Friends Apart from UPSC fiasco, banks are also not behind. Muthu, Vijay and some other blind friends have been denied interview or have been recalled while undergoing medical exams as IDBI from where Our Honorable K. ramakrishna retired as GM while being totally blind, thinks that assistant manager's post is only for low vision. Even government of India also seems to have legitimized this, as I had written when IDBI had issued corrigendum and also had written live on VIB when we witnessed that corrigendum in operation in Muthu's case. So, NGOs, including AICB, please read on.
-----Original Message----- From: Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:51 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: (VIB) IDBI Recruitments, Discrimination against the visually impaired. Of course, VIB-India fully supports the cause. I had written on the group live when this was going on and had also outlined legal arguments. To reiterate 1. Identification is flawed as many totally blind are successfully working as assistant managers/POs in various banks. 2. Identification is merely illustrative and not exhaustive, so appointments cannot be confined to posts identified for a particular category if a candidate has successfully qualified for the post. This state of affairs is being made explicit under the new rights of persons with disabilities act. 3. Equality of opportunity in public employment is a fundamental right under article 16 of the constitution and it cannot be thwarted by restrictive identification etc. more so, when a person has duly qualified for the post and there are a host of similarly situated persons working successfully. Moreover, a disabled person is entitled to claim a place in the vertical lists viz: Open competition, OBC, SC or ST, as the case may be, and if she/he has obtained requisite marks, then such a place in the vertical lists cannot be denied on the ground of disability or that a person is only entitled to reservation for PWD.. This mail along with my earlier observations on the subject may be forwarded to Mr. Anil Aneja.. Rajesh Asudani Assistant general Manager Reserve Bank of India And Co-moderator Visually impaired bankers of India -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of muthu selvi Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 3:10 PM To: vib-india Cc: [email protected] Subject: (VIB) IDBI Recruitments, Discrimination against the visually impaired. Dear All, During last few weeks, an important issue which has drawn the attention of many of us in the visual impairment sector is the denial of appointment to the blind by the IDBI Bank on the post of Assistant Manager, a post, which, according to the Bank, has been identified only for the low vision. Through this communication we would like to assure our visually impaired friends that All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) is actively working on this matter over a period of last few months. When the IDBI special recruitment drive 2010 advertisement first came out, we approached the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities challenging that advertisement because though 96 vacancies were reserved for PWDs, sub-category vice distribution was not provided. It was in response to our petition that 54 vacancies were earmarked for the visually impaired, though only for the low vision. That corrigendum has also been challenged by us. The Bank contends that the post of the Probationary Officer has been reserved for the low vision only (which is a fact on record). We have found a legal basis to challenge that contention both through the Executive and judicial channels. We are sending a representation to the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment pointing out the discrepancy in identification of posts along with a request for correction. Simultaneously, we are exploring effective ways of judicial redressal of our grievance against IDBI on the issue of recruitment of the blind. In case you have any in-puts regarding this matter or any suggestions, please send the same to me or to Dr. Anil Aneja, Chair, Advocacy Committee, AICB on his email id [email protected] M. Muthu Selvi. Central Executive Committee Member, AICB. -- BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY M.Muthu Selvi Probationary officer Allahabad Bank Email: [email protected] Skype: muthump2007 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Visually Impaired Bankers Of India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vib-india?hl=en. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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