4% quota for persons with 'benchmark disabilities' in Haryana

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Chandigarh, July 1

The Haryana Government has decided to grant the benefit of horizontal reservation in promotion at 4 per cent to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs), covered under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

A letter in this regard has been issued by the Chief Secretary to all administrative secretaries, heads of departments, chief administrators and managing directors of boards, corporations, public undertakings, divisional commissioners, Registrar of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Deputy Commissioners and Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil) and Registrar of all universities of the state.

As per instructions, the new Act namely, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 came into force on April 19, 2017, therefore, these instructions of 4 per cent horizontal reservation will be applicable with effect from April 19, 2017, onwards to the PwBDs who are covered under this Act.

In case of promotion, 4 per cent of the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength of Group A, B, C and D will be reserved for PwBDs. Against the posts identified for each disability, one per cent each will be reserved for PwBDs under blindness and low vision, deaf and hard of hearing, and locomotor disability, including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy respectively, and one per cent combined under autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness.

The spokesperson said the competent medical authority to issue the disability certificate would be a medical board duly constituted by the state government. The state government may constitute medical board(s) consisting of at least three members, out of which, at least one will be a specialist in the particular field for assessing locomotor, cerebral, visual and hearing disability, as the case may be.

The spokesperson said the medical board would, after due examination, give a permanent disability certificate in cases of such permanent disabilities where there were no chances of variation in the degree of disability.

The medical board will indicate the period of validity of the certificate, in cases where there are chances of variation in the degree of disability. As per the notification, if any department considers it necessary to exempt any post/cadre partly or fully from the provision of reservation for persons with disabilities, it may make a reference to the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Haryana, giving full justification for the proposal.

The grant of exemption will be considered by a committee set up by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Haryana, in consultation with the State Commissioner.

Medical board to certify

The competent medical authority to issue the disability certificate will be a medical board duly constituted by the state government.