Hello all,
I had forwarded the AI mail with comments of Mr. Arivanandhan to Mr. P.K.
Pincha, the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities.
He has immediately taken Suo-motu cognizance of the matter and issued a
show cause notice to Mr. Arivanandhan
The show cause notice received officially from CCPD office is copied
below.
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT TO SHOW CAUSE
Case No.402/1141/2013 Dated
09.09.2013
Despatch No. . . .
Suo-motu
In the matter
Versus
Dr. I. Arivanandham,
Regional Director,
National Institute for the
Visually Handicapped (NIVH) Regional Centre,
Poonamallee,
Chennai-600056 (Tamil Nadu) ..
RESPONDENT
Whereas the attention of this Court is drawn (vide a series of
e-mails (copy enclosed) of an e-group, namely Access India, forwarded to
the
Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities by Shri Prashant Ranjan
Verma to some remarks attributed to you.
2. And whereas as may be seen from the enclosed document/mails, the
remarks which are attributed to you cast aspersions on the abilities and
behavioural patterns of persons with blindness and persons with low-vision
besides being damaging and derogatory. Moreover, utterances of this
nature
are erroneous and contrary to facts and truth. Needless to say that such
remarks serve to promote negative attitudes and reference prejudice and
stereotypes against persons with blindness and persons with low-vision.
It
is also alleged that you made these remarks at a function on the 27th
August, 2013 organised by the State Commissioner for Persons with
Disabilities in collaboration with NIVH Regional Office held at DMS
Campus,
Chennai; and, the theme of the said function was Equal Opportunities in
Employment.
3. And whereas it is further stated in the enclosed documents that you
subsequently apologized for the remarks allegedly made by you.
4. And whereas Section 59 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
provides as under:
"Without prejudice to the provisions of section 58 of the Chief
Commissioner may of his own motion or on the application of any aggrieved
person or otherwise look into complaints with respect to matters relating
to
-
(a) deprivation of rights of persons with disabilities;
(b) non-implementation of laws, rules, bye-laws, regulations, executive
orders, guidelines or instructions made or issued by the appropriate
Governments and the local authorities for the welfare and protection of
rights or persons with disabilities, and take up the matter with the
appropriate authorities."
5. And whereas Section 63 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
provides as under:
"(1) The Chief Commissioner and the Commissioners shall, for the purpose
of discharging their functions under this Act, have the same powers as are
vested in a court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 while trying a
suit, in respect of the following matters, namely :-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or
office;
(d) receiving evidence on affidavits; and
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents.
(2) Every proceeding before the Chief Commissioner and Commissioners
shall be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228
of
the Indian Penal Code and the Chief Commissioner, the Commissioner, the
competent authority, shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes
of
section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973."
6. And therefore, the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
has directed you to show cause as to why appropriate action should not be
recommended against you in case you own the remarks attributed to you for
casting aspersions on the capabilities, and behavioural patterns etc. of
persons with blindness and persons with low-vision and also for acting
against the spirit of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full
participation as envisaged in the PwD Act, 1995. You are further directed
to furnish (a) a copy of your presentation made on the 27th August, 2013
in
the said function; (b) text of remarks which you may have made in the
course
of your presentation which may or may not figure in your structured
presentation, if any;
(c) any letter of apology for this purpose issued by you to any individual
or organisations working in the field of blindness/low-vision; and (d) any
other relevant information/document.
7. The reply should reach this Court latest by 25th September, 2013.
8. The copy of this show cause notice is forwarded for information to -
(i) The Joint Secretary, Govt. of India, Department of Disability
Affairs, Ministry of Social Ju stice & Empowerment, Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi - 110001
(ii) Director, National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH),
116, Rajpur Road, Dehradun - 248001 (Uttarakhand)
(iii) Shri Prashant Ranjan Verma < [email protected] >
(S.S. Sinha)
Dy. Chief Commissioner
-----Original Message-----
From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Sent: 08 September 2013 19:17
To: Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile
phones
and Tabs.; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Cc: Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile
phones
and Tabs.
Subject: Re: [AI] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace.
Dear Shri. Arivanandhan Ji,
Please see below conversation. With all due respects, it's shocking to
read
this. To resolve this issue, I would urge you to re-organize the
conference
and send better message. You are welcome to invite members of this forum.
Regards,
Srinivasu
http://srinivasu.org Twitter: @csrinivasu about.me/srinivasuc Sent from my
iPad
On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:07 AM, shankar shan <[email protected]> wrote:
in my opinion apology wont make any sence, where is the prooff that he
said apology about the statement today this issue may closed by saying
a small word apology but effect will remains the same, if really n i
v h working for blind comunity he has to be suspended immidately once
again same press confrance should arranged in the same place and ask
him to give apology with the media in my opinion now a days many n g
os r trying to make money in the name of visually impaired, i dont no
about others, but for myself cant be tollarated with these kind of
things in case if n i v h takes an action against this person we
requested to share with sayeverything list
On 9/8/13, Mahesh S. Panicker <[email protected]> wrote:
I have done a few google searches for any news on the said issue and
couldn't find any reports. Think we should expose such
irresponsibility and ignorance through the media. Perhaps people in
our community who are working in the media should start the process
of our protest and resistance. Would also appreciate more inputs on
the issue from members from Tamil Nadu.
On 9/8/13, Ajay Minocha <[email protected]> wrote:
fully agree with raaj sir.
we can also start an online petition.
this guy must be delt with due respect and honour(smiles).
saying sorry means killing somebuddy and then asking for mercy.
being an officer on higher post, He would have already played with
the future of a lot of innocent visually impaired students of the
institute.
and god knows, how he has projected our society.
I strongly condemn this type of behaviour.
regards
On 9/7/13, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
Fully agreed with raaj sir!
Send from nokia c5.-----Original message-----
From: Raaj
Sent: 07/09/2013, 10:16 pm
To: 'Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
mobilephones
and Tabs. '
Subject: Re: [AI] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace.
No no. I cannot accept that apology. So people can say anything and
go for an apology by the next second? If we leave it this way, I'm
sure that bugger will do it again and again and go for an apology.
Take strict action. As I said, forward this to the director and
social welfare ministry and let us do whatever we can until he is
getting punished.
-----Original Message-----
From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of S R Mittal
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 9:22 PM
To: 'Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
mobilephonesand Tabs. '
Subject: Re: [AI] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace.
I have just now heard tha Dr. Arivanandam has tender apology.
Hence, I feel this metter should close now.
-----Original Message-----
From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of George Abraham
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:19 PM
To: 'Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
mobile phonesand Tabs. '
Subject: Re: [AI] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace.
He appears to be sharing some kind of research findings!
-----Original Message-----
From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Subramani L
Sent: 07 September 2013 15:25
To: Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
mobile phones and Tabs.
Subject: Re: [AI] let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace.
I know this gentleman for quite a while. It is shocking to hear
such words.
I dearly hope something is lost in translation (a lot of sense that
is), but if he has said this then someone must file a PIL and
direct the courts to make him withdraw the statement.
On 9/6/13, Shireen Irani <[email protected]> wrote:
forwarding an important mail from the other mailing list.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Balanagendran <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:07:01 +0530
Subject: [SayEverything] let all of us stand abreast to curb this
menace.
To: sayeverything <[email protected]>
Respected moderator and members of say everything, kindly read
below to know how we, the visually challenged have been projected
by the official who is appointed to work for the betterment of us.
i request you all to read and suggest the measures to bring this
official to public media and to justice. here it goes.
the translated statement given below were delivered by Dr. I.
Arivanandham, regional director of NIVH (national institute for
the visually handicapped) chennai, on 27th august during the
conference on "orientation programme on equal opportunities".
kindly read below and do something.
"people with total blindness do not know how to clean their teath,
they do not know of cleanliness, they do not know how to take a
clean bath, and even they do not have proper dressing sense.
Moreover, a totally blind mother do not know how to lift her new
borne child, and they do not know how to breastfeed. totally blind
people will always feel that they are insecure. On the other hand,
the partially blind are more arrogant. They always hate to have a
walking stick. They indulge in frequent conflict while travelling
in bus and in public places. Normally partially blind people are more
aggressive in nature.
They do not want to project themselves as blind, however they will
use this disability as a shield to get them out whenever they got
caught.
They too have a problem of efficiency in discharging their duties
efficiently at workplace. There is another classification of
blind, that is people who lossed their vision due to accidents and
other reasons. They are arrogant than that of the above. They
always hate to live after their loss of vision. They always think
of killing themselves. They always try to avoid their duties by
showing their disability in the first place. Ok, Let us keep all
the above aside. If we consider the intellectual capability of the
blind, it is 20% of the total person. Because 80% capability arise
out of vision, this is a scientific truth. However with this 20%,
they project themselves as capable persons and demand employment
opportunities in government sectors. They are difficult to manage
at workplace. If you help the blind once, they will enforce it as
their right upon you from next time. They will become your
constant disturbance if you help them once even to cross the road.
besides all that, we have no alternatives but to provide them 3%
reservation in government employment."
note:
dear members, the above views are not delivered by any other
government official, but by the official who has been appointed to
work for the betterment of the visually challenged. after serving
in this arena for 25 years, he addressed the government gathering
that contained officials from all government departments under the
label "his PHD findings". kindly look into this and suggest the
measures to bring this official into limelight. this derogatory
remarks are not about a single visually challenged, it is not a
bout the visually challenged of a particular state, but this
demoralising statement is about all the indian visually
challenged. kindly prioritise and let us do something about it.
for your authentisity and convenience, am pasting the link of a blog
that contains his statements in tamil.
http://nandhanpurithal.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE
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let all of us stand abreast to curb this menace, take care!
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