Dear Friends, I am sure what I am going to write is not going to be popular but all the same:
We must fight for non-discrimination at the time of promotional examinations on the basis of disabilities. Reservation at the time of promotion is going to not solve our problem. What George said about providing of appropriate work environment, technology etc. is the right approach rather than always clamouring for reservation. I think we all (including me) tend to look for easy way out and then keep complaining when these demands go unfulfilled. We have had friends (some of them on the list) who have overcome their disability and risen to great heights. I fail to understand as to what is so shocking in the judgment? We cannot expect every citizen of this country to look at us in a way that will suit us. If we have followed ADA litigation, courts have become weary to give judgments in favour of the disabled and we fortunately have been very lucky in India. I may add that although Maharashtra government was compelled to give appropriate aids and appliances vide a directive of 2011, many disabled employees have shown their reluctance to claim these. So let us also introspect and then comment. With best wishes, Ketan On 9/2/15, Vikas Kapoor <dl.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > SC: Differently abled can’t claim quota in promotion > > Amit Anand Choudhary,TNN | Sep 2, 2015, 05.36 AM IST > > NEW DELHI: Differently abled persons can claim benefit of reservation in > government jobs only at the time of appointment and cannot get the benefit > of the affirmative policy in promotion, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday > while clarifying its earlier verdict. > A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana said the apex court's 2013 > verdict did not hold that the reservation policy could also be extended to > promotion in jobs and stressed that the disabled could claim benefits only > at the time of recruitment. > > The SC had in 2013 directed the Centre and all state governments to provide > three per cent job reservation to disabled persons in all their departments, > companies and institutions under Persons with Disabilities (Equal > Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act which came > into force in 1995. > > > The Centre submitted that the court had not, while passing order for three > percent reservation, dealt with the issue of reservation in promotion and > the disabled could not be allowed to claim the benefits. > > Although the Court had directed that all vacancies under 3% reservation be > filled up within three months, the governments failed to comply with the > order in the last two years and there are still 10,000 vacant posts in > central government. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar assured the court that > all vacancies would be filled up by the end of this financial year. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-Differently-abled-cant-claim-quota-in-promotion/articleshow/48766783.cms > > Vikas Kapoor, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137, 9013354994 > Skype Id: dl_vikas > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com Skype ID: Ketan3333 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
