IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 24TH JUNE 2008 / 3RD ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 18883 of 2008(W) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ 1. DENNY GEORGE SEBASTIAN, AGED 17, A-3, KOTTAPPURATH, CLIFF VALEY, KAWDIAR PO., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (MINOR), REP. BY HIS GUARDIAN AND NEXT FRIEND, GEORGE SEBASTIAN, A-3, KOTTAPPURATH,'CLIFF VALLEY, KAWDIAR PO.TRIVANDRUM BY ADV. SRI.NAVEEN.T RESPONDENTS: ------------------ 1. STATE OF KEARLA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, TRIVANDRUM 3. THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V. PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.18883 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 24th day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner claims to be a person with disability. His disability is hearing impairment. He was included in the rank list for admission to Medical/Engineering Courses for the year 2008 pursuant to the prospectus issued by the Government. His contention in this writ petition is that persons with disabilities are provided with 3% reservation for admission. The Persons With Disabilities Act provides for reservation for persons with three kinds of disabilities. The petitioner would contend that there should be separate quota for persons with the three types of disabilities and all of them cannot be grouped together for reservation. The petitioner, therefore, seeks admission in the separate quota to be prescribed for persons with hearing impairment disability. Seeking this relief, the petitioner has filed Ext.P6 representation before the 3rd respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P6 as expeditiously as possible. W.P.(c)No.18883/08 2 2. This is opposed by the learned Government Pleader. He would submit that in so far as the prospectus does not prescribe such a reservation inside the reservation for persons with disabilities the Entrance Commissioner cannot consider such a claim. I am not going into the merits of the contentions. It is up to the 3rd respondent to consider the same while disposing of Ext.P6. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P6 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The parent of the petitioner shall be afforded an opportunity of being heard. For this purpose, the parent of the petitioner shall appear before the 3rd respondent with a certified copy of this judgment, on which date the 3rd respondent shall inform the date of hearing to the parent which shall be within the said period of two weeks on which date the parent of the petitioner shall be present for the hearing and orders passed thereafter within the said period. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd W.P.(c)No.18883/08 3