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and take a final decision regarding the exclusion of the benefits of the Act with reference to any one of the
services under the State in consultation with the Committee to be constituted as indicated above.
We are also of the opinion having regard to the nature of the decision making process involved and
the importance of the Committee to be constituted under Section 13 of the Act Sri. K.Balagopal and
Smt. N.Sumalini Reddy, the learned counsel, who are assisting the Court in this matter be nominated
in the Committee to be constituted under Section 13 of the Act,
In view of the fact that the recruitment process to Group-I Services is pending for the last 3
years, we deem it appropriate to direct the State:
(1) to implement the principle of reservation in favour of physically challenged persons in
all the departments where the recruitment process is going on, except the Departments
of Home (Police and Prisons) and Revenue (Prohibition & Excise);
(2) Insofar as the Transport and Commercial Taxes Departments are concerned, we direct
the State to extend the benefit of 1% reservation in favour of candidates of hearing
impairment; and
(3) Insofar as the Department of Cooperation is concerned, the Committee constituted
under G.O.Ms.12 has already recommended for implementation of the Act in favour
of the orthopedic impairment category candidates.
Insofar as the other categories of impairment are concerned, as already indicated, the consideration
is deferred.
We are of the opinion having regard to the nature of the duties of the Group-I Officers of Cooperation
Department, even the category of hearing impairment candidates cannot be excluded with any
justification. We, therefore, direct that both the above mentioned categories must be provided
reservation in the Cooperation Department.
The learned Advocate General made a categoric statement that after an appropriate consideration
by the State after constituting the Coordination Committee, if a conclusion is reached by the State that
the benefit given under the Act is to be extended in the Departments of Transport, Home (Police and
Prisons) and Revenue (Prohibition and Excise) also, the State undertakes to create necessary posts
for accommodating such candidates.
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