract, to hold a temporary appoint
ment, on the expiration of the
period of such appointment ; or
(c) engaged under contract, in accord
ance with the terms of such con
tract ;
{16) the memorial is a representation by a
government servant against an
order—
{a) from which he has exercised, or
possesses, a right of appeal under—
(i) rules or orders regulating his con
ditions of service ; or
(w) the terms of his contract of ser
vice ;
{b) passed by any authority in the
exercise of appellate or revisional
powers conferred by any rule,
order or contract such as is
referred to in sub-clause (a) ;
(c) from which an appeal is expressly
barred by any rule, order or con
tract such as is referred to in sub
clause {a) ; or
{d) passed by the Governor General in
Council on a petition against an
order of punishment passed by
the Governor General in Council
on an officer appointed by the
Governor General in Council ;
{17) the memorial is a representation re
lating to—
(a) the application of—
{i) rules made by the Secretary of
State for’India in Council under
sub-section {2) of section 96-B
of the Government of India Act ;
{ii) orders made by the Secretary of
State for India in Council ; or
{in) the terms of the contract of ser
vice of the memorialist ; or
{b) an order of the Governor General in
Council or the local Government
refusing to grant or to recom
mend—
{i) a special pension ;
{ii) a compassionate pension ; or
{Hi) any pecuniary or other conces
sion to w T hich the memorialist is
not entitled under any law or
statutory rule :
Provided that, subject to the provisions
of clause {4), no memorial against
the interpretation by any
authority, other than the Sec
retary of State for India in
Council, of any rule, order or
contract—
(A) such as is referred to in sub
clause (a) ; or
{B) approved by the Secretary of
State for India in Council,
shall be withheld, unless the
Governor General in Council is
satisfied that there is no reason
able doubt of the correctness of
such interpretation ;
{18) the memorial is submitted, otherwise
than in accordance with any rule,
order or contract such as is referred
to in sub-clause (a) of clause {16),
by a person in government service
vith regard to his prospective claim
to pension ; or
regard to any matter connected witl
the official prospects or position ol
a person in government service, and
is not submitted by such person.
.• t0 n be in ff )rmed wh en memorial
or Governor General in Council
is witbhpld G °T nment Sha11 ’ when a memorial
.held under instruction 7, inform the
therefor ^ ° f th6 wit,hholdin S and the reason
9. List of memorials withheld. — {l) The local
Government shall send a quarterly return to
ie Governor General in Council specifying all
memorials withheld under instruction 7 by the
local Government, and the reasons for with
holding them.
{2) The Governor General in Council shall
send a quarterly return to the Secretary of
State for India in Council specifying all
memorials withheld under instruction 7 by the
Governor General in Council or by a local* Gov
ernment, and the reasons for withholding them.
PART IV.
Iransmission op memorials by the Governor
General in Council or local Govern
ments.
10. Procedure for transmission .— {l) The
local Government shall transmit to the Governor
General in Council all memorials not withheld
under clause {b) of instruction 7, together with
a duplicate copy thereof.
(2) The Governor General in Council shall,
ordinarily within one month after receipt,
transmit, in original, to His Majesty or the Sec
retary of State for India in Council, as the case
may be, all memorials received by the Governor
General in Council—
(a) under clause (c) of instruction 5, and
not withheld under sub-clause {i) of
clause (a) of instruction 7 ; and
{b) under sub-instruction {1) 0 f this
instruction, and not withheld under
sub-clause {ii) of clause (a) of
instruction 7.
. G?) Memorials transmitted under this instruc
tion shall be accompanied by a concise state
ment of facts material thereto, and, unless there
are special reasons to the contrary, an expres
sion of the opinion of the Governor General iri
C ouncil or the local Government, as the ease
may be thereon, or, in the case of a memorial
received by the Governor General in Council
under sub-instruction (1), of the opinions of

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Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of India, and received by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain via the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The instructions include details of: acknowledgement of memorials, dependent on whether the sender is entitled to an eleven-gun salute; form and manner of petitions; method of submission of petitions; circumstances under with a petition may be withheld; transmission of memorials and petitions by provincial governments.

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1 file (52 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 53) mirror the chronological arrangement, but only cover that portion of the file’s correspondence dated 1939-1946.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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