Physical defects no bar in getting jobs, says HC
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:25.05.2019
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Uniform Services Recruitment board to include the names of two candidates in the provisional list selected for the post of sub-inspector of police (finger print).
M E Mohamed Musaf Raseen and another aspirant had moved the court challenging the order passed on March 14, after his name was deleted from the provisional list of selected candidates, due to lack of required eye vision.
Mohamed appeared for the exam held on December 23, 2018 and qualified the same. He had also cleared the physical measurement test and after an interview in February, he was selected and his name was in the provisional list published on February 14.
However, a month later, the authorities deleted his name solely on the ground that his eye power is not fulfilling the required visual standard for the post in question.
Justice J Nisha Banu, after perusing the submissions made cited a recent judgment made in the Madurai bench in similar cases wherein the court held that a physical defect or deformity, which in no way interfere with the normal or efficient functioning, should not be considered as an absolute bar to public employment in regard to the posts not associated with physical activity. “No authority can formulate a policy relating to appointment with such arbitrariness,” the court cited the judgment, which criticized the Tamil Nadu Uniform Services Recruitment board for arbitrarily rejecting selected candidates based on physical defects.
Physical defect or deformity, which in no way interfere with the normal or efficient functioning, should not be considered as an absolute bar to public employment in regard to the posts, the court said
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:25.05.2019
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Uniform Services Recruitment board to include the names of two candidates in the provisional list selected for the post of sub-inspector of police (finger print).
M E Mohamed Musaf Raseen and another aspirant had moved the court challenging the order passed on March 14, after his name was deleted from the provisional list of selected candidates, due to lack of required eye vision.
Mohamed appeared for the exam held on December 23, 2018 and qualified the same. He had also cleared the physical measurement test and after an interview in February, he was selected and his name was in the provisional list published on February 14.
However, a month later, the authorities deleted his name solely on the ground that his eye power is not fulfilling the required visual standard for the post in question.
Justice J Nisha Banu, after perusing the submissions made cited a recent judgment made in the Madurai bench in similar cases wherein the court held that a physical defect or deformity, which in no way interfere with the normal or efficient functioning, should not be considered as an absolute bar to public employment in regard to the posts not associated with physical activity. “No authority can formulate a policy relating to appointment with such arbitrariness,” the court cited the judgment, which criticized the Tamil Nadu Uniform Services Recruitment board for arbitrarily rejecting selected candidates based on physical defects.
Physical defect or deformity, which in no way interfere with the normal or efficient functioning, should not be considered as an absolute bar to public employment in regard to the posts, the court said
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