This clause is used to give horizontal reservations like reservations for visually impaired people. The Supreme Court in D.P. Joshi v. State of Madhya
This clause is used to give horizontal reservations like reservations for visually impaired people. The Supreme Court in D.P. Joshi v. State of Madhya
petitioner on the ground that since the
writ petitioner being a visually impaired lady could not be
recruited in the Bank for the Post ... that since the
post of Probationary Officer was not earmarked for visually
impaired persons the rejection of the application of the writ
petitioner was valid
General category, he was denied appointment on the ground of visually impairment while, on the other hand, for the Examination held in 2002 for which ... question in Parliament answered on 05.08.2003 enquiring into the details of visually impaired candidates selected / recommended on the basis of the CSE during the last
consider her candidature
under the category for Differently Abled persons as
visually impaired and to provide the appointment. The
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said representation ... Locomotor Disability and Cerebral Palsy
(L.D & C.P) and visual impaired. Aforesaid
reserved posts have been reserved for applicants
having under mentioned disabilities
India and
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almost 50% thereof suffer from visual disability. The fundamental
concern of these visually impaired persons is safe accessibility to
movements on footpaths ... rights of the differently- abled persons, particularly those who have
visual impairment with which category we are concerned in the present
case, to provide them
affidavit that the Empowered Committee consists of experts and
some visually impaired experts from All India Confederation of the
Blinds and Eye Way are special ... objective of including those individuals was to obtain their
perspective on visual impairment with regard to the new under graduate
programme on the basis
compensatory time i.e. providing 20
minutes per hour to the visually impaired candidates.
2. The petitioner which is stated to be a registered society ... under the Notice dated
31.05.2014 for Civil Services Examination, 2014 for visually impaired
candidates is not in conformity with the provisions of Section
aforesaid observations of this Court, we are
confident that the visually impaired candidate would be
entitled to sit and write the examination for selection ... duties attached to the office/post would be
unsuitable for the visually impaired candidate. Accordingly,
we are of the view that the order passed
backlog of vacancies against reservation quota for visually impaired persons to be worked out in terms of OM bearing No.36035/3/2004-Estt ... were directed to appoint the petitioner who was a person with visual impairment to civil services. The respondent No.1, UPSC, conducted