...promotion to the post of Chargeman (Technical) as well as (Non-Technical/Stores) (Annexure A-1). 3. It is further stated that the persons belonging to Physically Handicapped category...Personnel & Training (DOPT) vide OM dated 16.01.1998 issued corrigendum to the OM dated 18.02.1997 to the effect that the reservation in promotion is to be provided for Physically Handicapped in all...A-8). The applicant again requested the respondents to fill the vacant post of Chargeman / NT Stores through promotion and provide 3% Physically Handicapped Promotion Reservation and promote him as...

...Kuldip Singh, J.— National Federation of Blind — a representative body of visually handicapped persons in India — has filed this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution...have already been identified for the visually handicapped persons be offered to them on preferential basis.2. The visually handicapped constitute a significant section of...potentialities of the visually handicapped persons. The Central as well as the State Governments have launched several schemes to educate, train and provide useful employment to the handicapped. The Central...

...considered for promotion in the handicapped category. Hence, the present petition.Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the respondents had erred in not promoting the...handicapped category. At the relevant time, roster point Nos. 30, 31 and 32 were to be filled up. The names of senior most Junior Engineers were recommended for promotion against general category qua roster...point Nos. 30 and 31. So far as the handicapped category is concerned, the Departmental Promotion Committee referred the matter to Department of Social Security, Women and Child Development. The said...

...referred to DOP&T OM No.36035/7/95-Estt.(SCT) dated 18.2.1997 (Annexure A-2) relating to procedure to be followed for reservation for the physically handicapped in cases of promotion. This OM states: (ii...handicapped in the posts filled by promotion. Through this corrigendum sub-para (ii), which has been quoted above, has been replaced as under: (ii) The existing policy of reservation for SCs/STs..., including for the physically handicapped in promotion in all Groups is applicable to all grades and services, where the element of direct recruitment does not exceed 75%. The learned counsel maintained...

..., Grade III (Senior Section Supervisor) w.e.f 1-7-1999.3. The respondent then applied for promotion under the physically handicapped person's quota after availing all facilities...favour of physically handicapped persons in posts filled by promotion in (i) within Group D, (ii) from Group D to Group C, and (iii) within Group C. Reservation was provided for three categories of...persons, namely, visually handicapped, hearing handicapped and orthopaedically handicapped. The applicability of reservation was, however, limited to the promotion being made to those posts that were...

...promotion for physically handicapped persons for the posts of Income Tax Inspectors/Stenographers/Office Superintendents when these posts were under Group-C and making direct recruitment to the posts...of Inspector by applying reservation for physically handicapped persons but the same was not extended to the promotion quota on the ground that these posts are now in Group-B. The applicants made..., 1995’ has come into force and the same is being dispensed with recently. The applicants have submitted that the Department applied 3% reservation in promotion for physically handicapped persons for the...

...Pradeep Nandrajog, J. (Oral)— Sh. Manoj Gupta, a physically handicapped person employed as an Assistant Engineer, a Group ‘B’ post, sought promotion to the next post by relying upon the...and 100 in the prescribed register for reservation for the physically handicapped would mean that the physically handicapped candidates may have to wait for a long time to get their turn for promotion...: Reservation for physically handicapped in the posts filled by promotion. The undersigned is directed to invite reference in this Department O.M of even number dated 18.2.1997 on the subject mentioned above and...

..., he is a handicapped person and, therefore, on the basis of the fact that he is handicapped claims promotion to class III post, as he contends that certain number of posts have to be reserved for...). …”There is no provision under the Act, where posts are also reserved for handicapped candidates in the matters of promotions as well. Hence the claim of the petitioner for promotion...handicapped candidates, even in cases of promotions.The State has denied this contention of the petitioner in its counter affidavit. Learned counsel representing the State Sri Dinesh Gahtori...

...not disputing the policy of accommodating handicapped person even on promotion at the existing place, the respondent deny of having the knowledge that the petitioner is handicapped, as according to..., as such has the right to be considered for being retained on promotion. The respondent, of late, has now the knowledge of the petitioner being handicapped and being so respondents are bound by their...dated 27.1.2010, which provides for retention of handicapped employee on promotion at the place where-from he is promoted, within thirty days from the date of communication of this order.Parties to bear their respecti...

...Physically Handicapped employees of the State of Punjab in the reserved quota of 3% posts for promotion amongst the Physically Handicapped employees. Further, directing the respondent No.5 to place on...record the entire record of 3% posts for promotion of physically handicapped employees in the department. Notice of motion was issued on 20.11.2015 in the present petition and pursuant to the same...answering respondent and also those belonging to the category of physically handicapped. It is further submitted that petitioner will be given promotion at relevant time when his turn will come strictly...

...being raised by the petitioner is that the petitioner has been ignored for promotion to the post of Senior Assistant in the reserved category of physically handicapped and 1 of 4...physically handicapped category, are entitled for promotion in the said category. 2. Upon notice of motion, the respondents have filed the reply reiterating the same...stand that though respondent No. 4 is junior to the petitioner but as he was appointed in the psychically handicapped category, he is entitled for promotion and the petitioner can only be promoted in the...

...his promotion to the post of SDE granting the benefit of reservation provided for the physically handicapped as per Annexure A-10 dated 04.07.1997. He has filed this O.A. for the following reliefs...Group-A and Group-B posts as per DOPT guidelines which are being followed in the BSNL. Annexure A-18 judgement pertains to promotion of a physically handicapped person to Group-C cadre and hence it is.... 5. The claim of the applicant for the benefit of reservation for the physically handicapped in promotion to the post of SDE, which is comparable with Group-B post in Government and...

...and till date no promotion has been given to an electrician belonging to physically handicapped category despite 3% reservation of the said category in the matter of promotion. 2...deputation. The applicant had been repeatedly requesting that he be considered for promotion to the post of Head Electrician in the physically handicapped quota against which no promotion had been made so..., U.T. Chandigarh, the respondents promoted one Sh. Satnam Singh as Head Electrician. Since no reservation had been provided till date for promotion of persons of physically handicapped category to the...

...him, he is entitled for notional promotion retrospectively against earlier vacancy earmarked for physically handicapped person. It is his specific case that as per Notification dated 31.05.2001, which...physically handicapped vacancy and he is entitled to be considered in the first vacancy itself. The fact remains that his claim for promotion as a physically handicapped person was not considered in...has been promoted as Inspector. The reservation for physically handicapped was made applicable with effect from 31.05.2001. If so, his claim for notional promotion from a earlier date is a matter for...

...such vacancy exists if such station is within about 115 kilometres' radius from Ahmedabad. If on offer of such promotion with posting in such station, the respondent, because of his handicapped...submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondent that the respondent is prepared to go out of Ahmedabad on promotion if his posting on such promotion is made at any station which is not beyond a...distance from Ahmedabad by about 115 kilometres in radius, we direct that the appellant will consider the case of petitioner's posting on promotion either at Ahmedabad or at any other suitable place where...

...The appellant vide RTI application dated 02.05.2016 sought information on four points; copy of the policy relating to the fixation of reservation in the promotion for handicapped employees...reservation in promotion for handicapped employees/officials etc is eminently disclosable. The information sought in para (4) of the RTI application is exempted u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI...is directed to provide revised point wise reply on point nos 1 to 3 of the RTI application i.e. copy of policy relating to the fixation of reservation in promotion for handicapped employees/officials...

...reservation for the physically handicapped persons against the posts filled by promotion and to this effect issued OM dated 20.11.1989 (Annexure A/5) providing 3% reservation i.e. 1% each for the category...04.04.1991 (Annexure A/8) for implementation of reservation for the physically handicapped persons in the posts filed up by promotion. 6. The applicant while holding the post of...Clerk w.e.f. 04.03.1990 vide order dated 30.07.1992 instead of 1986 and the respondents also not considered promotion to the post of Head Clerk under reservation quota for handicapped persons inspite of...

...promotion for handicapped persons. The petitioner as per the provisions of this Act is fully eligible for promotion to the post of Sub Divisional Engineer (Civil). He further states that he is the only...handicapped person Junior Engineer in the respondent-Authority. The petitioner has been repeatedly representing to the respondents for consideration of his case for promotion in accordance with the...has been issued Handicapped Certificate by the Civil Surgeon, Faridabad, the competent authority certifying 55% disability in accordance with the State Government instructions dated 16.12.1980. The...

...% quota for the handicapped/disabled persons, till date the requisite relief of consideration of the claim of the petitioners for promotion has not been considered. Counsel even points out that a...the respondent-authorities to consider the claim of the petitioners for promotion against the 3% quota earmarked for handicapped persons strictly in accordance with law and by passing a speaking order...appearing for the petitioners would refer to memo dated 5.7.2011 (Annexure P-3) issued by the Department of Social Welfare, State of Punjab, whereby a 3% reservation for promotion in Group A, B, C and...

...AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL)Petitioner has approached this Court claiming promotion under the 3% quota fixed for physically handicapped persons in promotion as per the...promotion is a conditional one according to which the officials are required to qualify the type test in Hindi or English at the speed of 25 and 30 respectively within a period of one year from the date of...promotion, failing which they will not be granted annual increment. This condition in the considered view of this Court keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is blind and 100% physically...