On 5/11/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > Please do not reply to this digest mail. You should put your comments into a > new mail with appropriate subject line. > _______________________________________________ > AccessIndia mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Regarding disable coach (bhawani shankar verma) > 2. Delhi University's blind spot: Students claim institute lacks > support for the visually impaired (avinash shahi) > 3. Write to exclusion?:Home-tutoring the disabled will sharpen > their isolation and limit their learning (avinash shahi) > 4. Re: Regarding disable coach (Asudani, Rajesh) > 5. HC vacates stay on recruitment of NU teachers (Asudani, Rajesh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:55:02 +0530 > From: "bhawani shankar verma" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding disable coach > Message-ID: <E28DBDB95AA840F8B77EE63FEEAED016@challenger> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > no! still i use handicap coach to travel for short distance. agreed that > many of accessindians are travelling in AC3 OR AC2 by using the concession > facility, but, i could not forget my experience of general compartment of > indian railway. I travelled long distance journey in general compartment in > > my school and studying time. now for short distance journey i travel in > general compartment if i can't locate handicap coach or is not attached with > > the train. i also agreed that those who use cars and AC, cannot feel the > difficulties faced by the lower class people. this difference exists all > over the country, not only the field of disability. > a mass level movement is needed to fulfil the purpose. i could not remember > > that since last 10-15 years, any movement started in the area of > disability. > we are talking about technology, laptops, and many more about allied > services, but, no discussion about the basic techniques and requirement of > daily living of blind people. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "avinash shahi" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:31 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding disable coach > > > Namastay to all. > > At the outset, I subscribe to the views contemplated then typed by Rajesh > sir. > Unless, one himself/herself not faces the ramification of such > travelling discomfort, expecting action from them to better the > travelling experience for disabled is far cry. > Hence, Practical pain is precurser to turn in to positive pleasure. > Further, thanks to concessions given by Indian railways, most of > Access India subscribers make best use of it by travelling either in > second class compartments , or AC coaches. > this means, Now, the issue of handicapped coach is primarily concerns > Ordinary/BPL disabled travellers. > Then question comes who will represent them. > will they form their own union? > or NGO's working for them, will lobby for them? > But nothing of such kind has happened and likely to happen in near future. > > On 5/10/12, Shona Man <[email protected]> wrote: >> very important issue, listers please give your suggestions what we can >> do in this regard. >> >> On 5/10/12, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Well, I believe accessibility in an aircrafts and airports dominated >>> national media a few days ago. >>> Accessibility and even availability of a disabled coach, or rather a >>> handicapped coach in railway's terms, does not surely carry enough >>> importance to warrant a discussion at the ministry level!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> >>> >>> It is my firm opinion that anybody in this world does not appreciate the >>> importance of any issue, unless she/he has, in person had the >>> experience >>> in >>> question or analogous experience at least. >>> So, I may not expect the issue of "handicapped coach" to be understood >>> in >>> full, let alone be taken up or argued or acted upon by those who have >>> never >>> had a taste of traveling in an unreserved general ordinary class in >>> life, >>> or >>> with aspirations or compulsions for the same. >>> They did and do take up the issues of accessibilities where they have >>> relevant experience or aspire to are compelled to have the experiences. >>> >>> I have, time and again highlighted various issues concerning the coach >>> in >>> this forum and also written to railway ministry. >>> I am ready for any memorandum or demonstration to resolve the issues, >>> provided we gather enough support and will power to strive for the same. >>> >>> >>> Coming to the importance of sensation in life, I really congratulate >>> initiators of "Dialogue in the dark" for providing analogous experience >>> of >>> visual impairment to the sighted. >>> Similar initiatives for other disabilities and conditions should also be >>> launched, and made mandatory for all professionals including judges etc. >>> in >>> order to make them experience what it is like to lack a sense in life. >>> Still in such experiences also, the issue of differing basic assumptions >>> remains, but to discuss it would be going too far into philosophical >>> realms >>> for me here and may not be appreciated by all. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ajeesh >>> Thomas >>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:02 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [AI] Regarding disable coach >>> >>> Hi all, >>> Really this is a horrible issue regarding disabled persons, railway >>> keeping disabled coach either engine side or rear side, how can we >>> understand where it is located? >>> If the coach is in engine side sure this is filled with normal >>> passengers, we need to fight with them for even a single seat. >>> Sometimes we can't find the disabled coach in the train, mostly this >>> thing happen on festival seasons. >>> >>> Why the railway changing the coach position regularly? just thing if >>> we are with luggage how we will trouble to find out the coach. >>> >>> The railway is escaping with pointless answers and showing negligence >>> regarding this issue. I thing we need to raise our voice for the same. >>> >>> What we need to do against this, kindly share suggestions. >>> >>> If anybody has the document about rules and regulations regarding this >>> issue, please share. >>> Regards, >>> Ajeesh Thomas, >>> Banglore, >>> 08861329916 >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> 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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Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 09:13:00 +0530 > From: avinash shahi <[email protected]> > To: jnuvision <[email protected]>, accessindia > <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] Delhi University's blind spot: Students claim institute > lacks support for the visually impaired > Message-ID: > <cadesq2htduwksadrx7ekrpz3vvbe+k8fnbccej1wsagumqu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Few days ago, > I shared the piece appeared in TOI on the same. > But here DU VC > is reported to have said something to be done. > But alas! all he said: "should be" > And should be is very familiar with all these adminastrators.? > Delhi University's blind spot: Students claim institute lacks support > for the visually impaired By Neetu Chandra > PUBLISHED: 22:04 GMT, 6 May 2012 | UPDATED: 00:11 GMT, 7 May 2012 > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2140457/Delhi-Universitys-blind-spot-Students-claim-institute-lacks-support-visually-impaired.html?ito=feeds-newsxml > DU has been caught in a classic blind man's bluff over its acutely > poor infrastructural support for visually challenged students. > The university's reservation policy has increased the number of such > students on the campus, but it has failed to provide adequate > logistics, infrastructure and institutional support to these > enthusiastic pupils. It has been learnt that at least 100 students > were shuttling from one DU office to another with various complaints > over the past four months. > But there's none so blind as those who will not see as their pleas > have failed to raise even an eyebrow. This forced them to adopt > desperate measures such as demonstrations. > Shakti kumar Agarwal is blind and suffers from osteoperosis, pictured > outside Gwyer Hall where he spent five years as student, and where he > is being denied admission for his Ph.D > Still nothing has been done. Their main grouse was not finding a > hostel seat. 'Earlier, many seats used to go vacant in the visually > challenged category. But the trend changed over the past few years. > Now the seats get instantly filled up during admission time. > 'This year, 400 students were admitted, but only 15 got hostel seats. > The rest were living in rented accommodations near the campus,' Ritesh > Singh Tomar, a blind student doing his Med, said. The problem is bound > to increase every year. > 'The university reserves three per cent of its total seats for > physically challenged students. Of this, one per cent is reserved for > the visually impaired. 'Priority should be given to the disabled > students during allocation of hostel seats. DU must build a new > hostel, specifically for the disabled,' Tomar said. > Delhi University's reservation policy has increased the number of > such students on the campus, but it has failed to provide adequate > logistics > The students felt that the quota system came to naught if their basic > needs were not addressed. Apart from poor accommodation, the students > alleged that the university libraries were technically out of bounds > for them. 'The libraries don't have devices for the blind. > Forget Braille, we would be glad if soft copies of books, articles, > journals, dissertations and thesis were made available. We can always > load these into a computer and listen through a text-to-voice > software,' student Kapil Sapra said. > 'If Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) can do it (online thesis and > dissertations), why can't DU?' he added. > Vice-chancellor Dinesh Singh acknowledged that the administration was > not equipped to meet the needs of these students. He recently removed > the head of the equal opportunities cell, the department that was > supposed to look after the grievances of the visually impaired > students. > 'We have to go a long way. Firstly, we have to meet the basic needs of > these students. Then the other demands can be looked into. There are > no toilets for them and no safe roads. > 'Their demands are genuine and we are seriously looking into them,' > Singh said. Students have raised issues of safety on the campus. 'The > administration should do something about the menace of stray dogs on > the campus. Several blind students have been bitten,' Sapra said. > 'Moreover, the roads must be made safe and secure. Haphazard parking > of cars on pavements should be banned. > Trees in the middle of pavements should be cut and removed. Likewise, > drains and manholes should be properly covered,' he added. > > The students have asked the administration to increase the frequency > of buses because the transport system was appaling. > > 'It was shocking to find that the students don't have proper > conveyance facilities to and from their respective colleges. We are > trying to sort out the problems one by one' V-C Singh said. > > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." ? Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 09:42:04 +0530 > From: avinash shahi <[email protected]> > To: accessindia <[email protected]>, jnuvision > <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] Write to exclusion?:Home-tutoring the disabled will > sharpen their isolation and limit their learning > Message-ID: > <CADeSQ2juTWpp4=qCYsGfWXhyBmwsA=D88Zq=suvzf2bvzoj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > http://www.indianexpress.com/news/right-to-exclusion/947855/ > The Indian Express > Malini Chib : > Fri May 11 2012, > > When I first went to college at St Xaviers, Mumbai, I was frightened > beyond words. No, it wasn?t because I was afraid of ragging. I would > actually have loved to have been ragged. It was because I had never > been in a social environment with so many ?normal? people on my own. > You see, cerebral palsy has rendered my speech incomprehensible to > most and I need a wheelchair. Thus, I was educated in a special school > set up by my mother, Mithu Alur, for me and hundreds of other people > like me in Mumbai (and later thousands like me across the country). > > And I, and three friends who also had cerebral palsy, became the first > people with the condition to attend college with ?normal? students. > > The initial hesitation and fear were just that: initial. In a few > short weeks, my three friends and I began to feel at ease. Despite > much difficulty, I interacted with people. My life has never been the > same since because, for the first time, we were part of the rest of > the world, just like everybody else. Things have changed a lot since > that time in the late 1980s. And they changed further in April 2012 > when the Union minister for human resource development, Kapil Sibal, > approved of an amendment in the Right to Education Act. It has been a > long and arduous journey for the disability movement and for NGOs to > convince the government that children with disabilities need > compulsory education. > > Congratulations to the government for this Act, which states that all > children with disabilities should go to the nearby local school. But > it has an optional clause saying that those who are severely affected > (like me) can be given home based education. This clause suggests that > the government is slithering out of full responsibility. > > For a moderate to severely disabled child to be educated in a non-home > based environment, a long list of provisions is needed, one that > should be sanctioned by the government. The clause about teaching such > children at home seems to > > indicate that the government is only providing a half-hearted > education to a select few of the children with disabilities. But most > children with disabilities, even the severely disabled ones, > desperately need to be included in mainstream education. > > I had a somewhat overprotected education, going to the first special > school in India, set up by my mother. Due to the lack of knowledge > about disabled people, teachers were hesitant to challenge us much. We > were cosseted and wrapped in cotton wool. This was detrimental to our > educational growth. We were never engaged in argument and our thought > processes never challenged. We remained cocooned in our own passive, > non-interactive world. > > When I went to St Xaviers, I felt like a person from outer space. I > used to wander around without interacting with anyone specifically. It > took a long time to form good friendships. My speech became the > biggest barrier. I needed to move beyond the ?hello-goodbye? > relationship I had with people. But how could I, considering I was > coming from a ?cruelly? nurturing environment? Though I began to > loosen up quickly, it took me years to be able to grapple with the > intellectual rigour of mainstream life. Also, we had not been taught > to converse with each other. Our speech problem always came in the > way. > > One of the reasons for my inadequate education was that when we > returned from England in the 1970s the medical model of disability was > predominant. My mother, instead of getting me admitted in Cathedral > School like my brother, decided to set up a school. Yes, at that time > it was the need of the hour, since the country lacked services for > people with disabilities. Seeing my mother, my aunts and a lot of > other people in the country started such services in other regions. > Yet 40 years later, only a handful of us across the the country have > been educated. It is utterly shameful. If the right to education had > existed during my years of schooling, many more like me would have had > an education and been serving members of society. > > The government needs to make many more provisions in education for > children with multiple disabilities. We are the ones who always get > left behind, our voices remain silent and > > imprisoned in our homes as the government prefers to spend money > elsewhere. Is home tutoring really beneficial to one?s growth? > Children will only be motivated by their peers. If all children, > disabled or otherwise, are allowed to be together they will not only > understand and be comfortable with each other, but also those with > > disabilities will flourish and be contributing citizens of the nation. > Learning can be much more effective through one?s peers and through > social interaction, and not in the seclusion of home. > > I fear that this clause of home based education will be detrimental > for children with disabilities. It will make it easier for principals > and teachers to advise parents of children with disabilities to opt > for home tutoring, as the government perhaps does not want to address > itself to the needs of such children. However, the government must > allocate more resources. It should not be allowed to shirk its > responsibilities. > > > Chib is a Mumbai-based disability activist and the author of ?One > Little Finger?, [email protected] > > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." ? Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 09:54:31 +0530 > From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding disable coach > Message-ID: > <bea8645838d62348ae206f49353e047d22a137f...@rbiexch01.rbi1.rbi.org.in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good Avinash that I have got at least a few like minded thinkers. > Now, I propose that those of us who are willing to work for the issues in > disabled coaches, first plan and undertake at least a couple of travels in > handicapped coach at randum in coming few days or months. > I have travelled quite a few times in those coaches even with my family, but > am perfectly willing to repeat the experience for sake of empirical > verification and also for enjoying the company of like minded argumentative > Indians!!! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of avinash shahi > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding disable coach > > Namastay to all. > > At the outset, I subscribe to the views contemplated then typed by Rajesh > sir. > Unless, one himself/herself not faces the ramification of such > travelling discomfort, expecting action from them to better the > travelling experience for disabled is far cry. > Hence, Practical pain is precurser to turn in to positive pleasure. > Further, thanks to concessions given by Indian railways, most of > Access India subscribers make best use of it by travelling either in > second class compartments , or AC coaches. > this means, Now, the issue of handicapped coach is primarily concerns > Ordinary/BPL disabled travellers. > Then question comes who will represent them. > will they form their own union? > or NGO's working for them, will lobby for them? > But nothing of such kind has happened and likely to happen in near future. > > On 5/10/12, Shona Man <[email protected]> wrote: >> very important issue, listers please give your suggestions what we can >> do in this regard. >> >> On 5/10/12, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Well, I believe accessibility in an aircrafts and airports dominated >>> national media a few days ago. >>> Accessibility and even availability of a disabled coach, or rather a >>> handicapped coach in railway's terms, does not surely carry enough >>> importance to warrant a discussion at the ministry level!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> >>> >>> It is my firm opinion that anybody in this world does not appreciate the >>> importance of any issue, unless she/he has, in person had the >>> experience >>> in >>> question or analogous experience at least. >>> So, I may not expect the issue of "handicapped coach" to be understood >>> in >>> full, let alone be taken up or argued or acted upon by those who have >>> never >>> had a taste of traveling in an unreserved general ordinary class in >>> life, >>> or >>> with aspirations or compulsions for the same. >>> They did and do take up the issues of accessibilities where they have >>> relevant experience or aspire to are compelled to have the experiences. >>> >>> I have, time and again highlighted various issues concerning the coach >>> in >>> this forum and also written to railway ministry. >>> I am ready for any memorandum or demonstration to resolve the issues, >>> provided we gather enough support and will power to strive for the same. >>> >>> >>> Coming to the importance of sensation in life, I really congratulate >>> initiators of "Dialogue in the dark" for providing analogous experience >>> of >>> visual impairment to the sighted. >>> Similar initiatives for other disabilities and conditions should also be >>> launched, and made mandatory for all professionals including judges etc. >>> in >>> order to make them experience what it is like to lack a sense in life. >>> Still in such experiences also, the issue of differing basic assumptions >>> remains, but to discuss it would be going too far into philosophical >>> realms >>> for me here and may not be appreciated by all. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ajeesh >>> Thomas >>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:02 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [AI] Regarding disable coach >>> >>> Hi all, >>> Really this is a horrible issue regarding disabled persons, railway >>> keeping disabled coach either engine side or rear side, how can we >>> understand where it is located? >>> If the coach is in engine side sure this is filled with normal >>> passengers, we need to fight with them for even a single seat. >>> Sometimes we can't find the disabled coach in the train, mostly this >>> thing happen on festival seasons. >>> >>> Why the railway changing the coach position regularly? just thing if >>> we are with luggage how we will trouble to find out the coach. >>> >>> The railway is escaping with pointless answers and showing negligence >>> regarding this issue. I thing we need to raise our voice for the same. >>> >>> What we need to do against this, kindly share suggestions. >>> >>> If anybody has the document about rules and regulations regarding this >>> issue, please share. >>> Regards, >>> Ajeesh Thomas, >>> Banglore, >>> 08861329916 >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> 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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They must be felt within the heart." - Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > 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 > > > 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. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. 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The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 10:11:13 +0530 > From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] HC vacates stay on recruitment of NU teachers > Message-ID: > <bea8645838d62348ae206f49353e047d22a137f...@rbiexch01.rbi1.rbi.org.in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Times of India: > > HC vacates stay on recruitment of NU teachers > TNN | May 11, 2012, 05.37AM IST > > > NAGPUR: In a respite to Nagpur > University<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Nagpur-University>, the > Nagpur bench of Bombay high > court<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Nagpur-bench-of-Bombay-high-court> > on Thursday vacated the stay on recruitment advertisements for lecturers. A > division bench comprising justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Ashok Bhangale > vacated the ad-interim stay after NU counsel Bhanudas Kulkarni informed them > that they will be deleting the specific clause in the advertisement related > to appointment of persons with disability and will soon publish a > corrigendum in this regard in the media. > > The bench then admitted the plea by blind lecturer Rajesh Asudani (35), who > claimed that NU has violated Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, > protection of rights and full participation) act, 1995, in its > advertisements for recruitment of professors, associate and assistant > professors. > > The petitioner contended that these advertisements for filing posts in > teaching departments and conducted colleges provided reservation for > disabled but "subject to availability", and preference will be given to > physically handicapped. He added that the advertisements failed to specify > exact nature of disability and are against various circulars issued by UGC, > Government of Maharashtra, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and > are also against the settled laws established by judgments of Supreme Court > and various high courts. > > Asudani, working with RBI as class-I officer, pointed out that NU had issued > advertisements for recruitment of lecturers three times in five years but > failed to move beyond that till date. > > > With thanks and regards > > > > (Rajesh Asudani) > Assistant General Manager > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > Cell: 9420397185 > o: +91 712 2806846 > R: 2591349 > > (In youth you want things, and then in middle-age you want to want them.) > > > ________________________________ > 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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