Myopic
person can’t be denied job, rules HC
New
Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that
a person suffering from myopia (shortsightedness) cannot
be denied a job with the Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) if he or she is qualified on merit. The order
came on a two-year-old petition filed by Ravi Kumar
Arora who was not allowed to join the IAS in 2002 on
account of poor vision.
Justice
Sanjay Kishan Kaul was critical of the second reason
that the government had given for not appointing Arora.
While rejecting his application that he be considered
under the disabled category, the government had said
that such posts had not been identified till then.
Kaul
said: “The process of the government to ‘once again
identify’ the posts, which it failed to do despite eight
years having elapsed cannot be awaited for the petitioner
to be appointed to the post.” After Thursday’s order,
Arora has to be appointed in category A of services.
The government will also have to give him the seniority,
which his batchmates enjoy.
Source: the Times of India
Date: 16th April 2004
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