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HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA
MR. JUSTICE ARINDAM LODH, J
Sri. Thakur Chan Das – Appellant
Versus
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ARINDAM LODH, J.
By means of filing the present writ petition, the petitioner has urged for issuing a writ of mandamus upon the respondent to provide him a Scribe in the competitive examination.
2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that he being a visually impaired with benchmark disability applied for the post of Sub-zonal Development Officer/Dy. Principal Officer in pursuant to the Advertisement No.03/2024, dated 03.02.2024, issued by the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (for short, 'TTAADC'), Khumlwng, West Tripura. He submitted the application on 16.02.2024 with a prayer for providing him a scribe from respondent-TTAADC itself since he is a visually impaired candidate. The respondent issued admit card in favour of him to appear in the examination which was scheduled to be held on 09.06.2024, but, that was postponed due to leakage of answer paper of that examination. It is asserted that the petitioner had waited for three months to have the panel of scribe to be formed by the respondent, but he did not get any reply. He submitted another application to the respondent on 28.05.2024, but, no result has been yielded. Subsequently, the examination was
The court affirmed that visually impaired candidates are entitled to choose their scribes without restrictive qualifications, emphasizing compliance with statutory guidelines.
The court established that the qualification of a scribe must be one step below the candidate's minimum educational requirement, adhering to the established educational framework.
The court established that all persons with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations during examinations, ensuring no discrimination based on the nature of disability.
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