The May 10 letter by S Nagarajan, secretary for Welfare of Differently abled Persons, was drafted after a detailed study of prospectus of some universities revealed arbitrary reasons for denying admissions to disabled students under the 5% reservation, which was against the “letter and spirit” of the act.
The letter noted four major issues: age relaxation of five years as per the act not extended, reservation given in case of certain disabilities and blanket restriction for some others, vagueness in assessing suitability of candidates and the method of implementation of the 5% reservation.
For example, the letter cited that Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University gave reservation only to candidates with 40%70% locomotor disability even in BBa and management-oriented degrees and excluded others. Same issue was found in the Tamil Nadu agriculture University prospectus too.
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