. hi friends, I happen to read the new PWD ACT for the first time, I think that the chapter on employment particularly in relation to reservation needs to be more stronger .There should be some provisions to ensure that the establishments do comply with the provisions for instance the disability court must have the power to stay the appointment where the scheme of reservation have not been followed .IT should also have the power to stay any further appointment in case there is a huge backlog. There should be an equal opportunity commission to monitor reservation for every recruitment exam in the government. There should be a procedure to complain to this commission if the scheme of reservation has been not complied with and the commission should proceed to prevent any noncompliance .The establishments could also be asked to get prior approval from the commission before conducting any recruitment exam. There should be strong provision for transparency and the candidates must have the right to ask for the cutoff marks, their own marks, and the reasons for nonslection in case there is prima facie noncompliance with the scheme of reservation There could be some sort of penalty for noncompliance. The article 16 of the constitution also needs to be amended to include the ground of disability the definition of establishment must include within it the legislature and the judiciary so that there is reservation for the PWD in the legislature and the judiciary. There must be some provision relating to a National commission for the PWD like in the case of ST,SC. Further it is my concern that these courts must not be another stage in the heirchy of the courts thus in some cases their decision must be final and appeals must be allowed on strong grounds .We need to make the courts really powerful and effective if at all the ACT is to do any good to us .Help me to take issues to the concerned persons. This is based on my personal experience and wish that none of us face the things I did .thanks.
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