----- Original Message ----- From: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Keshav Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 07:30 Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception.
> Let me explain this matter in detail > In 2002 ILS a law college in Pune filed a public interest litigation > against the Maharashtra Government for implementation of the PWD Act. this > Petition is numbered as 70 of 2002. In pursuance of this Petition we got > Low floor buses etc. This is an all inclusive Petition. > Subsequently the National Federation of the Blind, Maharshtra Unit filed > Petition No. 129 of 2003 for identification of jobs for the blind etc. > Both these Petitions have been heard together so there are concurrent > orders in both these matters. > I will now explain what has been happening on the issue of jobs for the > visually impaired. > Over the last 3 years various departments of the Maharshtra Government > have been identifying jobs for the disabled.There are about 17 such lists > and there matching Government Resolutions. While identifying the jobs and > creating these lists an additional category was created named"Partially > Sighted" within the broad category of visually impaired. So what started > happening was that the departments started identifying jobs for the > totally blind, low vision, partially sighted. Obviously more jobs were > available for the Partially sighted as compared to those for the blind. > However after looking at nearly all those 17 lists I find that about 17 > jobs have been identified for the blind. This is nearly the same as those > in the Central list. Therefore for the limited issue and for the time > being I am going to say the identification process is OK. I will come back > to this issue later. > However the creating of a 3rd category in the 1% for the visually impaired > is a problem. > Now for the next step the Maharashtra Government did not fill up these > jobs so the Court hadd to intervene. On 7 September 2006 Court ordered > stay of all other recruitments until the disabled backlog was completed > and the process should be completed in 3 months. The Petitions are still > alive and the matters keep coming up on Board for hearing. The government > started issuing advertisements for walk in interviews and for written > applications. Now it has come as a big shock that most of the posts being > advertised are for the partially sighted and not for the blind or the low > visioned. > The problem is that the advertisements are more or less in line with the > jobs identified over the years so the advertisements are really not bad in > law in most cases. > Some totally blind friends approached me and I have filed an intervention > application in Petition No. 129 of 2003challenging some of the > advertisements which are not in line with the identified jobs and also > challenged the creation of Partially Sighted category. > the matter was on board yesterday however it did not reach but we > mentioned it at 3 pm but the Court said" we can remedy any wrong being > done, come back after the vacations". So here we are. > Now we will either have to file a fresh affidavit stating that the > appointments have to be stopped or the totally blind should be interviewed > also. There is a Minutes of meeting dated 26 September which states that > "people suffering from a higher degree of disability should be preferred"- > this might help if the totally blind are allowed to give the interviews. > So the next 2 weeks will be spent in collecting data of discrimination > etc. > I will not go into further detail at this stage. I will copy the order of > 7 September 2006 in Petition no. 70 of 2006 in another mail. If you want > the other orders you will have to go on to the nic site or soon to the > iway site. > Kanchan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keshav Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 23:55 > Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. > > >> Hello! >> >> one copy to me also. >> thanks in advance. >> >> regards, >> Keshav. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. >> >> >>> Hi, I will send it to you. Its in PDF however we are intervening >>> tomorrow so >>> will have more news by day after. >>> Kanchan Pamnani >>> Advocate & Solicitor >>> 9, Suleman Chambers, >>> Battery Street, Colaba, >>> Mumbai - 400 039. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Pranay Gadodia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:10 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. >>> >>> >>>> Hi Chandrashekar and others, >>>> Can somebody please send me a e-text or scanned copy of this >>>> Maharashtra >>>> High court judgement? >>>> >>>> thanks and best wishes, >>>> >>>> Pranay Gadodia, >>>> Content Research Officer, >>>> Score Foundation. >>>> 125B, Shahpur Jat, >>>> New Delhi - 110 049 >>>> INDIA. >>>> >>>> Phone: +91 - 11 - 2649 4582/81 >>>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Website: www.eyeway.org >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "chandrashekhar kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:33 PM >>>> 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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