Rajesh, 1. The jobs have been identified for the last 2 years at least for the partially sighted and no one has brought this point up. 2. also the National Federation of the Blind has filed this PIL in 2003 and the matters have been coming up for the last 3 years fairly regularly. NF B has not objected therefore the Courts are going to get mad now. We should have challenged this category when it was first realised. Now we are going to have to turn back the clock and all the work done.
3. I am not sure that only the jobs for the partially sighted are being advertised. I have seen about 20 recent advertisements. The jobs identified for the totally blind are also advertised. If you have another opinion please help me by pointing out which particular one. If you find any other problems please let me know and I will be able to take it up now that I am involved. Regards Kanchan Pamnani Advocate & Solicitor 9, Suleman Chambers, Battery Street, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 039. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. > Also baffling is the question as to how come most--almost all--backlog > vacancies being advertised are precisely those identified for partially > sighted? > > Rajesh. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:13 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a > deception. > > >> Thank you for a detailed briefing on what has been taking place. However, > I >> wish to submit that creation of the third category of partially blind in >> addition to the two mentioned in PWD act, is arbitrary and goes against > the >> laid down statutes, and hence, any identification for the said new > category >> and consequent filling up of vacancies for them also militates against >> the >> rule of law. Had the said category not been created in the first place >> and >> had the identification of jobs remained confined to the categories of > blind >> and low vision, certainly more posts would have been available for the >> blind. Given the proposition that persons with higher disability should >> be >> given preference, the lot of the totally blind aspirants would have been >> much better. I do not contend that people with partial sight do not >> exist, >> however statutorily they have to belong either to totally blind or low >> vision category. >> >> All said and done, I am also aware that life of law [and also that of > legal >> courts and judgments] is not governed by logic but experience. As once >> one >> famous legal luminary put it: "We are under the Constitution, but >> Constitution is what the judge says it is!" >> >> Regards >> >> Rajesh. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:30 PM >> Subject: [AI] Fw: Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. >> >> >> > >> > ----- 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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