Will this be applicable only to PWD's in Delhi? On 3/29/13, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Staff Reporter > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/dda-directed-to-frame-land-scheme-for-differentlyabled/article4560862.ece > > The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government and the Delhi > Development Authority (DDA) to frame within three months schemes for > preferential allotment of land at concessional rates to > differently-abled persons in the Capital. > > A Division Bench of Justice Darmar Murugesan and Justice V.K. Jain > passed the order on a petition by the All-India Confederation of > Blind. > > The petitioner submitted that neither the DDA nor the Central > Government had framed a scheme in accordance with The Persons With > Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights And Full > Participation) Act, 1995 which, among other things, enjoins upon the > governments and the local authorities to frame schemes in favour of > the persons with disabilities for preferential allotment of land at > concessional rates for houses, business, recreation centres, special > schools, research centres and factories. > > Allowing the plea, the Bench said: “The respondents are directed to > frame, within three months, appropriate scheme(s) in favour of persons > with disabilities, as defined in Section 2 of The Persons With > Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights And Full > Participation) Act, 1995, for the preferential allotment of land at > concessional rates for setting up of special recreation centres; > establishment of special schools; establishment of research centres; > establishment of factories by entrepreneurs with disabilities.’’ > > It also directed the DDA to “incorporate a condition in future > allotment of land made to co-operative societies requiring them to > give preference/reservation to the persons with disabilities in the > flats to be constructed by them on the land taken from the DDA.’’ > > It further directed the DDA “to permit the guardians of persons with > mental disabilities to apply for allotment of flats or shops on behalf > of and in the name of the persons with disabilities. > > > > Petition filed by All-India Confederation of Blind > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > MPhil Research Scholar > Centre for the Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > 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 > >
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