No.36035/6/2012-Estt.(Res.)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block, New Delhi
dated 14th December, 2012
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Reservation for Persons with Disabilities — reg.
This Department had issued instructions vide O.M.
No.36035/3/2004-Estt.(Res.) dated 29.12.2005 regarding reservation for
Persons with Disabilities, which are in line with the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full
Participation) Act, 1995 (PwD Act, 1995).
2. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that
the Ministries/Departments are not complying with the instructions of
this Department regarding reservation to Persons with Disabilities in
posts/services under the Central Government, particularly instructions
related to carry forward of the unfilled reserved vacancies, interchange
among the three categories of disability and lapsing of unfilled
reserved vacancies.
3. This Department, had also issued instructions vide O.M. dated 26th
April, 2006 and 15th January, 2010 requesting Ministries/Departments to
prepare reservation roster registers starting from the year 1996. As per
the instructions if some or all the vacancies so earmarked has not been
filled by reservation and were filled by able bodied persons either for
the reason that points of reservation had not been earmarked properly
at the appropriate time or persons with disabilities did not become
available, such unutilized reservation might be treated as having
been carried forward.
4. Ministries/Departments may ensure that reservation to Persons
with Disabilities provided as per extant instructions so as to minimize
possibility of creation of backlog reserved vacancies. It is also
advised that concerted efforts should be made to clear the backlog
through regular recruitments without waiting for Special Recruitment
Drives.
5. All Ministries/Departments etc., are requested to scrupulously implement the instructions.
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(Sharad Kumar Srivastava)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
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