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New Delhi, the 27th Feb., 1996
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Reservation for the physically handicapped persons in various posts/services
under Government - Consolidated Instructions regarding.
Clarifications have been sought by various Ministries/Departments in the manner
in which the vacancies reserved for the physically handicapped persons is to be calculated for
providing reservation to them and their adjustment in the various reservation roster. The instructions
so far issued on the subject have, therefore, been consolidated. The Ministry of Finance are requested
to bring to the notice to all administrative Ministries concerned the contents of this O.M.
- APPLICATION
- Reservation is available to physically handicapped persons as listed below in appointment
to Group C and D posts/services under Government filled through direct recruitment to the extent
of 3% as indicated against each :-
| Category |
% of Reservation |
| The Blind |
1 % |
| The Deaf |
1 % |
| The Orthopaedically handicapped |
1 % |
- Though there is no reservation available for physically handicapped persons in Group A and
B posts/services, preference is to be given to these categories at the time of recruitment to
the identified posts.
- The categorization of the physically handicapped persons for purposes of reservations in
employment will be on the basis of definition furnished in the Annexure I of this Office Memorandum.
Detailed guidelines have been issued vide Ministry of Welfare Notification No.4-2/83-HW III
dated 6th August, 1986.
- The reservation of posts should be made separately for each of the aforesaid three categories
of the physically handicapped persons but provision may be made for inter-se exchange of vacancies
if candidates belonging to a category of persons are not available or if the nature of vacancies
in an office is such that a given category of persons cannot be employed. If, in any year, the
vacancies reserved for these categories are not failed the reservations should be carried over
for a period of three recruitment years after which the reservation will automatically lapse.
- Where a Department considered that it is not possible to provide for the physically handicapped
to the extent of the reservations in view of the nature of duties expected to be performed by
the employees in any particular Department, that Department could be exempted from the reservation
orders. The grant of such exemption shall be decided by an Inter-Departmental Committee consisting
of representatives of the Ministry of Welfare, Department of Personnel and Training, Department
concerned.
- IDENTIFICATION OF POSTS
An Expert Committee was set up by the Ministry of Welfare under the Chairmanship of Shri.M.C.Narasimhan
to identify the jobs which can be performed by various categories of physically handicapped persons
without loss of productivity. The committee made in an depth study of the various jobs done in
Government offices as well as Public Sector Undertakings and identified 1100 titles under Group
C and D as suitable for the handicapped person alongwith the physical requirements for all these
jobs. The Committee also identified keeping in view the physical requirement and functional classification
of disability 416 posts in Group A & B in which preference will be given to physically handicapped
person in the matter of recruitment. The list of these post in available in the Report of the
Committee on identification of jobs submitted in 1986.
- CALCULATION OF THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES
Although the recruitment of physically handicapped persons would be only against posts identified
as suitable for them, while computing the vacancies to which the reservation would apply, the
total number of vacancies occurring in the said Group would be taken into account i.e. the 3%
shall have to be computed on the basis of vacancies occurring in both the identified and non-identified
posts in Group C and Group D.
- All Heads of Departments shall maintain a separate 100 point REGISTER for this purpose, in
which each cycle of 100 points shall be divided into three blocks, comprising the following
points :-
| 1st Block |
point No.1 to point No.33 |
| 2nd Block |
point No.34 to Point No.67 |
| 3rd Block |
point No.68 to point No.100 |
All the vacancies reported by the different appointing authorities will be entered in this Register
for each Group of post (Group C or D). The account shall be maintained on year to year basis
separately for Group C and Group D posts/services and will be closed annually. For each Block
of vacancies, there shall be reserved one vacancy for the physically handicapped in post/grades
identified as suitable for one or more of the categories of the physically handicapped i.e.
when there are 33 vacancies in a Group, one vacancy is to be reserved for the physically handicapped.
After computing all the vacancies and determining the reservation for the handicapped, blockwise,
in the manner indicated above, the Head of the Department will be required to distribute these
reserved vacancies for the handicapped among different appointing authorities in the light of
availability of vacancies, in the identified categories under the various appointing authorities.
Care should also be taken 3% reservation for physically handicapped is, as far as possible,
distributed equally among the three sub-categories i.e. the blind, the deaf and the appropriate
identification. If the number of vacancies is such as to cover only one block or two, discretion
as to which category of the handicapped should be accommodated first should best in the Head
of the Department. He will decide this on the basis of the nature of the post, the level of
presentation of the specific handicapped category in the concerned grade/post and the availability
of candidate of a particular handicapped category, in so far as that can be ascertained.
- In the event of the reservation not being utilized in the same block in which it fell due,
it shall be carried forward to the next block or blocks as the case may be in the same year.
In such exigencies where the reservation could not be carried forward in the subsequent three
recruitment years at the end of which the reservation shall be deemed to have lapsed.
- Mutual exchange in the event of non-availability of specific handicapped category is permissible.
TO ILLUSTRATE
In an organization, the following vacancies in Group C in various categories of posts, as indicated
against each, are to be filled :-
| Clerks |
40 |
| Steno Gr.D |
20 |
| Staff Car Driver |
15 |
| Sc.Assistant |
35 |
| Research Asstt. |
15 |
| Lab Assistant |
10 |
| Total No.of posts |
135 |
Out of these posts, only Clerks, Steno Gr. D and Laboratory Assistant in the organization are
identified as fit to be manned by the physically handicapped candidates, whereas the other categories
are not identified. Both the Clerks and Steno Grade D are identified as suitable for Orthopaedically
Handicapped (One arm, one leg) and blind and partially blind; whereas the post of Laboratory
Assistant is identified for Orthopaedically handicapped(one arm, one leg) and deaf and partially
deaf. In the present case, while working out the reservation for the physically handicapped,
the total number of vacancies of 135 has to be taken into account (though the vacancies in the
identified post are only 70). Accordingly, the number of vacancies reserved for the physically
handicapped candidates would be 4. These vacancies would be distributed amongst the identified
posts of Clerk, Steno Gr.D and Laboratory Assistant. The reservation points the physically handicapped
will utilize will be on the rosters of these identified posts. This has been amplified in para
3.8 while distributing the vacancies among various categories of posts identified for physically
Handicapped candidates, the Head of Department may ensure that this reservation is distributed
equally among the three sub-categories of blind, deaf and orthopaedically handicapped consistent
with appropriate identification for the posts. In this case, since the post of Lab is identified
for Deaf and partially deaf also, the reservation for deaf can be utilized against this post
and the remaining vacancies can be distributed between Clerks and Steno Grade D.
- The reservation worked out as above may be reported to the recruiting agency while making
recruitment to the identified posts.
- The manner in which the physically handicapped persons so selected, are to be adjusted is
as under.
- Reservation for SC/ST/OBCs may be called vertical reservation and the reservation for physically
handicapped persons as horizontal reservation. Horizontal reservations cut across vertical reservation
(in what is called interlocking reservation) and the persons selected against the physically
handicapped quota have to be placed in the appropriate category; if he belongs to SC category,
he will be placed in that quota and will utilize an SC Roster point and similarly if he belongs
to General category, he will be placed in that category and will utilize a general category
roster point. Similarly, if he belongs to OBC or ST category, he will utilize an OBC or an ST
roster point.
FOR EXAMPLE : If in a given year there are 200 Group C vacancies, the reservation for SCs will
be 30, for STs it will be 15, for OBCs it will be 54 and for General Category it will be 101.
The vacancies reserved for physically handicapped will be calculated as per the procedure enumerated
in para 3.3 above. The Vacancies for the physically handicapped that year will come to six and
these will have to be distributed among the Visually handicapped, the Orthopaedically handicapped
and the Hearing handicapped as explained in para 1.1 Once these six candidates are selected against
the identified posts and it is seen that one belongs to the SC category, one to the ST category,
two to the OBC category and two to the General Category, the one physically handicapped SC candidate
will be adjusted against the 30 SC vacancies, the one physically handicapped ST candidate will
be adjusted against the 15 ST vacancies, the two physically handicapped OBC candidates against
the 54 OBC vacancies and two physically handicapped candidate against the 101 general category
vacancies respectively. In other words, the appointment is to be made on the basis of the physical
handicap and the adjustment in the roster is to be made according to the category to which the
person belongs.
- It will be seen that considerable flexibility is available to the Head of the Department in
the matter of recruitment of physically handicapped against the posts reserved for them. It is
for the Head of the Department to decide the category of persons who are to be adjusted and the
identified vacant posts against which they are to be adjusted. It is, therefore, requested that
the Heads of Departments should make special efforts to ensure that the vacancies reserved for
the physically handicapped are worked out correctly and complete utilization of the reservation
meant for the physically handicapped is effected.
- REXLAXATIONS AND CONCESSIONS FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
The relaxations and concessions which have been extended to the physically handicapped are listed
below for ready reference :-
- Age relaxation upto 10 Years for appointment to Group C and D posts filled through the Employment
Exchange and Staff Selection Commission. (O.M.No.15012/6/77-Estt (D) dated 28.1.78 & 18.7.78)
- Relaxation of age upto 5 Years for Appointment to Gr. A and B posts/services except where
recruitment is made through open competitive exam. (O.M.No.15012/15/92-Estt (D) dated 27.7.95.)
- Relaxation of standards, wherever necessary, to make up the deficiency in the reserved quota
of the vacancies. (O.M.No.14016/1/85-Estt (SCT) dated 4.8.85)
- Exemption from payment of examination and application fee prescribed in respect of competitive
examinations, and selection held by the UPSC and SSC for recruitment to Group B (non-gazetted)
and Group posts. (O.M.No.39022/1/85-Estt (B) dated 3.12.85)
- Such of the physically handicapped persons, who are otherwise qualified to hold clerical
posts and who are certified as being unable to type by the Medical Board attached to the Special
Employment Exchange for the Handicapped should be exempted from passing the typing test. (O.M.No.15/3/61-Estt
(D) dated 23.12.61)
- 10% of the basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs.100/-P.M. is admissible to Orthopaedically
Handicapped persons with 40% permanent disability in either the upper or lower limbs and 50%
permanent partial disability in upper and lower limbs together and visually handicapped persons.
(O.M.No.19029/1/89-E.IV dated 12.9.89)
The Ministry of Finance etc., are requested to bring the contents of this O.M.
to the notice of the office under their administrative control.
(Mrs.Bhavani Thyagarajan)
Director (JCA) To
1. All Ministries/Departments of the Govt.of India
2. Union Territory/Administrations
Definitions of the categories of the handicapped for the purpose of reservation
in employment.
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