Consider the following statements

1. The relief of the disabled and unemployable is specified in the concurrent list of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
2. The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 recognize the right to reservation in promotion.

Select the correct statement.

The subject of ‘relief of the disabled and unemployable’ is specified in the state list of the Seventh Schedule of the constitution.

• The Supreme Court of India has recently held that persons with physical disabilities have the right to reservation in promotions also.
• The case was based on a claim under the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
• The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 recognized the right to reservation in promotion.
• Identification of posts for reservation as per Section 32 of the 1995 Act is a prerequisite for appointment; but appointment cannot be frustrated by refusing to identify posts.
• This Act has been replaced with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.

Hence only statement 2nd is correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari