Great going sir. Kudos for your advocacy and activism. But how come 'differently-abled'? http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/differentlyabled-should-get-jobs-in-bihar-universities/article6495061.ece The Office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) has directed the Bihar State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities to take suitable action to ensure the statutory three percent reservation for differently-abled candidates in the recently advertised posts of Assistant Professorship in universities of Bihar.
This intervention by the CCPD has come in response to a petition/complaint filed by G.N. Karna, JNU's expert on Disability Studies and honorary president of the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies. "In our petition filed on September 25, 2014, the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies had alleged blatant violation of three percent reservation guaranteed to the differently-abled inter alia Articles 32 and 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, (normally referred to as "PWD Act 1995")," noted Dr. Karna. He explained that while advertising for a total of 3,364 posts of assistant professorship in various subjects in the universities of Bihar, the BPSC has deliberately left out the differently-abled. "Though reservation has been spelt out clearly in case of other special categories, the prejudiced attitude on the part of the BPSC is further reflected in denial of or discrimination against the differently-abled in respect of relaxation in payment of prescribed fees," said Dr. Karna. Prima facie the BPSC action has given the impression that reservation of three per cent granted to the the differently-abled, is not complied with and flouted arbitrarily by the Government of Bihar, he claimed. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
