Heartly congratulations guys and the persons who assisted them!. It's all your dedication and hardwork taken you to the victory. Keep rocking!
On 2/14/12, Renuka Warriar <[email protected]> wrote: > hearty congrats to all of them. > It is their seviour persistance and determination that caused this > victory. Also congradulations has to be conveyed to those who supported > them wholeheartedly to achieve this success. > Renuka E., > Section Officer, > ICT Center for the Visually Challenged, > CHMKLibrary, > University of Calicut, > Kerala. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled (NPRD)" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:48 PM > Subject: [AI] visually impaired finally receive orders for civil services > > > *February 14, 2012* > > * * > > * * > > *Press Statement* > > > > > > The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) congratulates > the seven visually impaired persons who have finally received orders for > their induction into IAS and allied services. > > > > It may be recalled that these candidates of the 2008 batch were denied > induction into the IAS and allied services because of blatant > discrimination and in violation of the provisions of the Persons with > Disabilities Act, 1995. Despite favourable orders from the courts and even > the Central Administrative Tribunal the Department of Personnel & Training > (DoPT) had refused to induct them. > > > > The NPRD had been pursuing their case since November 2010 and had > represented to various authorities. It had also met the Prime Minister in a > delegation on November 29, 2011 and represented their case before him. Smt. > Brinda Karat had accompanied the delegation and had also been pursuing the > matter with the ministers concerned. > > > > Finally, the persistent efforts have paid off. Due to the Prime Minister's > intervention, while seven of them have received orders, two are still left > out. While Ajit Kumar got IAS, Ashish Singh Thakur & Srinivas got IFS, > Purnima Jain IRPS, Shravan Kumar ICA, Pavan Kumar Indian Postal Service, > Subodh Kumar got Ordinance Factory. > > > > Smt. Brinda Karat has in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister on > February 13, 2012 thanked him for his intervention which “has helped in > setting right a blatant discrimination and violation of the provisions of > the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.” > > > > > > * * > > * * > > *(Muralidharan)* > > *Assistant Convener* > > 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 > > > > 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 > > -- Cheers, Jeevan Reddy, Accessibility Engineer, Onya Digital Solutions, Bangalore, Mob: +91 8050761380. 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
