The Supreme Court on Friday allowed people with disabilities who have cleared the civil services written exams time till April 1 to provisionally apply to the Union Public Services Commission for selection to the Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Railways Protection Force Service (IRPFS) and the Delhi, Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Police Service (DANIPS).
A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar directed the Secretary-General of the UPSC to receive applications either physically or by courier till 4 p.m. on April 1.
The court said the applications would be considered in accordance with the outcome of a petition filed by an NGO, National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, that has challenged a government notification excluding people with disabilities from these services.
