(3) This suffering has become keener and much more acute ever since the inauguration of our own Government in which the apparent and accepted principle of freedom or people’s Government is Representative Government—represented by the peoples’ representatives. All sorts of wrongs (real or supposed) of the people are capable of being redressed through the representative minister or member in the peoples house (Assembly). To take a real instance of a recent date, the Scheduled castes, i.e., Achhuts had special representation of 4-5 members in the Punjab Assembly given them to ameliorate their condition, with the result that their votes carried a weight to whichever side they were added. They got in this way influence with the Premier of the Punjab late Sir Sikandar Hayat and got a promise to take a Sub-Judge from among them. One L. Ishar Das a clerk of High Court Lahore an LL.B. appeared in the Sub-Judges competitive examination and failed but he was appointed a Sub-Judge as the 4-5 (M.L.As) representatives of his Community pressed the Premier to carry out his promise. On the other hand take the Saini Community who had none to represent it in the Assembly nor any Minister from its ranks—they had a Saini candidate I Class Law Graduate who six times qualified in the Sub Judges Examination and secured marks higher than many who were selected, but he failed to become a Sub Judge or an E.A.C. There is only one Saini P.C.S, in the Executive Line and there is none in the Judicial line. There are hardly 1 or 2 Tahsildars or Naib Tahsildars. No Saini applicant could be taken in the Rehabilitation line as Tahsildar or Naib Tahsildar. No Saini Sikh could be taken as Sub Inspector or A.S.I. at Jullundur or Ambala. Difficulty is experienced by Saini youths in Police and Army ordinary enlistment to the lowest ranks because they have no voice nor representative. They are treated as worse than untouchables in services. They are locally and politically worse than Harijans at present. The result of this entire absence or under representation in services is that the Community is always at the mercy of unsympathetic officers and their legitimate and genuine demands even are disregarded and they continue to suffer a life of slavery even in the light of day when the day of freedom has dawned upon India.
