High Court Orders State To Freeze Hirings Until Disability Quotas Are
Met
By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express
September 14,
2006
MUMBAI, INDIA--The Bombay High Court has given the Maharashtra
state government just three months to make up for lost time and hire thousands
of people with disabilities.
India's Persons with Disability Act 1995 requires the government to set
aside three percent of its jobs for workers with disabilities.
But the Maharashtra government has failed to meet that quota, say the
National Federation of Blind and Indian Legal Aid Society, which filed legal
complaints over the issue.
Last Thursday, the government told the court that of the 8,468 jobs set
aside for workers with disabilities in 27 departments, only 2,388 were vacant.
When the NFB and ILS disagreed, saying the numbers of vacancies was much
higher, the court ordered the government to give the advocates access to
employment records to determine the actual number.
The High Court's order extends a July 31 deadline the Justices had set
in February. This time, however, they set a freeze on all hiring of people
without disabilities until the quotas are met in positions where people with
disabilities may be appointed.
Related:
State
government rapped for inaction over disability issue (India Express News
Service)
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