Disable Persons 4% Reservations in Appointments, Promotions - Roster Points Details GO 2

Disable Persons 4% Reservations in Appointments, Promotions - Roster Points Details GO 2 .Department for Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens- Providing four percent (4%) reservation in appointment and in promotions in every Government establishment in favour of benchmark disabilities as per the section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016- Comprehensive Orders-Issued.  DEPARTMENT FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND SENIOR CITIZENS G.O.MS.No. 2 Dated: 19-02-2020. Comprehensive Orders for providing four percent (4%) reservation in appointment and in promotion in every Government establishment in favour of benchmark disabilities as per section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, duly indicating the categories i.e. Open / Women / Fixing the roster points, order of rotation and ratio for the five categories of the persons with disabilities, etc., as required under Rule – 22 [e] of Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996.

Disable Persons 4% Reservations in Appointments, Promotions - Roster Points Details GO 2

Read the following:-

• 1. G.O.Ms.No.23, Deptt., for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens(DW),dated 26.05.2011.
• 2. G.O.Ms.No.99, G.A (Ser.D)Deptt., dated 04.03.2013.
• 3. G.O.Ms.No.3, Deptt., for WCDA & SC, dated.12.02.2015.
• 4. G.O.Ms.No.42,Deptt., of WCDA&SC(DW)dt.19.10.2011
• 5. G.O.Ms.No.188, GA(Ser.D)Deptt., dated 18.12.2017.
• 6. G.O.Ms.No.4, Deptt., for WCDA & SC, dated 09.02.2019.
• 7. From the Director, Welfare of Differently Abled, Transgender & Senior Citizens, A.P, Lr.No.D2/2637/2017,dt.26.06.2019.
• 8. From the Secretary, APPSC, Lr.No.59/R&R/2020, Dt:14.02.2020.

ORDER:-

1. In consonance with the provisions of section 36 of The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (Central Act No.1 of 1996), Government have issued comprehensive orders vide G.O. 1st read above for providing three percent (3%) reservation in case of Direct Recruitment for persons or class of persons with disability of which one percent, each shall be reserved for persons suffering from (a) blindness or low vision; (b) hearing impairment; (c) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy. Accordingly, orders were issued, vide G.O. 2nd read above, earmarking three percent (3%) of vacancies in case of direct recruitment for persons or class of persons with disability and had carried out necessary amendment to Rule-22 of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996. Further, in the G.O. 3rd read above, an amendment was issued to the G.O 1st read above, to substitute,
2. ‘blindness or low vision (Open)’ at roster point 6 and ‘blindness or low vision (Women)’ at roster point 106.
3. 2. Subsequently, vide G.O. 4th read above, orders were issued for implementation of three percent (3%) reservation in promotions to the disabled employees. Accordingly, Government have issued necessary amendment to the Andhra Pradesh State & Subordinate Service Rules, 1996, vide G.O. 5th read above for providing three percent (3%) reservation in Promotions to the Differently Abled employees to all services of State Government where the cadre strength is more than five (5) against their roster points 6th, 31st & 56th prescribed under rule-22 of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 in tune with the above orders.
4. 3. Section 34 (1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 reads that in "Every appropriate Government shall appoint in every Government establishment, not less than four per cent (4%) of the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength in each group of posts meant to be filled with persons with benchmark disabilities of which, one percent (1%) each shall be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (a), (b) and (c) and one percent (1%) for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (d) and (e)".
5. 4. The Director, Welfare of Differently Abled, Transgender & Senior Citizens, in his letter dated 16-11-2018, has stated that as per Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, Government provided three percent reservations in favour of persons with disabilities. However, as per section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the four percent (4%) has to be provided and accordingly, the roster point for the category of Autism, Intellectual disability, Specific learning disability, Mental illness and Multiple disabilities to be fixed at 82 in the 100 cycle of vacancies. He has therefore, requested to issue necessary orders in the matter.
6. 5. Accordingly, in consonance with the above provision of the section 34 (1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and a report of the Director, Welfare of Differently Abled, Transgender & Senior Citizens, Government have issued orders vide G.O.6th read above, for providing reservation in the appointments and in promotions in every Government establishment, not less than four percent (4%) of the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength in each group of posts meant to be filled with persons with benchmark disabilities of which, one percent (1%) each shall be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (a), (b) and (c) and one percent for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (d) and (e) namely;

• (a) Blindness and low vision; (b) Deaf and hard of hearing;
• (c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, Leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy;
• (d) Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness;
• (e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities.
• 6. (i) The Director, Welfare of Differently Abled, Transgender & Senior Citizens Andhra Pradesh in his further letter 7th read above has stated that the order of rotation specified in a unit of hundred vacancies as per Rule 22(e) of Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules has not been mentioned in the G.O.Ms.No.4, dated 09-02-2019, for providing four percent (4%) reservation to persons with disabilities in direct recruitment and in promotions. The categories, i.e., open and women have also not been indicated in the said G.O. to fill up 4 vacancies in a unit of hundred vacancies by the persons with disabilities, as was done earlier while issuing G.O.Ms.No.23 Women, Children, Differently Abled, Transgender & Senior Citizens (DW) Dept., dt.26.05.2011 and G.O.Ms.No.42, Dept. for Women, Children, Differently Abled, Transgender & Senior Citizens (DW), dt.19.10.2011 pertaining to provision of three percent (3%) reservation to persons with disabilities in direct recruitment and appointments by transfer on promotion. (ii) The roster point has also not been fixed and ratio for the 5 categories of persons with disabilities has also not been mentioned in the said G.O.Ms.No.4, dated 09-02-2019, for providing four percent (4%) reservation to persons with disabilities in direct recruitment and in promotions, as was done earlier while issuing comprehensive orders, vide G.O.Ms.No.23, WCD&SC Dept.,dt.26-05-2011 and G.O.Ms.No.42, Dept. for WCD&SC (DW), dt.19.10.2011 for providing three percent (3%) reservation to persons with disabilities in direct recruitment and in promotions. He has therefore, requested to issue necessary orders in the matter.

7. Government, after careful examination of the matter and in consonance with the provision of the section 34(1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and in supersession of earlier orders issued in the G.Os 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th read above, hereby issue the following Comprehensive Orders for providing four percent (4%) reservation in appointment and in promotion in every Government establishment in favour of benchmark disabilities as per section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, duly indicating the categories i.e. Open / Women / Fixing the roster points, order of rotation and ratio for the five categories of the persons with disabilities, etc., as required under Rule – 22 [e] of Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996;
(i). four percent (4%) reservation shall be provided in the appointments and in promotions in every Government of the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength in each group of posts meant to be filled with persons with benchmark disabilities of which, one percent each shall be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (a), (b) and (c) and one percent for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (d) and (e) namely;

Roster Points in 100 point cycle - Persons with benchmark disabilities

• 6th point (a) lindness and Low vision31st point (b) Deaf and Hard of hearing
• 56th point (c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy
• 86th point (d) Autism, Intellectual disability, Specific learning disability, Mental illness.
• (e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities.

Provided that the Government may, having regard to the type of work carried out in any Government establishment, by notification and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in such notifications exempt any Government establishment from the provisions of this reservation, as per the prescribed procedure at para [8] of this order. 

(ii) Definitions of Disabilities: Definitions of categories of disabilities for the purpose of reservations in posts shall be as stipulated in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.