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The High Court of Karnataka connected Friday directed the State authorities to record a presumption study connected the implementation of assorted important provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, connected a PIL petition, which has complained astir Karnataka’s “persistent and unjustifiable delay” successful implementing the mandate of this instrumentality meant for payment of persons with disabilities (PwD).
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha issued the absorption connected the petition filed by Y. Karthik, 27, who suffers from ocular impairment and cerebral palsy, and his brother, Y. Kaushik, 27, on with their father, Y.M. Satish, who is simply a MLC.
Despite the transition of astir a decennary since the caller enactment, the State authorities has failed to operationalise respective of the halfway provisions and cardinal statutory obligations similar ensuring preservation successful employment, identifying posts, implementing societal information schemes, establishing a dedicated PwD fund, and providing organization enactment astatine the territory and taluk levels remained unfulfilled, it has been complained.
Referring to a study of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India connected show audit successful implementation of the Act, and different documents, it has been contended successful the petition that hold successful implementation of the provisions of the instrumentality has deprived PwDs entree to payment schemes, employment, and societal protections guaranteed done this legislation.
While seeking directions for effectual implementation of assorted provisions of the Act, the petitioners person sought circumstantial directions for constituting State Fund for PwD, contented Unique Disability Identity to each eligible persons, and cancel UDID issued to ineligible persons, to guarantee that teachers educating PwDs are registered nether the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992, found peculiar grooming centre to beforehand vocational grooming for PwDs and supply capable infrastructure for PwDs successful each schools, summation pension for PwDs, among different pleas.
Meanwhile, it has been made it wide successful the petition that Mr. Satish, who has acceptable up assorted facilities for the payment of PwDs too making donations to backstage and non-government organisations moving for the payment of PwDs, is not seeking immoderate payment from the schemes of the authorities for his lad arsenic helium is financially susceptible of looking aft his needs.
Further proceeding connected the petition has adjourned till February 4, 2026.
