1. The petitioner, said to be a non-profit organization, registered under the Karnataka Societies Registrations Act, 1960, and actively engaged in working for the rights of the differently disabled persons, has filed the present petition as a public interest litigation (‘PIL’), while questioning the notification dated 17.08.2017 (Annexure-A) issued by three state-owned oil companies (respondent Nos. 1 to 3), whereby the applications were invited for selection of 238 Liquefied Petroleum Gases (‘LPG’) distributors in various districts of Karnataka.

2. The petitioner has stated the cause and grievance as under:-

(a) There has been gross violation of Section 37 of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (‘the Act of 2016’), inasmuch as reservation of 5%, as mandated under Section 37 of the Act, has not been provided. According to the petitioner, while providing for 5% reservation out of 238 LPG distributorship, 11 distributorships would have been reserved, but the respondents have reserved only 6 positions, which is less than even 3% of 238 distributorships.

(b) Under the unified guidelines for selection of LPG distributors issued by the respondents, neither any concession