Grate. On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 at 11:57, RAO KM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear friends, > > We, the Organisations working for the Blind viz. ALL INDIA CONFEDERATION > OF THE BLIND, DELHI/HYDERABAD AND its Affiliate - DEVELOPMENT & WELFARE > ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND, TELANGANA have been consistently taking up with > the successive Telangana State Governments for the past 8 years to appoint > an Independent State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities as per > RPwD Act 2016, as against the Government giving additional responsibility > of State Commissioner to the Director, Department for Empowerment of > Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens & Transgender. This is against > natural justice and this dual responsibility creates conflict of interest. > The Director cannot function without fear and favour towards the State > government because the Director is a Government servant and will be > subservient to the Government. > > However, the successive Governments of Telangana turned a deaf ear to our > requests. The Acts like RPwD Act 2016 are only on Paper and are not > implemented in letter and spirit. The Independent State Commissioner for > Disabled would have looked at the issues relating to the Disabled and blind > people with an independent view and acted accordingly, doing justice to the > Disabled. The apathy of the Governments towards the Disabled is painful > and very depressing. Is it because the Disabled in general and blind > people in particular are miniscule in number and do not come under their > vote banks? Are the departments working for the Disabled/Blind are > considered as some Movies where the producer, director, screenplay, editor > can be one person. The lethargic and step motherly attitude towards the > Disabled and Blind clearly shows their lack of interest and empathy towards > the disabled and blind. > > After going through a consistently humiliating response from the > Government, we were left with no other option but to approach Telangana > High Court to file a Petition to direct the Government to act on this on > priority. We are happy to state that the High Court has accepted our > petition to appoint an Independent State Commissioner and directed the > Government of Telangana to respond by 2nd December 2024. > > We once again requested the Government of Telangana to appoint an > Independent State Commissioner for the welfare of Disabled without any > further delay. > > The linkes for the newspaper reports are given and attached > > K. Madhusudhan Rao, > PRO, AICB, Hyderabad > > > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-high-court-questions-state-on-appointment-of-commissioner-for-persons-with-disabilities/articleshow/115671042.cms > > > > -- > 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.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACOypx_0rJAPFeOyJJyBZa-NpQPjHRNZODYaMc%3DBas1VktyrFA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACOypx_0rJAPFeOyJJyBZa-NpQPjHRNZODYaMc%3DBas1VktyrFA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAFL6VgLZsoNCyzRXNAyHc_%2BZS0%2BKCkSiw8YBFoGMV6jumOmZYQ%40mail.gmail.com.
