The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to instruct all its departments to implement three per cent job reservation for people with disabilities.
The government should issue a proper circular and ensure that the implementation was according to provisions of the 'Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,' the court said.
Justice M V Muralidharan issued the directive recently on a petition from S Gopikrishnan, seeking a direction to the NGNG Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore district to provide three per cent reservation for physically handicapped for all non-teaching posts as per the cadre strength in the school.
The petitioner had submitted that he was denied the job of a junior assistant (a non-teaching post) at the school on the ground that he was disabled.
The judge directed the state chief secretary to issue within two months, instructions to all the departments, public sector undertakings (PSUs) and government corporations to abide by the quota in compliance with the act.
The court also ordered the chief secretary to periodically inform the commissioner of differently abled persons, department of social welfare to follow the order by making representation to all departments and get particulars on whether the reservation was followed or not.
The judge directed the school management to appoint the petitioner as a junior assistant, pursuant to a newspaper advertisement on January 29, 2010.
Gopikrishnan submitted that he was suffering from 50 per disability by dint of deformity in his left leg and had applied for the post on February 8, 2010.
As per Section 33 of the act, the management was bound to reserve three per cent of the total sanctioned posts of non-teaching staff for physically handicapped, which the school had not complied with, he said