Bombay HC pulls up Maharashtra for advisory board for disabled persons being defunct since 2020
The court gave the government a month to fill the vacancies and make the board functional.
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rebuked the Maharashtra government for leaving defunct the state advisory board for disabled persons for the last four years, reported PTI.
A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar directed the state to fill vacancies in the board and make it functional within a month.
“We notice with grave concern that till date the vacancies in the said board have not been filled up,” the bench said, reported Live Law. “The board in terms of the mandate of the Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2016, discharges certain vital functions not only in the realm of policy-making but also in coordinating the activities of various departments in the state dealing with matters related to persons with disability.”
The bench also said the board is tasked with taking up causes of persons with disabilities and also recommending facilities for them. In view of these functions, the board assumes significance, it said.
“However the apathy shown by the state in filling up the vacancies in the board cannot be appreciated," said the bench.
The court said it was alarming that the state needed a court’s direction to fulfil its statutory duties.
The state government was asked to inform the High Court about the time frame to...
