HC asks govt to ensure 3% reservation to physically challanged

Patna, Oct 13 (UNI) Patna High Court today directed the Bihar government to ensure three percent reservation for the physically challanged in government services and education institutions.

During the hearing of a petition, a division bench of Justice Narain Roy and Justice Seema Ali Khan directed the state government to issue directive to all concerned departments and Bihar Public Service Commssion(BPSC) to ensure three percent reservation to the to the physically challanged in appointments under various categories.

The court also asked the state government to direct education department for compliance of three percent reservation for disabled in all educational institutions.

Earlier the petitioner had informed the court that the state government was not implementing the Protection of Disabled Equal Opportunity Act 1995, which makes the Centre and state governments mandatory for making provisions of three percent reservation for the physically challanged in government service and educational institutions.

Through an affidavit, BPSC had also informed the court that it had not received any directive from the government for reservation of the challanged.

The state government took the plea that all the departments had been directed in 2000 to follow the reservation guidelines. The court was not satisfied with the reply of the government and asked to file report on December 4 about the compliance of the order issued for following the reservation for the disabled.

The court also directed the state government to inform about the welfare schemes prepared for the physically challanged.

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