Dear All Last week the XRCVC has taken one more step towards providing equal opportunities for visually impaired persons. Writer/Scribe availability and permissions by diverse examination authorities has always been a point of concern. XRCVC provides regular support to various visually impaired persons for ensuring that their due rights are respected by examination boards and authorities as per existing rules and guidelines. One such case came to the XRCVC last week. Mr Sameer Latey was appearing for his NABARD Assistant Manager examinations. NABARD was not agreeing to relax the unreasonable rule of the writer not having secured more than 50% in his/her last latest examination. XRCVC tried negotiating with NABARD. These did not bear fruit. As a final recourse in order to get due justice the XRCVC supported Mr Latey to move the High Court. The Honourable High Court in the emergency hearing held on 26th March 2009, passed an interim order acknowledging the due rights and request of Mr Latey. The hearing is to be followed up in the court after 6 weeks, where the XRCVC will aim at re-working the inequitable NABARD rules for the long term. Many thanks to Ms Kanchan Pamnani, Advocate and Solicitor who worked as the XRCVC’s legal consultant for the case and to Ms Ankita Singhania who appeared in court on behalf of Mr Latey. We would request all of you to either write into us or Kanchan off the list mentioning the prevailing writer rules for your local school boards, college/universities and/or recruitment/examining authorities. This data will help us build up a broader case. Regards,Dr. Sam Taraporevala Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) St. Xavier's College, 5 Mahapalika Marg Mumbai - 400001 +91 22 22620661-5 (extn: 366) +91 22 22623298 (direct) +91 9967028769 (mobile) [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ How fun is this? IMing with Windows Live Messenger just got better. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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
[AI] A small positive step
Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged, St. Xavier's College Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:25:59 -0700
