Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Anr. v. National Federation of the Blind & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 9 S.C.R. 1023

Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjana Prakash Desai and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.

Decided 8 October 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the computation of reservation for persons with disabilities has to be computed in case of Group A, B, C and D posts in an identical manner viz., "computing 3% reservation on total C number of vacancies in the cadre strength" which is the intention of the legislature.

Judgment, page 45

From the headnote

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995: s. 33 - Reservation of posts for persons with disabilities - Held: Section 33 Jays down that every appropriate Government has to appoint on a minimum of 3% vacancies in an establishment, persons with disabilities, out of which 1% each shall be reserved for (i) persons suffering from blindness and low vision, (ii) persons suffering from hearing impairment and (iii) persons suffering from locomotor or cerebral palsy - - View of the High Court that computation of reservation must be on the

Authorities it was built on

1995 R.K. Sabharwal and Ors. v. The State of Punjab cited by 22
2010 Govt. of India through Secretary & Anr. v. Ravi Prakash Gupta & Anr. cited by 6
2004 Prakash Nath Khanna and Anr. v. Commissioner of Income Tax and Anr. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2025 IN RE: RECRUITMENT OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN JUDICIAL SERVICES versus relied on
2021 Vikash Kumar v. Union Public Service Commission & Ors. relied on
2019 V. Surendra Mohan v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. relied on
2018 Maqbool v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Another relied on
2017 Union of India & Ors. v. M. Selvakumar & Anr. relied on
2023 Reserve Bank of India & Ors. v. A.K. Nair & Ors. referred to
2021 The State of Kerala & Ors. v. Leesamma Joseph referred to
2019 Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur & Anr. v. Neetu Harsh & Anr. referred to
2016 D. Sudhakar v. State of A.P. & Ors. referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 4 referred to

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