The judges were hearing a petition filed by Surve challenging an order dated October 30, 2010, by the commissioner for disabilities upholding her termination.
I have quoted the above line to attract the attention the mind set of these bureaucrats. And the consequences that follow when they are appointed on such sensitive posts like Commissioner for persons with disabilities, and chief or deputy chief commissioner for persons with disabilities. Thanks, Akhilesh. On 10/11/11, Vikas Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: > HC to the aid of fired blind woman > Rosy SequeiraRosy Sequeira, TNN | Oct 11, 2011, 02.58AM IST > > MUMBAI: In a victory for visually impaired Nilima Surve who was fired by a > college trust for typing errors, the Bombay high court on Monday directed > the state government to make an exception and provide her with devices, > including gadgets and software, to enhance her performance. > > A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi also > directed the college trust to permit Surve to resume work. > > The judges were hearing a petition filed by Surve challenging an order dated > October 30, 2010, by the commissioner for disabilities upholding her > termination. > > Surve was appointed as a junior clerk-cum-typist at Chetana's Hazarimal > Somani College of Commerce at Bandra (E) in November 2006 and dismissed in > March 2007 on the grounds that her "work was not satisfactory and there were > typing errors". > > Her advocate Chetan Agrawal said the commissioner, in his order, > acknowledged the use of software to avoid mistakes in future but the college > refused to provide or allow installation of the software provided by her. > > The judges, in December 2010, had observed that the "disabled need support, > not sympathy". > > On January 15, the court isued a general order directing the state > government to provide special gadgets and software to its employees, > including those in public sector undertakings, universities and colleges. > > On Monday, the judges observed that the state will take time to implement > their directive. Justice Shah said, "There is no reason why as a special > case such devices for the petitioner should not be provided in the > meantime.'' The judges have asked Surve to send a requisition to the > government for the devices and the software required by her and directed the > state to make them available to her three weeks thereafter. "In short, the > government will immediately make payment to the supplier for such gadgets or > devices and software which the petitioner requires for enhancing her > performance in typing and other desk work." > Hi > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-to-the-aid-of-fired-blind-woman/articleshow/10307511.cms > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id: [email protected], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
