JUDGMENT :

S.MANIKUMAR, J.

This public interest litigation is filed with a prayer to declare that the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 is applicable to all the educational institutions aided by the Government in the State of Kerala.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner's son Vishnuprasad C.V, aged 25 years, is hundred percent blind by birth. He is a holder of M.A(Malayalam) and has UGC with NET & JRM. The Government have passed Exhibit P1 order dated 17.10.2012 granting 3% reservation for physically handicapped persons for getting employment as per their respective qualifications. As per Exhibit P2 decision in W.P.(C)No.3403/2015, reported in 2015 (4) KIT 523, this court held that the benefit of Ext.P1 Government Order is applicable to the institutions coming under the Cochin Devaswom Board. While passing the said Judgment, this court was pleased to observe that the Cochin Devaswom Board cannot at all be said that it is not an "establishment" and is a body corporate controlled by t