JUDGMENT :

S.M. Subramaniam, J.

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records connected with Official Memorandum dated 25.04.2022 issued by the 2nd respondent quash the same consequently directing the respondents to provide reservation in promotion for the Petitioner as he is coming under the category of physically challenged person for the post of District Judge called for by the 2nd respondent in ROC No.2709-B/2018/RG/B1/Spl.Cell and ROC. No.3799-A/2019/RG/B1/Spl.Cell dated 17.08.2021 in the light of the Judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in “The State of Kerala and Other Vs. Leesamma Joseph reported in (2021) 9 SCC 208”.)

1. The writ petition has been instituted challenging the order of rejection dated 25.04.2022, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner for grant of promotion to the post of District Judge by providing reservation for differently-abled persons in view of Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

2. The petitioner is a differently-abled person having 80% Congenital Disability in both hands. He was appointed as Civil Judge (Junior