First Bench Comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana gave the directive on a PIL seeking a direction to reserve three per cent of posts in Village Administrative Officers' selection as per the Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995.
"We would like an affidavit to be filed by the Secretary concerned, stating as to how many posts in Category A and Category B exist, as identified for persons with special needs vis a vis the total number of posts and how many have actually been appointed," the bench said.
Thirteen departments were still in default and the court expected notices to be issued to all these departments clearly indicating that departmental action will be taken in the absence of information not being supplied forthwith, it said.
Observing that there was a deliberate endeavor not to do the needful and violate the directions of the court, the bench said it was inclined to issue a notice of contempt to the officers concerned.
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However, it said it was deferring the process in view of the request of Government Pleader.
Directing the state Commissioner for the differently-abled to remain present in court unless the needful had been done by the next date of hearing, the bench posted the matter to April 13 next.
The matter relates to a PIL filed by P Seemachandran, secretary, Tamil Nadu Handicapped Federation Charitable Trust, Chennai who sought a direction to call the records of government order dated September 16, 2006 passed by the revenue secretary and to quash the same to the extent it is violative of Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995, and to issue a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to reserve 3 per cent of posts in VAO selection as per the Act.