'Reserve 2 out of 66 posts of Asst Profs for differently-able'
Press Trust of India  |  Chennai   June 08, 2015 Last Updated at 22:28 IST
The Madras High Court today directed Thiruvalluvar University,
Vellore, to reserve two seats out of 66 posts of Assistant Professors
to differently- abled persons.

The Court issued a notice to the government and the University Vice
Chancellor and the Registrar to abide by its order.

Justice D Hariparanthaman, before whom a petition filed by one M
Sivakumar, a visually-challenged person, came up, issued notice to the
Secretary, Higher Education Department and the Vice Chancellor and the
Registrar of the University and directed them to keep in reserve two
seats out of 66 posts.

Sivakumar submitted that he is a Post Graduate in Tamil, besides
having an M. Phil in Tamil. Apart from this, he had submitted his
Ph.D. Thesis in 2014 and was awaiting the viva voce for the award of
of the Ph.D.

He had passed UGC National Eligibility Test in 2007 and was fully
qualified to hold the post of Assistant Professor of Tamil in Colleges
and Universities all over India, he said.

He said he is from Hindu Vanniyar Community and also a
visually-challenged person.

The University had in a notification through advertisements in
vernacular dailies on April 26 2015 called for applications for the
posts in all its constituent colleges.

The petitioner alleged that the advertisement and the notification did
not mention anything about the number of vacancies available for
differently-abled persons.

He said Section 33 of 'PWD Act' provides for not less than three per
cent reservation of posts in every establishment for persons suffering
from blindness or low vision, hearing impairment and loco-motor
disability or cerebral palsy.

The petitioner submitted that the University is a state University and
should be a model employer and implement in letter and spirit the "PWD
ACT" and appoint persons with disabilities as mandated in the Act".

He said the advertisements are violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of
the Constitution and prayed that the Court quash it and direct the
University to notify the vacancies afresh as per Section 33 of the
Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.

-- 
m. sivakumar. P.hd.
 International Institute of Tamil Studies CIT Campus, 2nd Main Road,
Tharamani, Chennai, 600113

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what
others may consider a small one.






-- 
m. sivakumar. P.hd.
 International Institute of Tamil Studies CIT Campus, 2nd Main Road,
Tharamani, Chennai, 600113

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what
others may consider a small one.



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