Thank you. Kanchan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vamshi. G" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 18:01 Subject: Re: [AI] Alternative Jobs
Hi Kanchan madam I searched in Access India archives and found two mails which may be of relevance. The first one is relating to posting an I.A.S as an Asst. personnel officer in railways and the second one is relating to giving him clerical assistance The two mails are separated by --- 1. This is news report published on The Hindu on 31 August 2008 about my friend Dinakar's achievemennt; (The first VC who cleared civil service exam) in India. Please share this info with your friends and pop your comments to me to the below mentioned email ID. _______ Determination sees him through T.D. Dinakar The first visually challenged person to enter the civil services, T.D.Dinakar, had to wage a five-year battle to get there. Despite progressive laws for persons with disabilities in India, equal opportunities for them in jobs remain an unfulfilled dream. He shared his personal experience, hopes and despairs with Vidya Venkat. "I was denied a civil service posting though I had cleared the UPSC examinations for a Group 'A' post in 2002. This, several years after the progressive Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) (PWD) Act was passed. I approached the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in New Delhi for help, but in vain. People who had scored lesser than me were given postings, but not me. The Commissioner too never responded to my appeal." In 2003, Dinakar filed a case in the Delhi High Court. "I had spent a lot of time and money in clearing the exams and decided not to give up," he says. In 2005, the single judge who heard his case demanded an explanation from the Union Public Service Commission and the Department of Personnel and Training for not implementing the PWD Act. The UPSC preferred an appeal and put the blame on the DoPT for not identifying any posts for the visually challenged. "It was only after an interim order in this case came in 2007 that the DoPT offered me a Group B posting saying vacancies were available there. I refused it. Then the court offered me a job in the Indian Railways Personnel Service." In March 2007, Dinakar joined the services. It is two months since he started reporting to the Southern Railways office in Chennai. But he is not fully satisfied. His contention is that he should be given an IAS posting. Also, though he belongs to the 2001 batch, he is being paid on par with the 2007 batch officers, disregarding his seniority. 'Is it my mistake?' "Is it my mistake that the DoPT failed to identify posts for persons like me?" Meanwhile, Dinakar's case has inspired several visually challenged persons to enter the civil services. Ravikumar Arora, who is partially blind, got the IAS whereas Krishna Gopal Tiwari, who is totally blind, got an Indian Railway Personnel Service posting. Dinakar studied at the PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore. He lost his vision due to retinal degeneration at the age of 20. He gave up his job at an insurance agency to fulfil his dream of becoming an IAS. But today, this trendsetter is disillusioned. "I advice other visually challenged persons not to aspire for the civil services. It has lost its original charm. Besides fighting for my job, I feel I have lost more than gaining." He is disappointed at how most people are unaware that with enabling technology, visually challenged persons can work independently. "During the UPSC interview most of the questions were centred on whether I could do paperwork or be sure that the peon in office wouldn't cheat on me." Despite all these, Dinakar maintains a radiant smile on his face. He borrows from the title of Koestler's famous book on blindness in American society: "We remain an unseen minority." He cites an example: Visually challenged cannot use the ATM to withdraw money, because banks have not adapted these facilities for them. contact details of Mr. Dinakar: Email [email protected] landline number 044/23771065. mobile 09003160606. -------- 2. I got a mail from my friend Saravanan, Chennai forwarding your enquiry about the assistance given to me at my work place. I hereby confirm that I have been provided with clerical assistance by Southern Railway, Chennai, where I am working as Asst Personnel Officer/System. The assistant reads out the files and writes down the notings in the file for me. In case of letters, I use the services of the Stenographer or I shall ask the clerks working under me to take down the dictation in longhand itself. I am also provided with a new PC with JAWS. I am really thankful to my administration for all these. Moreover, I do not face any difficulty in dealing with my subordinates - all accept my authority and I am also duly recognised by my colleague Officers and superiors. However, there are no G.O. or any guidelines from the Government on the above issues. Hope it satisfies your query. DINAKAR FROM CHENNAI -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 God helps those who help themselves On 6/25/09, Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: > I need to know if there is a Rule or law or a government Resolution or > circular that deals with Appointment of a person to a different post > instead of the post for which he has given the exam. > > Specifically I need to know this in the case of a fresh appointment and > not > a promotion or a in the case of a disability occuring after the job has > started. > > My Naib Tahsildar case is still going on and maybe there is a need to tell > the Court that the person needs to be given some other job than that of a > Naib Tahsildar so what job do you all suggest? Is there an equivalent job > to > that of a Deputy Collector or Naib Tahsildar? > Thanks > > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > > > 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 > 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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