Taken from Times of India.
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to accept the applications of disabled people applying for the posts of vidyasahayak. The state government had recently decided to appoint more than 4,300 vidyasahayaks across the state.
Activists fighting for the rights of disabled people had protested when they came to know that those with more than 75% of disability were not allowed to fill in the forms online. According to norms, 3% of the vacancies are to be filled by physically disabled and blind people.
Justice R H Shukla, acting on a petition filed by Gautam Maru challenging the state government and president of the Gujarat State Primary Education Selection Committee, on Friday directed the state that the applications of the petitioners will have to be accepted either online or in any other form.
The petition said the advertisements in newspapers were silent about the criteria of the disability for the candidates. When the applicants visited the website and mentioned that they were more than 75% disabled, their applications were not accepted by the software.
Moreover, the number of posts mentioned in various categories was less than the stipulated 3%.
"It is the responsibility of the government to provide an equal opportunity to the disabled people under the PWD Act. It has been observed in a number
of judgments by Gujarat high court and Supreme Court where the judiciary has upheld the right of the disabled people for the positions. We have also observed
in Gujarat that the court ordered the appointment of Rajesh Mulwani, a 100% blind person, as DIET principal," said Jagruti Dekavadiya, advocate representing
the petitioner.
Source: Times of India.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Accept-forms-of-blind-people-HC-tells-govt/articleshow/45390934.cms
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