In my view, blindness cannot be the criteria that determines whether he is fit for the job or not. His performance in previous postings can certainly shed light on his capability of delivering on the new post.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deepak Singla Sent: 02 July 2015 09:25 To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Visually Impaired appointed Vice Principal of Jail School Hi all Tribune News Service Patiala, July 1 A visually impaired officer has been appointed the vice-principal at the Punjab jail training school, Patiala, in an alleged violation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). Eyebrows were raised on Amarjit Singh’s appointment, ordered by the Home Department on June 30, as many other “eligible” officials were allegedly ignored in the recruitment process. A few months ago when he was posted as the Deputy Superintendent at the Ferozepur jail, he was assigned “active duty” as the in charge of a factory in the jail. Sources said the “active duty” assigned to him was a violation of ESMA. “It will be difficult for a visually impaired officer to impart arms training and explain jail duties to newly recruited officers. Though we are not against him, there is no provision under ESMA for appointing such an officer to a key post in the department,” said officers in the jail department. The state Jail Department has promoted Amarjit Singh (51) to the Deputy Superintendent, Jails, on March 31. He neither passed the departmental examination nor did he reportedly appear before the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for elevation to the post of Deputy Superintendent. The medical examination of the officer by a medical board on April 6 — a day after Amarjit’s elevation — found that he was “permanently visually handicapped and his disability was 100%”. “The Additional DGP (jails) office recommended him. Before I ordered his appointment on June 30, his file went to Punjab Jails Minister Sohan Singh Thandal. They must have given it a thought before raising his name,” Principal Secretary Home (Jails) Sanjay Kumar said. Amarjit Singh said he was fit enough to work at the post. -- Regards (Deepak Kumar Singla) "Help Ever Hurt Never" 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.. 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..
