Madras HC asks bank to keep four posts vacant for the disabled A Subramani,TNN Aug 28, 2015, The times of India CHENNAI: A visually disabled woman argued a case pertaining to reservation of posts for the disabled, and won a relief in Madras high court, which has directed the Pandyan Grama Bank to keep four posts vacant for disabled candidates.
The bank, headquartered in Virudhunagar, issued an advertisement on June 2, 2015 calling for applications for the posts of officers and office assistants. However, it did not provide for the statutory reservation of 3% of available vacancies for disabled persons at the rate of 1% each for orthopaedic, visual and hearing impaired persons. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T S Sivagnanam, before which a PIL filed by All India Confederation of The Blind Secretary M Muthuselvi and Sundaresan of Tiruvannamalai district came up for hearing last week, directed the authorities to keep one post of officer (grade-I) and Officer (grade-II), and two posts of office assistants. "Counsel for the bank states that some posts have fallen vacant after the advertisements were issued. We, thus, consider it appropriate to direct four posts to be kept vacant and not filled until further orders." MuthuSelvi, a secretary of the confederation, was the first one to file the PIL questioning non-reservation of posts as per provisions of the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com 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..
