August 22, 2013
*Press Release* * * A delegation met the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Shri Narayanaswamy on August 20, 2013 to once again bring to his attention the discrimination faced by Visually Impaired Civil Services candidates. In November 2010, the NPRD had taken up the cases of several blind candidates who were denied appointment despite having cleared the Civil Services Examination overcoming multiple hurdles. Out of the total eleven candidates who were earlier not inducted, while seven were allotted IAS or other Civil Services, four were not recommended for appointment by UPSC/DOP&T. It was also found that general category candidates with lower marks than the blind were appointed overriding the claims of blind candidates. It has to be underlined that these seven also got letters of appointment in February 2012 only after favourable rulings from the courts and repeated representations, including a meeting with the Prime Minister. Those who were left out, once again approached the Central Administrative Tribunal which upheld their contempt petitions. The government now has been asked to implement the CAT’s earlier order for their induction by October 17, 2013. The four candidates whose cases were not recommended by the UPSC/DOPT are Mr. Shiwam Kumar, Mr. Pankaj Kumar Srivastava, Mr. Abhishek Kumar and Mr. Rahul Mittal. Shri Basudev Acharia, CPI(M) Leader in the Lok Sabha and Shri Saidul Haq, CPI(M) Lok Sabha member sought the minister’s intervention. NPRD Assistant Convener, Muralidharan and Mr. Shiwam Kumar represented the candidates. Shri Narayanaswamy assured the delegation that his ministry will take up the matter with the UPSC. *Muralidharan* *Assistant Convener* *National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD)* * 9868768543* * * *For further details, you may contact:* * * *Shiwan Kumar: 09891925820* *Pankaj Srivastava: 09450655763* 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..
