THE TELANGANA GAZETTE

PART - I EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 23-A ]

HYDERABAD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

(TE)

R.N.I. No. TELMUL/ 2016 / 73158.

[Price: `.5-00.

HSE No. 1051/2023-2025.

G-847.

IMPLIMENTATION OF 5% RESERVATION TO PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITIES FOR

ADMISSIONS INTO HIGHER EDUCATION OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS

AND ALSO UPPER AGE RELAXATION OF 5 YEARS IN ADMISSION TO SUCH HIGHER

EDUCATION TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

[G.O.Ms.No.2, Higher Education (TE), 28^th January, 2025.]

Read the following:-

1.

G.O.Ms.No.74, Higher Education (EC.2) Department, dt. 28.07.2011.

2.

G.O.Ms.No.12, Higher Education (CE) Dept., dt. 20.04.2017.

3.

G.O.Ms.No.130, Higher Education (TE.1) Department, dt. 06.09.2000.

4.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Central Act No.49 of 2016).

5.

Orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India dt. 15.12.2017 in W.P. (Civil) No. 292/2006 in

Disabled rights Group & Anr. Vs Union of India & Others.

6.

U.O. Note.No. 2584/Program-II(1)/2022, Department of Women, Children Disabled & Senior

Citizens, dt:25.06.2024.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 32 of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

(Central Act No. 49 of 2016) and in compliance with the directions of the Hon’ble Superme Court of India in

W.P/ (Civil) No. 292 of 2006, dated: 15.12.2017, in Disabled Rights Group & Anr. Vs Union of India &

Others, the Governor of Telangana hereby notifies the following:-

1)

All Government Institutions of higher education and other higher education institutions receiving

aid from the Government shall reserve not less than five percent for persons with benchmark

disabilities.

2)

The persons with benchmark disabilities shall be given an upper age relaxation of five years for

admission in institutions of higher education.

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3)

As defined under clause (r) of Section 2 of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, (Central

Act No. 49 of 2016) “Persons with benchmark disability” means a person with not less than forty

percent of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms

and includes a person with disability where specified disability has been defined in measurable

terms as certified by the certifying authority.

4)

As per clause (zc) of Section 2 of the said Act, “specified disability” means the disablilities as

specified in the schedule of the Act.

5)

The “Specified learning disabilities” has been specified in the Schedule of the Act.

6)

To apportion the reservation for each category of disability at the rate of 1% each to the following

categories:-

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 mentalillness;

e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness in

the posts indentified for each disabilities.

7.

It is also ordered the above reservation shall be rotated in cycle oreder as (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) to (e)

to (a) so that if candidates in respective category not available, the vacancy can be filled up by next

category and so on.

8.

In case, qualified candidates with benchmark disabilities are not available then the unfilled vacancy

shall be filled up with other candidates on the basis of merit in the respective categories i.e. OC/

BC/ SC/ ST/ EWS/ Women if applicable.

9.

These orders shall be substituted withthe relevant Provisions issued in the respective G.Os 1^st, 2^nd &

3^rd read above.