[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This single-page letter from the Lok Sabha Secretariat, dated 8 September 1970 (Bhadra 17, 1892 Saka), is an official acknowledgement addressed to Shri M. R. Masani, M.P. Signed by P. K. Patnaik, Deputy Secretary, and issued from Parliament House, New Delhi, it formally confirms receipt of Masani’s letter of 2 September 1970 giving notice of his intention to move for leave to introduce a Private Member’s Bill titled ‘The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Bill, 1970’ in the Lok Sabha.

The document itself contains no substantive argument on the bill; it is a purely procedural acknowledgement issued under file reference No. 21/9(32)/70/L. Its archival value lies in documenting Masani’s move — during his tenure as a Swatantra Party member of the Fourth Lok Sabha — to legislate on the emoluments of the executive, and in fixing the paper trail of that legislative initiative in the parliamentary record.

Key points

• A one-page official acknowledgement issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament House, New Delhi.
• Dated 8 September 1970 in the Gregorian calendar, with the Saka equivalent Bhadra 17, 1892 also recorded.
• Sent by Shri P. K. Patnaik, Deputy Secretary, to Shri M. R. Masani, M.P.
• Acknowledges Masani’s earlier letter of 2 September 1970 giving notice of his intention to move for leave to introduce a Private Member’s Bill.
• The Bill in question is titled ‘The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Bill, 1970’.
• Filed under reference No. 21/9(32)/70/L.
• The letter is procedural and contains no discussion of the Bill’s substance, merits, or Masani’s reasoning.