Reserved Judgment

HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Writ Petition No. 1221 of 2022 (S/S)

Meera Papnai and Others ….....Petitioners

Versus

State of Uttarakhand and Others ….….Respondents

Present:-

Mr. Vinay Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Narayan Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State.

Mr. Ashish Joshi, Advocate for the Uttarakhand Public Service

Commission.

JUDGMENT

Per: Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.

The challenge in this petition is made to the Final Result

dated 31.05.2022, published by the respondent no.3/Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (“the Commission”) on the ground that it violates the provisions of Section 34(2) of the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Act, 2016 (“the Act”).

2. It is the case of the petitioners that the Commission issued an advertisement on 25.09.2018, for holding Uttarakhand Special Subordinate Education (Lecturer Cadre-Group ‘C’) Service (General and Woman Branch) Examination-2018 for selection of Lecturers in various subjects including 93 vacancies of Lecturer (English)(General Branch). The positions advertised for Lecturer (English)(General Branch) were also earmarked for persons with disabilities (“PwD”) specifically One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), Bli