Dear Comrades,
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and all state governments to provide three per cent job reservation to disabled persons in all their departments, companies and institutions.
A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam also clarified
that the principle of not exceeding more than 50 per cent reservation
would not be applicable while granting quota for disabled persons.
The apex court directed the authorities to compile the number of vacancies in all their departments to give jobs to disabled persons under three per cent reserved quota within three months.
The
bench said it is an “alarming reality” that disabled persons are not
getting jobs because of various social barriers forcing them to live
life in poverty and negligence.
It
said the goverment has “categorical obligation” to protect the right of
disabled persons and passed a slew of directions for providing jobs to
them.
