While appointing the organisers, three per cent reservation would be provided for partially deaf persons and those with lesser degree of locomotor disability, Advocate General A Navaneethakrishnan said.
The Advocate General informed this to a bench comprising Chief Justice M Y Eqbal and Justice T S Sivagnanam when a PIL seeking three per cent reservation as per the Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act came up for hearing.
However, the posts of cook and assistants had been exempted from the specified reservation as the differently abled would have to handle large cooking vessels and also be entrusted with the task of feeding children, the Advocate General said.
Copy of the May 25 government order issued by state Principal Secretary for Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme was produced before the bench.
The PIL sought quashing of the August 18, 2010 government order and issuance of a fresh order by incorporating the statutory three per cent reservation for the differently abled while filling up 28,500 posts under the Noon Meal Programme and in the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme.
Disposing of the petition, the bench observed that it was fully satisfied with the reservation provided for the persons concerned.
