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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH
M.W.CHANDWANI
Rameshwar S/o Mahadeorao Surve – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
M.W. CHANDWANI, J.
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the learned counsels appearing for the parties.
2. The controversy in this petition lies in a narrow compass i.e. whether in the process of shifting a disabled person to other suitable post/cadre in view of the mandate of Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation), Act, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 1995”), seniority of the employees in the said cadre can be disturbed.
3. The relevant facts that require mention here are as follows :
In the year 2002, the petitioner was appointed on the post of ‘Lab Technician’ with respondent no.3 – Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal by following due procedure. In the year 2010, the petitioner incurred disability of low vision. Therefore, the petitioner requested respondent no.3 to shift his services to some other post with the same pay-scale and other benefits. Since, respondent no.3 did not take any decision, the petitioner filed Writ Petition No. 6254/2015 before this Court. The Division Bench of this Court allowed the petition on 08.03.2016 with a direction to respondent no.3 to s
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