Lok Sabha Question No. 1610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Status of Petitions
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1610 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## STATUS OF PETITIONS

1610.  SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any petitions had been filed in the court challenging the notifications  issued  by  the  Railway  Recruitment  Board  in  2018  and 2019 in respect of reservations for candidates with disabilities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the time when these petitions were filed and the present status of the case?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1610 BY  SHRI  NATARAJAN  P.R.  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.02.2021  REGARDING  STATUS  OF PETITIONS

(a) to (c) Yes, Sir. A total of six petitions have been filed challenging the notifications issued by the Railway Recruitment Board in 2018 and 2019 in respect of reservations for candidates with disabilities. Details of these petitions are as under:

|   S.No. | Case details                                                              | Date of filing   | Present status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|       1 | Writ Petition No. 1855/2018 filed before the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi. | 26.02.2018       | The petitioner has sought revision of vacancies notified for visually handicapped candidates in two Centralised Employment Notifications (CEN) i.e. CEN- 01/2018 and CEN- 02/2018). Case was disposed vide judgement dated 29.01.2019. In compliance of Hon'ble Court's directions, total vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) in these notifications were revised upwards by Railways. |

|   2 | OA (Original Application) No. 252/2019 filed in Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal/ Cuttack.   | 09.04.2019   | The applicant is seeking reservation for persons with Intellectual disabilities in vacancies notified vide CEN- 03/2019 & CEN- RRC-01/2019. The case is sub judice.                                                                                                                                                                  |
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|   3 | OA No. 628/2020 filed in Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal/ Ernakulam.                        | 22.12.2020   | The applicant has pleaded that various categories of mental illness are not identified for vacancies notified vide CEN No. 02/2018. The case is sub judice.                                                                                                                                                                          |
|   4 | WP No. 32902/2019 before Hon'ble High Court of Madras.                                              | 25.11.2019   | The applicant filed OA No. 310/01064/2018 & MAs 216, 337/2019 seeking reservation for One Arm Locomotor disability in CEN No. 02/2018 which was dismissed by Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai Bench. Aggrieved by the impugned order dated 06.11.2019 of Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai Bench, the |

|    |                                                                |            | applicant has filed writ petition in the Hon'ble High Court, Madras. The case is sub judice.                                                                                                                                             |
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|  5 | WP (Civil) No. 5208/2019 filed in Hon'ble High Court of Delhi. | 10.05.2019 | The case has been filed seeking reservation for persons with autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness in vacancies notified vide CEN- 02/2018, CEN-01/2019 and CEN- RRC-01/2019. The case is sub |
|  6 | WP (Civil) No. 40/2019 filed in Hon'ble High Court of Delhi.   | 21.12.2019 | The applicants have pleaded for redressal of multiple grievances for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in connection with recruitment done against Centralised Employment Notification (CEN) No. 02/2018.The case is sub judice.       |

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