with disability in the posts
identified for three categories of disabilities namely (i) blindness
or low vision, (ii) hearing impairment and (iii) locomotor disability ... impairment.
iii) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured and
muscular dystrophy.
iv) autism, intellectual disability and mental illness
v) multiple disabilities from among
Assam Civil Service
Class-I (Jr. Grade) from persons suffering from Locomotor
Disability, in connection with the conduct of Combined
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Competitive (Preliminary) Examination ... 10th August, 2006,
need not apply again but the candidates with Locomotor
Disability must produce supporting documents in the office
of the Assam Public Service
Section 33 in The Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection Of Rights And Full Participation) Act, 1995
33. Reservation of posts .-Every appropriate Government shall ... suffering from-
(i) blindness or low vision; (ii) hearing impairment; (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, in the posts identified for each disability: Provided that
blindness; (ii) low vision; (iii) leprosy-cured; (iv) hearing impairment; (v) locomotor disability; (vi) mental retardation; (vii) mental illness; (j) "employer" means,- (i) in relation ... occupation, and the expression "leprosy cured" shall be construed accordingly; (o) "locomotor disability" means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction
filled with persons with benchmark disabilities of which, one per cent. each shall be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses ... blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy
were identified to be filled up by the candidates
with locomotor disability.
6. The appellants, being persons with locomotor disability, submitted
their application forms with ... Sweeper to the disabled persons.
The disabled persons as per the definition of disability under
Section 2 (i) of the Disabilities Act, 1995 includes inter
hearing disability, intellectual disability, disability
caused due to chronic neurological conditions, disability due to blood disorder
and multiple disabilities :
“25.2. The disability caused ... disabilities as specified in the
Schedule. The Schedule to the Act incorporates five specified disabilities:
1. Physical disabilities comprised of
(a) Locomotor disability including
passed B.Ed. The petitioners claim to be suffering from different locomotor disabilities. The petitioners' case is that visual handicapped and audio handicapped ... persons with disabilities not less than 3% seats for persons with disabilities. The categories of the people under the disabilities as classified under
reproduced thus:
Disability Range
Eligible
Eligible
for
for Not
Medical
"Sl. Disability Type of Specified Medical Eligible
Course,
No. type Disabilities Disability Course ... reads thus:
Disability Range
Eligible
for
Eligible for Not
Medical
"Sl. Disability Type of Specified Medical Eligible
Course,
No. type Disabilities Disability Course
disabilities and, therefore, we are only concerned with and are only
considering the case from the standpoint of physically disabled persons with
locomotor disabilities ... persons with disabilities was also envisaged.
21. The expressions "Chief Commissioner", "disability", "locomotor
disability" and "persons with disability
