The Delhi High Court Today (May 22nd) asked the city government to take steps to fill up the post of state commissioner for persons with disabilities (SCPD).
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court directed the city government to take steps to fill the vacant post of State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD). The directive came while the court was hearing a plea filed by the National Federation of the Blind, which alleged non-compliance with a previous order. This order, issued last year, had instructed authorities to conduct a special recruitment drive to address the backlog of vacancies in posts reserved for persons with disabilities in a timely manner.
Senior Counsel SK Rungta, representing the National Federation of the Blind, emphasized that the recruitment drive had not yet been initiated. In the absence of a state commissioner, he suggested that the matter be referred to the chief commissioner.
“SCPD is not there. Let it be sent to chief commissioner,”
-Rungta said.
A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora issued a notice regarding the plea and requested the Delhi government to respond.
“Respondent Delhi government is directed to take steps to fill up the post of State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities for Delhi before the next date of hearing,”
–the court ordered.
On March 6, 2023, a division bench led by the then chief justice had directed the Delhi government to undertake a special recruitment drive to fill the backlog of vacancies in various posts reserved for persons with disabilities.
The court mandated that these vacancies, reported by different departments, be filled against the reservation for promotion related to persons with disabilities. It warned that any deviation from the prescribed time schedule would result in contempt action for non-compliance.
The court had also instructed the SCPD to monitor the recruitment drive. Once the process was completed, the commissioner was to examine the “vacancy-wise roster” from the 33 departments that reported zero vacancies and address any backlog.
The petitioner organization, the National Federation of the Blind, submitted that it had filed the petition in 2017 after the vacancies remained unfilled despite orders from the Supreme Court.
The matter is scheduled to be heard next on July 15.
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