Implement quota for disabled in IAS, civil services selection: HC The court also directs the State and Union govts to apply the rule in the promotion of officers who were recruited through the disabled quota
Mumbai : The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the State government and the Union government to implement the rule of reservation under Section 33 of the Person with Disabilities (PWD) Act, made for disabled people in IAS and civil services selection. A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah was hearing a petition filed by the National Confederation for Development of Disabled, seeking implementation of the rule which provides 3% reservation to disabled people in civil service recruitment. The court also directed that this rule shall be applied in the promotion of the disabled officers who were recruited through the disabled quota. According to the petition, currently in Maharashtra, the ratio of percentage of direct IAS to IAS by promotion/selection is 67%: 33%. "Therefore, out of 100 new posts in the State 67 are filled by persons who have been directly recruited in IAS category and 33 posts are filled by the State civil service officers. As per the PWD Act, 3%of the posts in the IAS are reserved for such class of people. Thus, reservation should be applicable to all the 100 posts. However, presently the reservation is only applied to direct recruitment and hence by default is applicable only to 67% of the entire posts and not all the 100 posts as contemplated by the Act," the petition stated. The petition contended that the quota for PWD has not been filled for the last 15 years. According to the Constitution, the authorities are under an obligation to apply the provisions of the PWD Act. Granting relief to the petitioner, the court disposed of the petition. -- Regards Gaurav Seth -- Regards Gaurav Seth ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, smses or makes calls asking for personal information like your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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..
