Times of India: Ahmedabad: Friday,
July 22, 2016.
Gujarat high
court on Wednesday asked the state government to file an affidavit in response
to a PIL complaining that no disabled person has been appointed in the 3% quota
in government jobs since 2002.
The state
government submitted before the HC that a similar issue is pending before the
Supreme Court. The petitioner advocate KR Koshti replied by stating that merely
on the ground that the issue is pending before the SC, the state government
cannot refrain from implementing its own policy decisions.
The
petitioner claimed that while the government makes a propaganda for support to
physically challenged people, but the fact remains that Gujarat government has
failed to fulfill its obligation towards them. It has not made a single
appointment since the year 2002 under the 3% quota for the disabled under the
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full
Participation) Act, 1995. This information was revealed by the government under
RTI queries.
The PIL
mentioned that there is a population of 2.68 crore disabled people in India and
Gujarat has over 10 lakh persons with disability. Most of them unsuccessfully
strive for jobs because the state government's apathy towards them.
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