  H. Akbar-Zadeh has recently proposed (J Geom Phys 17 (1995) 342) a new
geometric formulation of Einstein-Maxwell system with source in terms of what
are called "Generalized Einstein manifolds". We show that, contrary to the
claim, Maxwell equations have not been derived in this formulation and that,
the assumed equations can be identified only as source-free Maxwell equations
in the proposed geometric set up. A genuine derivation of source-free Maxwell
equations is presented within the same framework. We draw a conclusion that the
proposed unification scheme can pertain only to source-free situations.
