EXEMPTION
FROM PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION FEE AND APPLICATION FEE IN RESPECT OF PERSONS WITH
BENCHMARK DISABILITIES - DOPT ORDER
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,
