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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS<br />

the backlog reserved vacancies of SCs and STs, both in direct recruitment quota<br />

and promotion quota. More than 60,000 backlog vacancies were filled up during<br />

the Drive.<br />

7.9.1 A Special Recruitment Drive to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies of OBCs<br />

could not be launched in 2004 because there was no provision of treating their<br />

backlog reserved vacancies at that time and limit of 50per cent reservation was<br />

applied to such vacancies. The Government in July, 2008 decided to treat the<br />

backlog reserved vacancies of OBCs as a separate and distinct group on which the<br />

ceiling of 50 per cent would not apply. Following this, the Government has launched<br />

a fresh Special Recruitment Drive in November, 2008 to fill up the backlog reserved<br />

vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs.<br />

RESERVATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES<br />

Statutory Provision<br />

7.10 Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights<br />

and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PWD Act) provides that every appropriate<br />

Government shall appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies<br />

not less than three per cent for persons or class of persons with disability of which<br />

one per cent each shall be reserved for persons suffering from (i) blindness or low<br />

vision, (ii) hearing impairment and (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy; in the<br />

posts identified for each disability. Section 32 of the Act requires the Government to<br />

identify posts in establishments which can be reserved for the persons with disability.<br />

Historical Background<br />

7.10.1The PWD Act has come into force only in 1996. However, it was much before in<br />

November, 1977 that reservation for persons with disabilities was introduced in<br />

case of direct recruitment to Groups ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts. It was extended to the cases<br />

of promotion to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts in 1989. With the enactment of the Act,<br />

reservation for persons with disabilities was made applicable in identified Group ‘A’<br />

and ‘B’ posts also in case of direct recruitment.<br />

Present Position<br />

7.10.2With a view to streamlining the procedure of reservation for persons with disabilities,<br />

the Department of Personnel and Training issued consolidated instructions on the<br />

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