Hello friends, the rally been organized NFB was a complete success , the report of the same A Rally was been organized to attract the attention of the new Govt. towards the following urgent and boiling issues of persons with disabilities:- 1. Implementation of Hon’ble Supreme Court judgment dt. 8.10.13 in the matter of Union of India & ors. Vs. National Federation of the Blind & ors. by amending office memorandum dt. 29.12.2005 so as to provide for computation of reservation of 3% vacancies in every establishment of appropriate Govt. against the total cadre strength and as well as by providing reservation in promotion also in group A & B post in terms of the said judgment read with judgment dt. 10.12.13 of Hon’ble Apex court in the matter of MCD Vs. Manoj Kumar Gupta and also the judgment dt.12.9.14 dismissing the petition of Union of India titled as Union Of India & Ors. Vs. National Confederation for Development of Disability And Anr. affirming the judgment of Hon’ble Bombay High court; 2. Acceptance of all suggestions given by All India Disability Alliance on RPD Bill 2014; 3. Filling up of backlog of all vacancies in the Central and State Governments by adopting the said manner of computation of reservation as laid down by the Hon’ble Apex court in the aforementioned judgments. 4. Declaration of result and appointment of successful 100% blind candidates against the group ‘D’ vacancies in Northern Railways pertaining to Advertisement of 2012 in the implementation of judgment dt. 19.8.14 of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in the matter of G.M. Northern Railways & ors. Vs. Vinay Kumar & ors. This rally was supported by around 1,500 to 2,000 visually impaired people from U.P, M.P, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. It started from Jantarmantar and had walked till Parliament Street. After a rigorous efforts and struggle that Sh. S.K Rungta and other worriers of the federation (its valuable members from entire northern region of India), have managed to make their voice audible to the concerned ministries in power. At around 1 am on 3rd of December 2014, a delegation headed by Sh. S.K Rungta met Sh. Thawarchand Gehlot (hon’ble minster social justice and empowerment). The hon’ble minister had himself taken initiative to send a written recommendation to Department of Training and Personnel, to modify the Office Memorandum for giving reservation in promotion to person with disabilities in all government offices. After certain tough efforts a delegation of the federation managed to meet the Railway Minister at 7 pm on 3rd December 2014. The hon’ble minister after listening to the entire issue had immediately issued orders to the Chief Manager Northern Railway Recruitment Cell, to submit a report as to why he had not applied the judgment of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in the aforesaid matter in issue. He had also assured the delegation headed by Sh. S.K Rungta, so as to make some arrangement in future to help them meet the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India so as to share our problems with the Hon’ble Minister in detail. Best Wishes, Sh. S.K Rungta General Secretary NFB Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in!
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