UPSC Exam-Indian Civil Services Exam 2013 Notification:Eligibility for the Persons with Disability

Eligibility for the Persons with Disability 

8. The eligibility for availing reservation against the vacancies reserved for the physically disabled persons shall be the same as prescribed in "The Persons with Disability (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995." Provided further that the physically disabled candidates shall also be required to meet special eligibility criteria in terms of physical requirements/functional classification (abilities/disabilities) consistent with requirements of the identified Service/Post as may be prescribed by its Cadre Controlling Authority at note-II of para 1 of this Notice.

The physical requirement and functional classification can for example be one or more of the following:

Code              Physical Requirements

MF 1.              Work performed by Manipulation by Fingers

PP 2.              Work Performed by Pulling & pushing

L 3.                  Work Performed by Lifting

KC 4.              Work Performed by Kneeling and Crouching

BN 5.              Work Performed by Bending

S 6.                 Work Performed by Sitting (on bench or chair)

ST 7.               Work Performed by Standing

W 8.                Work Performed by Walking

SE 9.              Work Performed by Seeing

H 10.               Work Performed by Hearing/Speaking

RW 11.           Work Performed by Reading and Writing

C 12.               Communication

Code              FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION

BL                    1. Both legs affected but not arms

BA                   2. Both arms affected

a. Impaired Reach

b. Weakness of Grip.

c. ataxic

BLA                3. Both legs and both arms affected.

OL                   4. One leg affected (R or L)

a. impaired reach

b. weakness of grip

c. ataxic

OA                  5. One arm affected (R or L)

a. impaired reach

b. weakness of grip

c. ataxic

OAL                6. One arm and one leg affected

MW                 7. Muscular weakness.

B                     8. Blind

LV                   9. Low vision

H                     10. Hearing

Note: The above list is subject to revision.

9. A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of community reservation only in case the particular caste to which the candidates belong is included in the list of reserved communities issued by the Central Government. If a candidate indicates in his/her application form for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination that he/she belongs to General category but subsequently writes to the Commission to change his/her category to a reserved one, such request shall not be entertained by the Commission. Similar principle will be followed for physically disabled categories also.

While the above principle will be followed in general, there may be a few cases where there was a little gap (say 2-3 months) between the issuance of a Government Notification enlisting a particular community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission of the application by the candidate. In such cases the request of change of community from general to reserved may be considered by the Commission on merit. In case of a candidate unfortunately becoming physically disabled during the course of the examination, the candidate should produce valid documents to enable the Commission to take a decision in the matter on merit.

10. The closing date fixed for the receipt of the application will be treated as the date for determining the OBC status (including that of creamy layer) of the candidate.