TAMIL NADU

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CHENNAI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019

Aippasi 4, Vikari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2050

Part II—Section 2

Notifi cations or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

II-2 Ex. (399)

[ 1 ]

WELFARE OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS

DEPARTMENT

Secretariat, 21st October 2019.

No. II(2)/WDAP/828(c)/2019.

[IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE POSTS FOR

DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS UNDER GROUP

A & B CATEGORIES AS PER SECTION 33(I) OF THE

RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT,

2016 – ORDERS - ISSUED.]

The following Government Order is published:-

[G.O. Ms. No. 6, Welfare of Diff erently Abled Persons

(DAP-3.2), 21st October 2019, äŠðC 4, Mè£K,

F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2050.]

Rඍඉඌ:

1. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

(Central Act 49 of 2016).

2. G.O.(Ms) No.20, Welfare of Diff erently Abled Persons

(DAP-3.2) Department, dated 20-06-2018.

3. From the Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources

Department and Chief Engineer (General), Public

Works Department, Letter No. S2(2)/21625/2017, dated

16-10-2019.

4. From the Director for Welfare of the Diff erently Abled,

Letter Roc. No. 5234/DAW-3.1/2016, dated17-10-2019.

Order: G.O. (Ms) No. 6, Welfare of Diff erently Abled

Persons (DAP-3.2), 21st October 2019.

As per Section 33(i) of the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Act, 2016 (Central Act 49 of 2016) “the appropriate

Government shall identify posts in the establishments which

can be held by respective category of persons with benchmark

disabilities in respect of the vacancies reserved in accordance

with the provisions of Section 34” of the said Act.

2. In the Government order second read above,

235 posts under group A & B category were identifi ed as most

suitable for diff erently abled persons under 4% reservation.

3. In the letter third read above, the Engineer-in-Chief,

Water Resources Department and Chief Engineer (General),

Public Works Department has requested to identify the posts

of Assistant Engineer (Civil), Assistant Engineer (Mechanical),

Assistant Engineer (Electrical), Junior Engineer (Civil), Junior

Engineer (Mechanical) and Junior Engineer (Electrical) under

Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories suitable for diff erently abled

persons for providing 4% reservation in employment.

4. In the letter fourth read above, the Director for Welfare

of the Diff erently Abled has recommended to identify the posts

of Assistant Engineer (Civil), Assistant Engineer (Mechanical),

Assistant Engineer (Electrical), Junior Engineer (Civil), Junior

Engineer (Mechanical) and Junior Engineer (Electrical) under

Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories suitable for diff erently abled

persons for providing 4% reservation in employment in Public

Works Department.

5. The Government after careful examination, have

decided to accept the recommendation of the Director for

Welfare of the Diff erently Abled and to approve the following

six posts under Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories which are

most suitable for diff erently abled persons for providing 4%

reservation in employment in Public Works Department:-

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Sl.

No.

Name of the Post

Name of the Service

Categories of disabilities to be

accommodated for the post

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Public Works Department

1.

Assistant Engineer (Civil)

Tamil Nadu Engineering Service

LD (OA, OL), HH, DF, AC

2.

Assistant Engineer (Mechanical)

Tamil Nadu Engineering Service

LD (OA, OL), HH, DF, AC

3.

Assistant Engineer (Electrical)

Tamil Nadu Engineering Service

LD (OA, OL), HH, DF, AC

4.

Junior Engineer (Civil)

Tamil Nadu Engineering Subordinate Service

LD (OA, OL), HH, DF, AC

5.

Junior Engineer (Mechanical)

Tamil Nadu Engineering Subordinate Service

LD (OA, OL), HH, DF, AC

6.

Junior Engineer (Electrical)

Tamil Nadu Engineering Subordinate Service

LD (OA, OL), HH, DF, AC

6. The Government also direct that 4% of the vacancies

in direct recruitment for the identifi ed posts in ‘A’ and ‘B’

Groups, where the rule of reservation is applicable for the

SCs / STs / BCs and other communities, shall be reserved

for the Diff erently Abled Persons. If only one post is available

for recruitment in these categories, the usual procedure for

recruitment will be followed. The Government also directed that,

(i)

The reservation of 4% vacancies earmarked for

the diff erently abled persons will be applicable to identify the

posts in respect of ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories for direct recruitment

posts only.

(ii)

The reservation of 4% vacancies for diff erently

abled persons need not be made applicable in the case of

recruitment by transfer/ promotion as it would amount to giving

double preference to these candidates.

(iii) If any department / establishment is of the view

that any particular post in ‘A’ and ‘B’ category is not suitable

for diff erently abled persons, in such case, it may specifi cally

request the Government for exemption. The administrative

department in consultation with the State Commissioner for the

Diff erently Abled and the Government shall issue appropriate

orders.

(iv) The individuals selected for ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories

of posts should be asked to produce certifi cate of physical

fi tness and the disability certifi cate as stated in section 3(oo)

of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service)

Act, 2017.

7. The date of eff ect of this Government order will be

from the date of Gazette Notifi cation.

(By Order of the Governor)

Aඊඊකඍඞඑඉගඑ඗ඖඛ

(G.O. (Ms) No. 6, Welfare of Diff erently Abled Persons

(DAP.3.2) Department, dated 21-10-2019.)

SI.

No.

Code

Functional classifi cation

(1)

(2)

(3)

1.

VI

Visually Impaired

2.

LV

Low Vision

3.

HH

Hard of Hearing (with Assistive device)

4.

HI

Hearing Impaired

5.

LD

Loco-motor Disability (OA- One Arm, OL- One

Leg, BL- Both Legs, BA-Both Arms, OAL-One

Arm One leg, BLOA-Both Leg One Arm, BABL

– Both Arm Both leg)

6.

CP

Cerebral palsy

7.

LC

Leprosy Cured

8.

DF

Dwarfi sm

9.

AC

Acid attack victims

10.

Mud Muscular Dystrophy

11.

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder

12.

SLD Specifi c Learning Disability

13.

MI

Mentally ill

14.

DB

Deaf Blindness

15.

MD Multiple Disability (except for those multiple

disabilities which are individually excluded).

C. VIJAYARAJ KUMAR,

Secretary to Government.

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