The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad
High Court has directed the state government to constitute a panel for
monitoring and ensuring that 1% quota as provided by the rules for the
visually disabled is fulfilled within six months. The court has sought
an action-taken report after six months.
The order came from a division bench of Justice DP Singh and Justice Ashok Pal Singh on a writ petition filed by National Federation of Blind. Appearing on behalf of petitioners, advocate SK Rungta, who also happens to be visually impaired, said that under 'Persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995', the state government should provide 1% quota to visually challenged persons in all types of appointments. He however brought to notice a government order issued on June 9, 2009 which talked about a special drive to clear the backlog.
Rungta contended that the state government was reluctant to fulfill 1% quota for blind. From 1999 to 2010, the state government advertised 1.57 lakh Group C posts and filled about 78,000 seats, out of which, 49 candidates were from the blind quota. Similarly, in the same period, the state advertised 3,955 Group D posts and filled up 3733 posts out of which only 11 persons were blind.
The petitioner said that the state government should be more serious to give adequate representation to the blind.
Considering the matter, the court said that knowledge is not vested only in able persons, and there had been great thinkers and poets like John Milton and Tilly Aston who were also visually challenged.
Source : T.O.I , 27th July 2013
The order came from a division bench of Justice DP Singh and Justice Ashok Pal Singh on a writ petition filed by National Federation of Blind. Appearing on behalf of petitioners, advocate SK Rungta, who also happens to be visually impaired, said that under 'Persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995', the state government should provide 1% quota to visually challenged persons in all types of appointments. He however brought to notice a government order issued on June 9, 2009 which talked about a special drive to clear the backlog.
Rungta contended that the state government was reluctant to fulfill 1% quota for blind. From 1999 to 2010, the state government advertised 1.57 lakh Group C posts and filled about 78,000 seats, out of which, 49 candidates were from the blind quota. Similarly, in the same period, the state advertised 3,955 Group D posts and filled up 3733 posts out of which only 11 persons were blind.
The petitioner said that the state government should be more serious to give adequate representation to the blind.
Considering the matter, the court said that knowledge is not vested only in able persons, and there had been great thinkers and poets like John Milton and Tilly Aston who were also visually challenged.
Source : T.O.I , 27th July 2013
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