No.36035/2/2017 -Estt.(Res)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: August 23, 2019
Subject: Exemption from payment of examination fee and application fee in respect of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities. -reg.
The undersigned is
directed to say that in a w.P. (Civil) No. 521/2008 with Civil Appeal No.
5389/2016, the Hon'ble Supreme Court, vide Judgment, dated 30.06.2016, inter
alia, declared the Office Memorandum No. 36035/3/2004 - Estt.(Res) dated
29.12.2005, as illegal and in consistence with the Persons with Disability
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
This OM, among other, contained a provision for exemption from payment of
application fee and examination fee in respect of Persons with Disabilities.
Thereafter, with the enactment
of 'THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2016' and issue of
notification titled 'THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES RULES, 2017', this
Department has issued an Office Memorandum No. 36035/2/2017-Estt. (Res), dated
15.01.2018, regarding reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, in
the posts and services of the Central Government. The said Office Memorandum
dated 15.01.2018, however, does not contain any provision for exemption from
payment of examination and application fee in respect of Persons with Benchmark
Disabilities.
The issue has been deliberated
upon at length in the Department and it has, now, been decided that the Persons
with Benchmark Disabilities shall continue to be exempted from payment of
application fee and examination fee, prescribed in respect of competitive
examinations held by the Staff Selection Commission, the Union Public Service
Commission, etc. for recruitment to various posts. This exemption shall be
available only to such persons who would otherwise be eligible for appointment
to the post on the basis of standards of medical fitness prescribed for that
post (including any concession specifically extended to the Persons with
Benchmark Disabilities) and who enclose with the application form, necessary
certificate from a competent authority in support of their claim of disability.
(Debabrata Das)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Ph. 23093307To,
