Hello, This is reallb a grave problem. Infact the problem lies in the PWD act which does not differentiate totally blind from the person with low vision inn terms of category. I have brought this drawback to the notice of the ministery of social justice and empowerment. This bias trend is also visible in the recent recruitment by UPSC in civil services. This indeed throws a light upon the mental block these people sitting at highest echelon carry. We stil need find a change in the mind set of people who make policy decision. We all meed to make effort in this regard. Nikhil Jain
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 rajesh asudani wrote : >Hi Anjali >It is the penultimate Para of your mail which precisely applies to >Maharashtra situation. The said GR does the very illegal thing you >mentioned: giving standing preference to low vision candidates in all >government jobs. Let us hope that today the court will appreciate the >situation and intervene for the totally blind to get their due. > >Regards > >Rajesh. >----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anjali Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:21 AM >Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. > > > > well, in the first place, may I tell you that, it is a fraude to obtain a > > disability certificate like this and there are provisions for penalties in > > law for such persons!. > > > > this is an exception. whereas in ordinary cases the certificate of doctor > > cannot be questioned, here in matters of disability, if the certificate is > > obtained by false representation in order to take benefits of disability > > (word benefit is a common usage and I'm neither choosing it nor disputing > > it for the moment) but the fact of the matter remains that such person is > > liable to punishment. > > > > secondly, there are ways that false representations of disability can be > > brought to notice to uncover the reality. > > > > as to the advertisements for employment, only those jobs which have been > > identified as suitable only for partially blind and where totally blind >are > > excluded can be reserved only forpartially blind and not otherwise. I >mean, > > jobs which are suitable for both blind and partially blind/ low vision >have > > to be provided for in this manner in the advertisement otherwise it will >be > > illegal and can be challenged. > > > > I think this is enough for the time being. > > regards > > > > n ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Amiyo Biswas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 01:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. > > > > > > > It seems, there is no uniform rule all over the country. In West Bengal > > > similar things happened a few years ago. Now it is very difficult to > > > obtain > > > a certificate even if you are totally blind. You have to go to the > > > hospital > > > several times to get a date for necessary medical test and to go through >a > > > host of formalities. > > > > > > False certificate is still possible perhaps, we need not mention how. > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Amiyo. > > > > > > Cell: +91-9433464329 > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:37 PM > > > Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. > > > > > > > > >> Of course, it is a grate fraud being perpetrated on totally blind with > > >> the > > >> help of law and nonsense government resolutions. A mass movement needs >to > > > be > > >> launched. I believe the case is being fought in the court of law and >the > > >> issue of said GR is being included only now. But let us hope it will be > > >> dealt with firmly and the court will see the reason and strike down the > > > said > > >> GR. It is wholely unnecessary as the required physical criteria for a > > > given > > >> job [including extent of vision] are already laid down in job > > > identification > > >> lists and a separate GR giving standing preference to low vision and >thus > > >> depriving the totally blind of their legitimate rights and distributing > > > job > > >> opportunities to fraudulent sighted people who have secured >certificates > > > of > > >> blindness, or to those blind persons who can read the print even at >night > > >> etc. is nothing but fraud. I may sound sentimental here, despite my >legal > > >> training, but I have stated the truth and nothing else. > > >> > > >> Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "chandrashekhar kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:03 AM > > >> Subject: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. > > >> > > >> > > >> > Friends, > > >> > First of all I wish aHappy and Prosperous Divali. > > >> > Recently as per High Court it has become binding on Maharashtra >Govt. > > > to > > >> recruit handicapped to fill up the backlog of reservation. But in >almost > > > 80% > > >> of ads only partially sighted with 40% of vision are eligible to apply. > > >> Totally blind because of this get very much frustrated. Further in > > >> reality > > >> the jobs are given to those who really do not come under the catagory >of > > >> v.h. but by hook or crook manage to get a Dr's certificate. I feel the > > >> categorisation of v.h. done in most of eye hospitals is unscientific. A > > >> person seeking a certificate there in most of the cases is just asked >to > > >> identify the number of fingers and if a person says he cannot see the > > >> fingers he is given a totally blind person certificate and the same > > >> person > > >> if partially sighted after some days manages to get a partially blind > > >> certificate with the result the same person has both the certificates. > > > Isn't > > >> it rediculous? But because of this totally blind persons, in spite of > > > having > > >> the ability is unable to get a > > >> > job. > > >> > I feel something needs to be done about this. > > >> > Sincerely, > > >> > C. B. 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