(a) the total number of surplus staff in RITES Limited as on February 1, 2001 and the number out of them belong to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes;
(b) whether RITES have followed the guidelines issued by the Government while surplusing the SC/ST employees;
(c) if so, the number of employees taken on deputation during the last three years in the same post and discipline, in which regular employees are available in surplus; and
(d) the steps taken to repatriate the deputationist and to accommodate the surplus regular employees?